The Scottish Sports Council was established in 1972 by royal charter.[1] The body works in partnership with public, private and voluntary organisations. As an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government, Sportscotland advises ministers and implements government policy for sport and physical recreation. In 2002/03 sportscotland invested approximately £48 million of government grants and lottery funds.
The organisation runs two national sport centres:[2]
sportscotland, officially, styled, sportscotland, scottish, gaelic, spòrsalba, formerly, scottish, sports, council, national, agency, sport, scotland, sportscotlandspòrsalbaformation1972typeexecutive, departmental, public, bodylegal, statusgovernment, agencypu. Sportscotland officially styled sportscotland Scottish Gaelic SporsAlba formerly the Scottish Sports Council is the national agency for sport in Scotland sportscotlandSporsAlbaFormation1972TypeExecutive non departmental public bodyLegal statusGovernment agencyPurposeSport governing bodyHeadquartersGlasgowWebsitesportscotland wbr org wbr ukFormerly calledScottish Sports Council The Scottish Sports Council was established in 1972 by royal charter 1 The body works in partnership with public private and voluntary organisations As an executive non departmental public body of the Scottish Government Sportscotland advises ministers and implements government policy for sport and physical recreation In 2002 03 sportscotland invested approximately 48 million of government grants and lottery funds The organisation runs two national sport centres 2 National Centre Inverclyde near Largs North Ayrshire for the training of national squads hosting championships and facilities for boccia table tennis badminton squash etc National Centre Glenmore Lodge in Glenmore Forest Park near Aviemore 3 facilities for skiing rock climbing mountaineering hill walking kayaking canoeing etc In 1998 Sportscotland took over responsibility for the Scottish Institute of Sport and created the sportscotland institute of sport near the University of Stirling Sportscotland invests in the majority of national sports governing bodies in Scotland such as Scottish Athletics References edit Queen Elizabeth II 1971 Royal Charter The Scottish Sports Council Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine sportscotland 13 April 2016 National Centres Archived from the original on 24 October 2016 Retrieved 24 October 2016 Around us Glenmore Lodge Retrieved 24 October 2018 nbsp This article related to government in Scotland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article related to sport in Scotland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a sports related organization is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sportscotland amp oldid 1174491667, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
