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January 31st 2008
More money for school playing fields
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families Ed Balls today announced a further £30m investment over the next three years to help the most needy sports colleges build new pitches, install floodlights and provide better drainage so facilities can be used all year and round the clock.
Speaking at the Specialist Sports Colleges Conference in Telford he said he wanted to see floodlit artificial turf pitches installed - so pitches could be used at night - and better drainage so grass pitches would not become waterlogged during winter.
He urged more councils to end the ‘no balls game’ culture and help give children and young people out-of-school sports provision by opening up local facilities such as parks, playgrounds, basketball and tennis courts for longer hours.
March 5 2008
£27MILLION FUNDING BOOST FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUNG PEOPLE
Ed Balls and Beverley Hughes today presented disadvantaged and vulnerable young people with a boost as they announced a package of over £27million of funding and business support for five major charities.
The money will help Kids Company, Speaking Up, Fairbridge, UK Youth and Leap expand the innovative work they do in helping young people who face difficult issues such as substance misuse, teenage pregnancy, coping with disability and homelessness, and will ensure that thousands more vulnerable young people have access to support when they need it most.
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