Sports: East Grinstead and Uckfield
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support grassroots sport in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.
Answered by Stephanie Peacock
The Government is committed to ensuring everyone, regardless of where they live, should have access to quality sport and physical activity opportunities. We provide the majority of support for grassroots sport through our Arm’s Length Body, Sport England, which annually invests over £250 million in Exchequer and Lottery funding to help people get active across the country, including in the East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.
We are also investing £400 million across the UK in new and upgraded grassroots sport facilities. As part of this package, through the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme, we are investing £85 million in 2026/27 to deliver projects such as new artificial grass pitches, changing pavilions and floodlights.
To date, the constituency of East Grinstead and Uckfield has received a total of £32,234 through the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme to fund nine projects.
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