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October

2000 jobs in sport to be created

7 October 09

The Government has funded the creation of 2,000 sport jobs for young people

Sport England Partners with Facebook

6 October 09

Sport England have teamed up with Facebook in order to drive up sports participation

September

Surrey FA Hosts Living Libraries Project

21 September 09

People are volunteering to be 'human books' at the Living Library event hosted by Surrey FA on the 14th of October.

Homes at Olympics Site for Social Housing Tenants

17 September 09

Almost half of the homes built at the 2012 Olympics site will be Social Housing.

Sport England Partners with StreetGames

17 September 09

Sport England invests £680,000 into StreetGames

July

Special Olympics reach day four in Leicester

29 July 09

Over 2400 athletes are currently taking part in the Special Olympics

More sports choice for young people

24 July 09

Figures demonstrate the importance of giving young people choice in which sport they play.

Elite training programme for athletes of the North East

24 July 09

Athletes in the North East will benefit from a new training programme.

NGBs "set and ready" to deliver Olympics legacy

24 July 09

NGBs have been discussing the importance of promoting sport with Parliamentarians

Grants made available to improve local services

6 July 09

Grants on offer to support new and innovative schemes.

June

Beach volleyball hits the streets of London

26 June 09

Action For Kids raise money through the joys of beach volleyball.

£95 million secured to build affordable housing

24 June 09

Triathalon Homes have secured a £95.2 million European loan for the housing regeneration project after the 2012 Olympics.

Affordable housing will make up 50% of homes created from the Olympic Village

22 June 09

Half the homes created from the Olympic Village will be affordable.

Sport England are now monitoring particpation in sport, and increasing their funding

18 June 09

Sport England have published a quarterly update on sports participation in England.

Bend It Like Birmingham set to launch website

11 June 09

The Bend It Like Birmingham project is set to launch their new website this summer.

New survey will measure the progress made by each sport in improving satisfaction

11 June 09

Research shows satisfaction is high in grassroots sports.

New head of the CLG has taken responsibilty for housing, regeneration and the Olympics

9 June 09

The CLG department has a major overhaul ahead of 2012.

May

New chief executive appointed

28 May 09

The Oylmpic housing legacy has a new leader.

Increased funding will benefit sports groups

27 May 09

Sportsmatch, a Sport England programme, has increased its funding.

Housing and Sport Network goes live!

19 May 09

The Network has officailly launched!

Government to fund the Olympic Village

14 May 09

The Government is set to fund the £1bn Olympic Village entirely.

Sport England issues a challenge to innovate sport

12 May 09

Sport England launches new Innovation Fund.

New guide to planning applications published

12 May 09

Step-by-step planning guide for sports clubs published.

April

Yeovil Town Community Sports Trust

24 April 09

Yeovil Town's Community Sports Trust goes out and about.

The Budget 2009

22 April 09

Budget 2009 announces an increase in public spending in the housing sector.

Sport England drives forward new initiatives

14 April 09

The new chair of Sport England, Richard Lewis, aims to create a leading sport inclusion infrastructure by 2012.

New Olympic Legacy chief appointed

9 April 09

Margaret Ford, the new Olympic Legacy chief, will oversee the running of the Olympic Park after the 2012 games.

Sport England launches new funding programme

2 April 09

Sport England aims to increase funding into grassroots sporting projects with the launch of its new Small Grants Programme.

Playing field protection expanded

2 April 09

Sport England secures greater protection for sports provison in local communities.

March

New Committee to tackle Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in football

26 March 09

The FA has established a Committee to examine how to challenge Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in football.