| answer text |
<p>The government is determined to get more girls and women playing sport, something
we set out in our sport strategy, Sporting Future. Football is the second most played
team sport for adult women and the top ranked team sport in terms of participation
for girls.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing £14.6million into the Football Association
(FA) through Sport England between 2017 and 2021, to support their grassroots participation,
talent and coaching programmes. £2.6million of this is specifically reserved for women
and girls talent programmes, helping the FA reach its aspiration to double the number
of women and girls teams. The FA also receive an additional £2m each year towards
improving diversity in its coaching workforce.</p><p> </p><p>Government is also investing
£18million to the Football Foundation charity each year to help deliver a programme
of new and improved community sports facilities in towns and cities across the country.</p><p>
</p><p>All public funding provided is used to benefit men’s, women’s and disability
football; for example, investment in a mixed coaching programme or facility will benefit
all groups within that community.</p><p> </p><p>Liverpool, for example, has benefitted
to the sum of £15.2millon for football programmes over the last three years from the
Football Foundation, which includes a mix of public funding and investment from the
FA and the Premier League. This includes the delivery of a Parklife Football Hub,
which is home to women and girls clubs, recreational programmes and women’s beginner
football festivals.</p>
|
|
