SportsNation’s Post

Major UK sports bodies have invested a record £173.4 million worth of broadcast revenues into grassroots and the growth of sports in the past year. The funding forms part of the Voluntary Code of Conduct on the Broadcasting of Major Sporting Events, which is administered by the Sport and Recreation Alliance. It requires the UK's major sporting bodies to put a minimum 30% of net broadcasting revenues back into their respective #sports and to make their events available to free-to-air broadcasters so they can be viewed by as many people as possible. Examples of funding commitments from the past year include two grants totalling £1.7m allocated by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), enabling the building of a covered outdoor cricket facility at Bradford Park Avenue. The facility will deliver cricket sessions for 10,000 local people year-round and is leading the charge in the growth of women’s and girls’ #cricket. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eBChGMAN #sport #grassroots #communitysport Jon Zeff, Lisa Wainwright MBE (She/Her), Yorkshire County Cricket Club,