Michael Tomlinson has welcomed investment from the Government to improve sports facilities in Mid Dorset and North Poole to get more people active and nurture future sporting talent.
Lytchett Matravers Football Club and Corfe Hills School are both getting funding towards their facilities. Projects across the country support a range of facility types, from the creation or upgrade of changing rooms, grass pitches and 3G football turf pitches and pavilions, to floodlights, fencing and improved disabled access.
This funding comes from the latest allocations of a £300 million UK wide capital investment in grassroots facilities to deliver upgrades, improvements and new pitches – making more high-quality facilities available for people to play football, hockey and other grassroots sports.
Commenting, Michael said:
“It's great that the funding is coming to improve facilities here in Dorset and Poole, which will help to nurture future sporting talent and encourage people to get active which benefits their physical and mental wellbeing. As a keen sportsman, I know that having the right facilities are a really important part of keeping community sport going"
Commenting, Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer said:
“We are committed to levelling up access to sport which is so important for the nation’s physical and mental health. Today we are delivering more than 1,700 new and improved grassroots sports facilities across the UK to continue to support, sustain and grow community and grassroots sport - so that physical activity is accessible to all, no matter a person’s background or location."
