Opening Schools Facilities
What is Opening School Facilities Funding (OSF)?
Active Partnerships in collaboration with national partners StreetGames, ukactive and the Youth Sport Trust, have been awarded up to £57m of funding from the Department for Education to help schools open their sports facilities outside of the school day, to both school and community users to create sustainable change in increased physical activity levels in communities where they are needed most.
How is the Funding Allocated to Schools?
The Active Partnerships across England have been working locally with schools to identify the areas of greatest need. Locations will be targeted where health and social inequalities exist, enabling better access to physical activity opportunities for those who find it more challenging to be active.
As well as supporting schools to provide more out of school opportunities for their school children and community users, priority will be given to projects encouraging women and girls to be more active, those that help disadvantaged and culturally diverse communities, and those supporting special educational needs, disabilities or long term health conditions.
The funding will come to an end in March 2025 and aims to engage with 1350 schools throughout the programme.
A list of the schools that benefited from the Opening Schools Facilities Fund to date can be seen here.
For more information contact:
Claire Lee, National Programme Lead, Opening School Facilities Programme
clee@activepartnerships.org T: 07836 222452
Ethan Ellis, Project Support and Administration, Opening School Facilities Programme
eellis@activepartnerships.org T: 07795 533086
How Can Schools Find Out More?
For more information on OSF funding in your area, please contact your local Active Partnership. Information and contact details can be found here.