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| The culture secretary, Maria Miller, will on Tuesday attempt to quell growing concerns over the delivery of the promised Olympic legacy by announcing a £17m investment in "College Sport Makers" to help students get involved in sport. | The culture secretary, Maria Miller, will on Tuesday attempt to quell growing concerns over the delivery of the promised Olympic legacy by announcing a £17m investment in "College Sport Makers" to help students get involved in sport. |
| In the first major initiative launched since she took the role, the grassroots funding quango Sport England will promise to fund 150 new jobs for full-time sports professionals in further education colleges over the next five years. | In the first major initiative launched since she took the role, the grassroots funding quango Sport England will promise to fund 150 new jobs for full-time sports professionals in further education colleges over the next five years. |
| But the move is unlikely to silence questions over the government's school sport policy, after the education secretary Michael Gove scrapped ring-fenced funding for a nationwide network of sports co-ordinators in December 2010. | But the move is unlikely to silence questions over the government's school sport policy, after the education secretary Michael Gove scrapped ring-fenced funding for a nationwide network of sports co-ordinators in December 2010. |
| Since then, the department for culture, media and sport has promised to concentrate much of the £1bn it will invest over the next five years through Sport England on youth sport and specifically the challenge of maintaining interest in physical activity after pupils leave school. | Since then, the department for culture, media and sport has promised to concentrate much of the £1bn it will invest over the next five years through Sport England on youth sport and specifically the challenge of maintaining interest in physical activity after pupils leave school. |
| Sport England's research has shown that while the post-16 drop-off is a problem across the board, those in further education colleges play the least sport of all those who remain in the system. Around 65% of school pupils aged 16 play sport at least once a week, compared to 50% of college students. | Sport England's research has shown that while the post-16 drop-off is a problem across the board, those in further education colleges play the least sport of all those who remain in the system. Around 65% of school pupils aged 16 play sport at least once a week, compared to 50% of college students. |
| The so-called College Sports Makers, consciously echoing the name of the successful volunteer programme during the Olympics, will have a specific remit to ensure the sports on offer are attractive to young women and marketed effectively to them. More girls than boys drop out of sport in their teenage years. | The so-called College Sports Makers, consciously echoing the name of the successful volunteer programme during the Olympics, will have a specific remit to ensure the sports on offer are attractive to young women and marketed effectively to them. More girls than boys drop out of sport in their teenage years. |
| "Following the success and enthusiasm generated by the summer, I am determined to keep up the momentum of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and get more people playing sport. Raising participation levels among young people is absolutely crucial," said Miller, who insisted the 150 new staff would make a "real difference in helping young people develop a sporting habit for life". | "Following the success and enthusiasm generated by the summer, I am determined to keep up the momentum of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and get more people playing sport. Raising participation levels among young people is absolutely crucial," said Miller, who insisted the 150 new staff would make a "real difference in helping young people develop a sporting habit for life". |
| London's promise to buck the trend of all previous Games and use the Olympics to inspire more young people to play sport has been an uphill struggle since the bid was won in 2005. While overall participation figures have risen, the number of young people playing sport regularly continues to go down. | London's promise to buck the trend of all previous Games and use the Olympics to inspire more young people to play sport has been an uphill struggle since the bid was won in 2005. While overall participation figures have risen, the number of young people playing sport regularly continues to go down. |
| "Too many teenagers drop out of sport when they leave school, as it gets squeezed by competing demands like studying, work and relationships," said the Sport England chairman Richard Lewis. "We want College Sport Makers to remind young people how much fun sport is and to help them build it into their schedules so they develop a sporting habit for life." | "Too many teenagers drop out of sport when they leave school, as it gets squeezed by competing demands like studying, work and relationships," said the Sport England chairman Richard Lewis. "We want College Sport Makers to remind young people how much fun sport is and to help them build it into their schedules so they develop a sporting habit for life." |
| Sport England and the elite sport funding agency UK Sport will shortly make a series of crucial decisions about how it will award its cash to governing bodies across the next four years. | Sport England and the elite sport funding agency UK Sport will shortly make a series of crucial decisions about how it will award its cash to governing bodies across the next four years. |
| There are fears that without greater focus and better coordination, and in the face of cuts to local authority budgets and to school sport, the momentum generated by any new initiatives will be cancelled out. | There are fears that without greater focus and better coordination, and in the face of cuts to local authority budgets and to school sport, the momentum generated by any new initiatives will be cancelled out. |
| The College Sport Makers will be expected to link with local clubs, as well running leagues and sports clubs within the colleges. In addition to the £17m investment in the new recruits, a fund of £3m will be made available in the form of small grants to colleges to pay for new equipment, transport or facilities. The initiative will be funded out of the overall £1bn pot reserved for Sport England over the next five years. | The College Sport Makers will be expected to link with local clubs, as well running leagues and sports clubs within the colleges. In addition to the £17m investment in the new recruits, a fund of £3m will be made available in the form of small grants to colleges to pay for new equipment, transport or facilities. The initiative will be funded out of the overall £1bn pot reserved for Sport England over the next five years. |
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