About Us
Cumbria Sport was originally set up as an Active Sports Partnership but has continuously worked in a wider context particularly with Education and schools due to its hosting arrangements with Cumbria County Council.
Based in the Prevention and Partnerships Unit of Cumbria County Councils Childrens Services Directorate, Cumbria Sport Partnership started operating as a Sport England designated County Sports Partnership from September 1999.
Cumbria Sport Partnership is one of 49 sub regional sport partnerships operating across England. Funded through Sport England, partners include Cumbria County Council, Carlisle City Council, Eden District Council, Allerdale Borough Council, Barrow Borough Council, South Lakeland District Council, Copeland Borough Council, English Federation of Disability Sport, Governing Bodies of Sport and the health authority.
All our partners are committed to working together to increase the number of people participating in Sport and Physical Activity across Cumbria.
County Sports Partnerships are an integral part of the Governments drive to develop a 'single sports system' across England, and are the key bridge between local and regional networks.
Cumbria Sport facilitates a sporting infrastructure that works with all partners to support:
- The creation of a single system for sport in Cumbria
- Long term athlete development
- The development of school sport clubs and PE in schools
- The development of the Youth Games and the Cumbria Sports Awards and other competition programmes
- Coaching, club and workforce development
- Volunteer recruitment
- Facility planning and development