Sport and Recreation Alliance Launches Election Manifesto

05/05/17

The Sports and Recreation Alliance (SRA) has today launched its election manifesto.

A summary of SRA’s key asks are as follows:

• Publish an environment plan to protect natural assets and public rights of way for people to be active outdoors
• Commit resources to support the Mental Health Charter for Sport and Recreation
• Introduce a workplace entitlement for paid volunteering
• Prioritise sport volunteering to encourage people, particularly young people, to join in
• Establish a parity between academic and physical literacy in schools
• Continue investment in sport and physical activity in schools
• Establish a sports betting levy to invest in grassroots sport and recreation
• Require the creation of up-to-date local registers of parks, green spaces and community facilities to make it easier for people to get active

Click HERE to download the manifesto.