Baseball & Softball
Published on: 17th August 2011
BaseballSoftballUK (BSUK) is the development agency for baseball and softball in the United Kingdom. Since 2000, BSUK has provided services to the sports' governing bodies, the British Baseball Federation (BBF) and British Softball Federation (BSF) with the aim of developing and increasing the levels of participation, skill and achievement in UK baseball and softball. This occurs at both junior and adult levels, from school and grassroots through domestic adult clubs up to the Great Britain national teams.
In December 2008 it was announced that BSUK had been awarded £2.7 million in public funding from Sport England - the agency that delivers the Government's sporting objectives - for the period from April 2009-March 2013. This was based on the Whole Sport Plan submitted by BSUK in October after consultation with federation members from both sports. This is BSUK's development plan for baseball and softball and the Sport England funding is budgeted against specific programmes within this. Amounting to an average of £675,000 per year, the current funding is an increase on the £566,000 per year which BSUK was receiving from Sport England by the end of the first Whole Sport Plan period (2005-2009).
Projects under BSUK's Whole Sport Plan include regional support for youth baseball and softball development programmes and support for workplace softball, coaching and coach-training, facility development and expansion and strengthening of clubs throughout the country, including helping with the achievement of Clubmark accreditation.
http://www.baseballsoftballuk.com/
Regional Development Manager (based in the North West)
Luis Arrevillagas: luis.arrevillagas@bsukmail.com
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