After Team GB departed Paris 2024 with 65 medals and ParalympicsGB currently competing, Sport England are investing £120 million into funding the next generation of Olympic and Paralympic talent.
The funding will increase and enhance opportunities for talented young athletes in England to explore and develop their athletic potential – regardless of their background or financial circumstances.
It’ll support athletes starting out in grassroots environments, as well as those already on talent pathways – formal high-performance sport programmes – and will be available for the 2025 to 2029 funding cycle.
The funding is being delivered by Sport England’s existing partnerships with more than 70 sports organisations, which includes the turbo-charging of the Backing the Best programme, run by SportsAid, with a further £1.5m of National Lottery funding.