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<p>Following a robust assessment process, on 20 December 2017 Sport England and UK
Sport made a formal statement on the current levels of compliance with the Code for
Sports Governance of the 58 national governing bodies (NGBs) of sport that they fund.
UK Sport and Sport England are working with the other organisations that they fund
to assess compliance against the Code and are now working to develop and embed an
ongoing, risk-based approach for assessing whether organisations continue to be compliant
over the longer term.</p><p> </p><p>The transparency expectations in the Code (Principle
3) place an onus on the funded organisation and emphasise the importance of providing
clear and relevant information to stakeholders regarding the funded organisation’s
decision-making and performance. One of the aspects of the Code is that organisations
subject to it are expected to publish an Annual Governance Statement which should
provide a summary of how the organisation in question is complying with the Code,
including any areas that require action or improvement.</p><p> </p><p>We have been
clear that compliance with the Code for Sports Governance is not a tick box exercise
and that the sport and physical activity sector needs to make substantive and enduring
changes to the way it approaches governance to secure lasting improvements.</p><p>
</p><p>The Government has also been clear that organisations must continue to strive
to embrace and live the values, cultures and behaviours that are at the heart of the
Code, and that any organisations deemed at any stage to be non-compliant with the
requirements of the Code are at risk of having their funding removed.</p><p> </p><p>We
will continue to discuss with the leadership of Sport England and UK Sport in the
coming months the effectiveness of the Code and the impact it is having within the
sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p>
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