UK Sport
UK Sport is the nation’s high-performance sports agency, funded by the Government and The National Lottery. Their mission is to work in partnership to lead Olympic and Paralympic sport in the UK to world class success.
The primary role of UK Sport is to strategically invest income from The National Lottery and Exchequer to maximise the performance of UK athletes in the summer and winter Olympic and Paralympic Games and other major championship events.
As well as supporting sports and athletes to Olympic and Paralympic success, UK Sport’s other responsibilities include supporting the hosting of major sporting events, increasing sporting influence internationally, and promoting the highest standards of governance, sporting conduct, ethics and diversity in society. This is done through:
- Strategic investment into Olympic and Paralympic sport
- Developing the people and programmes that support our leading athletes in the areas of coaching, governance, talent identification and, through the English Institute of Sport, sports science, medicine and technology.
- Bidding for and staging major sporting events – with the aim of delivering economic and social benefits for the UK, and supporting our athletes in their games preparation by hosting important qualification events on home soil.
- Building positive working relationships with international federations and sporting bodies.
For more information about how UK Sport funding works: How UK Sport funding works | UK Sport
For more information on what funding BF receives from UK Sport: ABOUT US: UK SPORT FUNDING – BRITISH FENCING
For more information on other sources of funding BF: ABOUT BRITISH FENCING – BRITISH FENCING
Last updated 1 Dec 2022