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<p>We recognise the importance of ensuring public access to indoor and outdoor pools
and that swimming is a great way for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy.</p><p>Government
has provided a range of support for swimming pools during the pandemic. The £100 million
National Leisure Recovery Fund supported the reopening of local authority swimming
pools throughout the country. In addition, Sport England have made 127 Covid support
awards to the Swimming & Diving community (totalling £1,100,560), and a further
20 awards to multi-sport projects (totalling £211,171) where swimming and diving are
expected to benefit.</p><p>Beyond Covid, Sport England have awarded £8,529,154 to
swimming and diving projects since April 2017, and have provided £16,123,002 of funding
to Swim England in the same period.</p><p> </p>
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