Anna Dixon speaks up for local sports clubs

Anna Dixon MP for Shipley has today praised two local Shipley constituency sports clubs while asking the government for assurance around the funding of inclusive grassroots sports.

Speaking in the House of Commons, Anna Dixon MP said: "My constituency of Shipley is not short of sporting talent. Baildon Fisical Sports Coaching Academy’s under-eights team has just won the national junior premier league final for the second consecutive season.

"I pay tribute to the Bumble Bees Barbarians, the first mixed-ability contact rugby union team in England, which plays at the Bradford and Bingley sports club.

"Following the Government’s welcome announcement of a £100 million investment in grassroots sports, will the Minister assure me that inclusive grassroots sport will receive funding to continue that great work?"

Stephanie Peacock, the Minister for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth, said in response: "I congratulate the teams that my hon. Friend mentions. Grassroots clubs do such an important job in nurturing sporting talent. Brilliant sports groups across the country will receive funding for facilities.

We will be targeting the most deprived areas, supporting under-represented groups and providing the multi-sport benefit through the Football Foundation, which will deliver that through its local football facilities plans, which are being refreshed to reflect changes including the growth in the women’s game and need in other sports."