Press Release - London Marathon - 7/22/22

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

       New £17 million fund will Inspire Activity for young Londoners

           The London Marathon Charitable Trust partners with the    
            Greater London Authority and Sport England to create 
                £17 million sport and physical activity fund

The London Marathon Charitable Trust (The Trust) has announced it is a 
founding partner of a new multi-million-pound sport and physical activity 
fund that will Inspire Activity for young Londoners.

In partnership with the Greater London Authority (GLA) and Sport England, 
this new fund will see up to £17 million made available for projects that 
use the power of sport and physical activity to support the health and 
wellbeing of children and young people across London.

The Trust is the majority funder of this programme, which is pioneering in 
being the first collaborative fund in London aimed at improving the lives 
of children and young people most in need through sport and physical 
activity. In addition to The Trust's funding support, London Marathon 
Events (LME) will be a strategic partner for the programme alongside London 
Sport.

Launching in early 2023, the fund will provide organisations with small and 
large grants ranging from 12 months to three years, as well as directly 
investing in young people to develop their ideas and become future leaders 
in the sector.

Catherine Anderson, Executive Director of The London Marathon Charitable 
Trust, said: "We are incredibly proud to be a lead founding partner of this 
exciting new collaborative fund for London, through which we will 
collectively invest significantly into the future of young Londoners by 
helping them access the transformative power of physical activity and 
sport.

"The London Marathon Charitable Trust's mission – and the vision of the 
London Marathon's founders more than forty years ago – is to Inspire 
Activity for all, and this fund will create many more opportunities for 
children and young people across London to get active for years to come, 
having a deep and lasting impact on the city.

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: "I am committed to building a safer, 
fairer, greener and more prosperous city for all Londoners and this sports 
fund will transform opportunities for our young people across the city."

Tim Hollingsworth, CEO of Sport England, said: "The pandemic caused real 
disruption to children and young people's activity levels, with those from 
less affluent families and underserved communities the most affected. This 
funding is going to help develop more opportunities across London to engage 
with sport and physical activity, and we're delighted to be teaming up with 
partners to deliver the funding."

In autumn 2022, there will be opportunities for organisations to engage in 
workshops and events across London to help shape the funding programme 
ahead of its launch next year.

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