Covid-19 Sport Recovery Fund

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A decision made on 7 May 2021

Decision Reference: MD-E-2021-0012
Decision Summary Title	COVID-19 Sport Recovery Fund	Date of Decision Summary	22 March 2021
Decision Summary author	Private Secretary EDTSC	Decision Summary: Public or exempt?	Public
Written Report title	COVID-19 Sport Recovery Fund	Date of Written Report	17 March 2021
Written Report author	Jersey Sport CEO	Written Report: Public or exempt?	Public
Subject: COVID-19 Sport Recovery Fund
Decision: The Minister decided that a sum of £109,223 from the budget of Jersey Sport should be utilised for a COVID-19 Recovery Fund for Sport (second round) to assist sports clubs and associations to recover from the effects of the pandemic and ongoing restrictions on activity that were necessary.
Reasons for Decision: The Jersey Sport 2020 travel grant budget was underspent due to COVID-19 travel restrictions and constraints, which continued to affect sports travel into 2021. The public health measures have halted, or significantly reduced, many sporting activities and created financial challenges for sporting clubs and associations. In view of the importance of active lifestyles, health and wellbeing, the Minister wished to support and sustain existing clubs and associations to enable them to resume after the pandemic.
Resource Implications: There are no financial or staffing resource implications arising from this decision. This is repurposing existing travel grant funding for sports.
Action required: Approval given to Jersey Sport to repurpose £109,223 of underspend travel grant money to provide grants to sports bodies financially impacted by COVID-19.
Signature: Deputy Hugh Raymond		Position: Assistant Minister with responsibility for Sport - Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture
Date signed:		Date of Decision (If different)