Pett Sports Association will receive ?47,435 to refurbish the sports pavilion at the Recreation Ground at the heart of small East Sussex village, Pett, just outside Hastings. This funding will help deliver new, high quality facilities for the local cricket team, as well as full disabled access and more sustainable heating and power. The pavilion extension will include a new functions room that it is hoped will be used by all members of the local community for social and sporting activities. And as a result, a new junior cricket side will play at Pett for the first time this year.
Local MP, Amber Rudd, said: ?This investment by Sport England into Pett Sports Association as part of our Olympic legacy is fantastic news. Pett has always had a strong sports tradition, and this money will help them expand their cricket and other activities to more people from the village and from the surrounding area, including Ore on the edge of Hastings where I know how great the need is for more activities for young people.?
Pett Sports Association Secretary, Philippa Strickland, said: ?We are delighted to have secured this investment, which means we can upgrade our facilities to meet the ever increasing needs of the local community, especially the young people for whom the cricket club is such an important and positive activity. We still have more funding to raise, but intend to start work on the Pavilion in October, as soon as this new cricket season finishes, and have the new facilities ready for the 2014 season.?
The Inspired Facilities fund is part of the ?135 million Places People Play legacy programme that is bringing the magic of a home Olympic and Paralympic Games into communities across the country. Every sports facility that receives funding will carry the London 2012 Inspire mark ? celebrating the link to the Games.
Sport England?s Chair,Richard Lewis, said: ?This National Lottery investment will create a lasting sporting legacy for East Sussex.
?This fund has really hit the mark with sports clubs in the South East. It shows we?re offering the legacy that people want for their local community. For hundreds of clubs and tens of thousands of people, 2013 will be the year their local sports facilities got better.?
LOCOG Chair, Seb Coe, said: ?This is a fantastic funding project that will deliver a real legacy from the London 2012 Games.? It will provide a whole range of sporting opportunities for young people through improved facilities and will I hope inspire them to take up sport.?
Amber is pictured with members of the Pett Sports Association at the Pavilion.
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Source: http://amberrudd.co.uk/news/mp-congratulates-pett-sports-association-on-grant-to-refurbish-pavilion/
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