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Cumbria Sport Partnership

Cumbria Sport Partnership is one of 49 sub regional sport partnerships operating across England. Funded through Sport England and Cumbria County Council, partners include:

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  • Allerdale Borough Council
  • Barrow Borough Council
  • Carlisle City Council
  • Copeland Borough Council
  • Eden District Council
  • South Lakeland District Council
  • The English Federation of Disability Sport
  • Governing Bodies of Sport
  • The Health Authority
  • sportscoach UK
  • Women's Sports Foundation
  • Sporting Equals
  • The Youth Sport Trust  

Visit the Official Cumbria Sport Website  (external link)

County Sports Partnerships are an integral part of the Governments drive to develop a 'single sports system' for young people to access and progress in sport across England.

Cumbria Sport Partnership aims to create an active, healthy and successful Cumbria through sport and physical activity. Our vision is for everyone in Cumbria to enjoy sport and physical activity as an integral part of everyday life.

We facilitate 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 PE and School Sport Club Links (PESSCL)
  • The development of the Cumbria Youth Games and the Cumbria Sports Awards (annual county sports events) and other events and competition programmes
  • Coaching, club and workforce development
  • Volunteer recruitment and development
  • Facility planning and development
  • Cumbria Playing Fields Association - Secretariat and grant aid    

Cumbria Sports Partnership also supports the development of six (one in each District area) local area based Sport and Physical Activity Alliances (SPAA's). Building upon local networks that already exist, SPAA's will influence and develop policy and strategy for the delivery of sport at a local level, based on local needs, to give people wider access to sport and physical activity.

For further information on the work of the Partnership, initial contact should be made with the respective lead officer:

  • Eddie Edge (Director)
  • Richard Johnston (Business Operations Manager)
  • Vanessa Foster (Development Manager - PE & School Sport)
  • Bruce Lawson (Development Manager – Sporting Infrastructure)
  • Carol Renshaw (Development Manager – Strategic Themes)
  • Becky Underwood (Development Officer – Volunteering & Skills)
  • Amy Clement (Marketing & Information Officer)
  • Michelle Young (Senior Administration Officer)
  • Kate Hansbury (Project Support and Clerical)
  • Nicola Cartwright (Cumbria Disability Sport Officer)
  • Katherine Swan (Cumbria Health & Physical Activity Manager)    

Further information is also available by contacting the office:

Cumbria Sport Partnership, Children's Services, 5 Portland Square, Carlisle, CA1 1PU

Tel: 01228 226885
Fax: 01228 601256