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<p>The Government wants to get more people from all backgrounds embracing sport and
physical activity, including those less likely to do so such as women and girls, and
help them to get active in ways that suit them.</p><p>Sport England, the government
arm’s length body responsible for grassroots sport in England, are investing in a
series of programmes and initiatives to increase participation amongst women and girls
in basketball and netball. This includes £19.7m for the 2017-2021 funding cycle in
England Netball to increase the number of women and girls participating in the sport.
England Netball deliver this through programmes such as Back to Netball and Walking
Netball and to support the high performance pathway. The Netball World Cup will also
continue to build interest in the sport and will be supported by the This Girl Can
campaign.</p><p>Sport England are also investing £6.04m for the 2017-2021 funding
cycle in Basketball England to fund both the talent pathway and community participation.
Funded programmes focused on increasing girl’s participation in the sport include
Junior NBA (a city based schools league competition) and the recently launched Slam
Jam (aimed at primary school aged children).</p>
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