Some years ago a certain Labour Prime Minister (Tony Blair if you must know), went off to the far east and made promises that if London were to be given THE OLYMPICS, then as a Government, more importantly as a Country we would be committed to ensuring that there was an Olympic legacy, not just after the games, but in the lead up to them.
Until this year that promise had been kept, no matter how difficult times had been.
One of the prime funding methods had been through the Schools Sport Partnership, now today I hear that locally in my ward, the £250,000 spent locally each year, engaging young people in school sports and sport activities outside of school times has been totally cut.
What has annoyed me is that we have one of the most successful Sports Colleges in the country on our doorstep, Baverstock School and if we are to continue to maintain a sporting presence throughout our area, then most of the funding formally spent by the School Sports partnership, will probably have to come from Baverstock School and out of their school budget. Totally and utterly ridiculous.
Read more here;
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/oct/21/funding-cuts-school-sport
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