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One
Stop Planning for Equestrian Sport
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Tessa
Jowell, Secretary of State at the Department of Culture Media and
Sport (DCMS) has announced that the British Equestrian Federation
has been selected as one of the ten sports for the Government's
new "One Stop Planning" policy. At a presentation, attended
by the selected sports (see editors notes), the Minister for Sport,
Richard Caborn, the sports ministers from Scotland and Wales and
the chairs of their sports councils, Tessa Jowell expressed her
view that the ten identified sports should regard themselves as
"trail blazers for sport" with "proven ability to
handle the challenges of planning as professional national governing
bodies".
One
stop planning is designed to drive success through better coordination
of the planning process across the UK wide and home country levels,
taking into account not only funding decisions but also the need
for sports to have a have a concerted strategic vision for the longer
term - to the Beijing Olympiad and beyond.
In
order to be chosen to be involved in this exciting initiative, sports
needed to be "UK level Olympic and Paralympic sports positioned
to contribute significantly (but not necessarily at every level)
to UK and home country Sports Council targets for participation
through to success"
Richard
Callicott, UK Sport's Chief Executive said that this partnership
approach was a great opportunity for governing bodies and sports
councils to work closely together for the benefit of British sport.
British
Equestrian Federation Chief Executive, Andrew Finding, added:
"I
am delighted that the hard work undertaken so many volunteers and
professionals through out the entire Federation has been recognised
by the Government in this way. Equestrian sport is now firmly in
the first division and provides us with an enormous opportunity
to build on the work we have underway, on continuing success on
the world stage but also to drive some new initiatives, in particular
in the area of grass root participation".
For
further information contact:
Andrew
Finding, Chief Executive British Equestrian Federation:
e-mail:
Andrew.Finding@bef.co.uk
tel: 024 7669 8871
Julie
Thompson, Equestrian Performance Services Manager, UK Sport:
tel:
020 7211 5114
www.bef.co.uk
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