Sport England today awarded £295,000 of National Lottery funding to Newark Rugby Union Football Club. The cash will be used to help the club extend, and will see the creation of six new changing rooms, as well as a new referee's and first aid room.
The club was one of 22 projects across England to receive funding from Sport England’s £7.5 million Improvement Fund.
Sport England property director, Charles Johnston, said: “Thankfully as a nation we are becoming more active. Meeting this demand can be challenging, but thanks to National Lottery funding we can help clubs like Newark Rugby Union Football Club to offer the kind of sporting experience that local people want.”
Sport England’s Improvement Fund, has invested over £49 million to date in 150 community-based projects across the country. From upgrading artificial grass pitches and swimming pool facilities to helping sports clubs become more environmentally sustainable, this funding has played a crucial role in improving the standards of community sport and incentivising more people to become active.
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Full list of projects be awarded funding:
Organisation Name Project Name Location Award Request
Herefordshire Council Ledbury Swimming Pool Ledbury, Herefordshire £500,000
South Somerset District Council Westlands Sport and Leisure Complex Yeovil. South Somerset £492,463
Rugby Town Junior Football Club Community Sports Pitch Rugby Warwickshire £371,000
Havant Borough Counci Front Lawn Recreation Ground Project Havant, Hampshire, £265,000
Burnley FC in the Community Northlight Brierfield, Lancashire £400,000
Newark Rugby Union Football Club New Changing Rooms Newark, Nottinghamshire £295,000
Rickmansworth Hockey Club Develop an AGP Rickmansworth, £233,800
Hertforshire
Leeds City Council Aireborough Leisure Centre Improvement Scheme Leeds £500,000
Holborn Community Association Redevelopment of Bedford House London £500,000
Forest of Dean District Council Coleford Leisure Centre Coleford, Gloucestershire £500,000
YMCA Plymouth Manadon Football Development Centre Plymouth £350,000
St Helens Council Transformation Selwyn Jones Sports Centre St Helens, Merseyside £200,000
Huish Episcopi Academy Wincanton, Somerset Wincanton, Somerset £481,381
Thomas Gifford Trust Charlbury Community Centre and Sports Hall Charlbury, Oxfordshire £500,000
Warrington Borough Council Bewsey & Dallam Wellbeing Hub Warrington £450,000
LED Leisure Management Ltd Exmouth Leisure Centre Swimming Pool Changing Rooms Exmouth £300,000
Huntingdonshire District Council One Leisure Huntingdon – Swimming Pool Changing Rooms Refurbishment Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire £208,000
Hambleton District Council Improving swimming pool changing village at Hambleton Leisure Centre Northallerton, North Yorkshire £212,900
ConcertEd Multi Academy Trust Swimming Pool Changing Facilities Bolton £228,816
Ribble Valley BC Ribblesdale Pool Changing Room and Reception Conversion Project Clitheroe, Lancashire £150,000
Bridgnorth Endowed School Renovation of original Pool Changing Facility Bridgnorth, Shropshire £150,000
Birmingham City Council Kingstanding Wellbeing Centre:Customer Experience Improvement Project Birmingham £200,000
Sport England is focused on helping people and communities across the country become active. We will invest over £1 billion of National Lottery and Exchequer funding between 2012 and 2017 in organisations and projects that will:
• Help more people live more active lives
• Create more opportunities for young people to play sport
• Nurture and develop talent
• Provide the right facilities in the right places
• Support local authorities and unlock local funding
• Ensure real opportunities for communities.
For more information please contact:
Senior Media Officer: Nora Maguire 020 72731889

Organisation Name	Project Name	Location	Award Request
Herefordshire Council	Ledbury Swimming Pool	Ledbury, Herefordshire	£500,000
South Somerset District Council	Westlands Sport and Leisure Complex	Yeovil. South Somerset	£492,463
Rugby Town Junior Football Club	Community Sports Pitch	Rugby Warwickshire	£371,000
Havant Borough Counci	Front Lawn Recreation Ground Project	Havant, Hampshire,	£265,000
Burnley FC in the Community	Northlight	Brierfield, Lancashire	£400,000
Newark Rugby Union Football Club	New Changing Rooms	Newark, Nottinghamshire	£295,000
Rickmansworth Hockey Club	Develop an AGP	Rickmansworth,	£233,800
		Hertforshire
Leeds City Council	Aireborough Leisure Centre Improvement Scheme	Leeds	£500,000
Holborn Community Association	Redevelopment of Bedford House	London	£500,000
Forest of Dean District Council	Coleford Leisure Centre	Coleford, Gloucestershire	£500,000
YMCA Plymouth	Manadon Football Development Centre	Plymouth	£350,000
St Helens Council	Transformation Selwyn Jones Sports Centre	St Helens, Merseyside	£200,000
Huish Episcopi Academy	Wincanton, Somerset	Wincanton, Somerset	£481,381
Thomas Gifford Trust	Charlbury Community Centre and Sports Hall	Charlbury, Oxfordshire	£500,000

Warrington Borough Council	Bewsey & Dallam Wellbeing Hub	Warrington	£450,000
LED Leisure Management Ltd	Exmouth Leisure Centre Swimming Pool Changing Rooms	Exmouth	£300,000
Huntingdonshire District Council	One Leisure Huntingdon – Swimming Pool Changing Rooms Refurbishment	Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire	£208,000
Hambleton District Council	Improving swimming pool changing village at Hambleton Leisure Centre	Northallerton, North Yorkshire	£212,900
ConcertEd Multi Academy Trust	Swimming Pool Changing Facilities	Bolton	£228,816
Ribble Valley BC	Ribblesdale Pool Changing Room and Reception Conversion Project	Clitheroe, Lancashire	£150,000
Bridgnorth Endowed School	Renovation of original Pool Changing Facility	Bridgnorth, Shropshire	£150,000
Birmingham City Council	Kingstanding Wellbeing Centre:Customer Experience Improvement Project	Birmingham	£200,000