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<p>Sports and physical activity are crucial for our mental and physical health. The
Chief Medical Officer is clear that being physically active is important to long-term
health and crucial for keeping people healthy. That’s why we have continued to make
sure that people can exercise throughout the national restrictions, and why we have
ensured that grassroots and children’s sport is front of the queue when easing those
restrictions.</p><p> </p><p>On Monday 22 February, the Prime Minister announced a
roadmap out of the current lockdown in England. The government has introduced a step
approach to the return of outdoor and indoor sport areas across England. From 8 March,
sport has been able to take place in school for all children, or as part of wraparound
activities if children are attending in order to enable their parents to work, seek
work, attend education, seek medical care, or attend a support group. Any organised
outdoor sport was able to restart on 29 March.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The
Government has provided unprecedented support to the sport sector to ensure these
facilities are able to open. Beyond elite level sport, £100 million of funding has
now been provided to support local authority leisure centres. Sport England are also
providing £220 million directly to support community sport clubs and exercise centres
through this pandemic, including their £35 million Community Emergency Fund. Sport
England’s new strategy, ‘Uniting the Movement’, dedicated an additional £50 million
to support grassroots sports clubs and organisations.</p><p> </p>
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