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Scottish Sports Institute funding
30/06/2003
The Scottish Institute of Sport, established in 1998, has been awarded more than £16 million in lottery funds.
Sport Minister Frank McAveety said the money would ensure elite Scottish athletes can continue to build on their remarkable successes and achievements on the world stage.
The funding will also provide long-term security for elite sport in Scotland and structural support for developing athletes. This, along with the Executive's recent £30 million investment in National and Regional Sports Facilties, underlines a real commitment to sport at all levels.
At the Institute in Stirling, Mr McAveety said:
"We want to see Scotland's elite athletes competing and winning at the highest levels on the national and international stages. Indeed our recent successes will have left positive impressions on the novice and developing athletes across the country, and inspired them to reach their full potentials.
"The role of the Institute in nurturing, developing, and supporting athletic talent is Scotland has been vital, and all partners are determined to continue the work of developing a sustainable structure in Scotland for consistently achieving sporting excellence.
"Since the Institute was established in 1998 with the support of sportscotland and the Executive, it has produced six world champions and an impressive haul of Commonwealth, Olympic and Paralympic medals, and it is currently supporting the development of 174 elite athletes across the country.
"I'm delighted that the Institute will continue to play a key role as part of the Sport 21 strategy, in providing the support for an increasing number of elite athletes. Equally important is the Institute's role in reaching out to all parts of Scotland's developing talent - talent which could deliver the Scottish gold medals of tomorrow".
NOTES TO EDITORS
is a detailed development strategy for sport in Scotland which will lead the Executive, sportscotland, local authorities and the national governing bodies of sport into 2007 and beyond. Sport 21 provides a framework for action that will underpin the development of Scottish sport.
It is founded on three visions of a country:
- where sport is more widely available to all
- where sporting talent is recognised and nurtured
- achieving and sustaining world class performances in sport
The Institute was established in October 1998 to support the development of high performance sport in Scotland and has been fully operational since 1999. It was established by sportscotland as on its four key challenges set out in Sport 21. It is a member of the sportscotland group of companies.
In 2002 the Institute moved to a new purpose-built facility in Stirling, which provides a focus for high-performance coach development and learning.
In 1998 the sportscotland Lottery Fund allocated £20m for the initial establishment of Scottish Institute of Sport for the period ending March 2003. £9.6m of this was budgeted for the administration of the Institute and the delivery of services and its programmes. £2.4m was set aside for the network of Area Institutes and £8m ring fenced for national and regional training facilities to support Institute programmes.
Some 174 of Scotland's top athletes are currently selected for Institute support, which includes individually tailored programmes to help them develop as world-class athletes.
Coaching (including training and competition programmes), sports medicine, sports science, performance analysis, and Athlete Career and Education (ACE UK) are all made available to our athletes within these programmes.
For more information on the Scottish Institute of Sport, contact Sarah Floate, Communications and Marketing Manger, Tel: 01786 460118.