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<p>We are committed to ensuring that every child, no matter their background or ability, has the opportunity to play sport and be active.</p><p>Our new strategy, Get Active, introduces an ambition that all children should meet the Chief Medical Officers’ guidelines on physical activity. As a first step towards achieving this ambition, we are introducing a target of getting over 1 million more children ‘active’ by 2030.</p><p>Insight from the Active Lives Survey suggests that there is no one reason why children within certain groups are less active, and that instead activity levels are affected by a variety of factors, including levels of physical literacy, and social and structural barriers that prevent children from engaging in sport and physical activity. More action is required across the sector to tackle these barriers.</p><p>To address this, Get Active commits to tackling the structural disparities that exist across society, strengthening the capacity within communities to support people to be active. Our multi-sport grassroots facilities programme is providing over £400 million investment attached to explicit targets on improving access for underrepresented groups and deprived areas. The grassroots facilities programme requires 40% of funding goes to supporting participation for under-represented groups, such as women and girls and those with disabilities.</p><p>We also know that schools play a key role in allowing all children to have high quality opportunities to take part in PE and sport, setting them up for a lifetime of physical activity. We are investing over £600 million in school sport across the next two academic years to drive up the quality of physical education and ensure all children have equal access to opportunities to play sport.</p><p>The Government is funding up to £57 million to deliver phase three of the Opening School Facilities (OSF) programme which allows schools to open their sport facilities outside of the core school day, in weekends and holidays. Over 1,350 schools have engaged with the programme and schools have been targeted where the funding will have the most positive impact in their communities.</p><p>Outside of schools, Sport England’s £250 million investment into Place Partnerships will expand investment into local communities across England to ensure those in greatest need are able to be physically active. Data from Active Lives will be used to drive and inform this approach, and will measure the progress made in tackling inequalities across participation.</p>
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