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<p>Government, through Sport England, is investing over a billion pounds over the
next four years to support grassroots sport. The Football Foundation is an organisation
investing £60m each year into improving the country's grassroots football and sports
infrastructure with money provided by its funding partners: the Premier League, The
FA and the Government (via Sport England).</p><p> </p><p>Total grassroots football
investment (Sport England and Football Foundation) for the North East is over £23m
since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>A full breakdown of figures for other grassroots sports
funded by Sport England are available on their website: www.sportengland.org.</p><p>
</p><p>UK Sport, which receives funding from the UK government and the National Lottery,
prepares athletes for Olympic and Paralympic Games across the UK, and is investing
up to £345m to fund at least 38 sports across the current 4-year Tokyo 2020 Summer
Olympic and Paralympic funding cycle. UK Sport has also invested over £32m into Winter
Olympic and Paralympic sports in the current PyeongChang 2018 funding cycle.</p>
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