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In the United Kingdom there are some sports governing bodies that cover all of the United Kingdom, some which cover one of the four constituent Countries of the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales), and some which cover something in between (usually Great Britain or England and Wales).
At its formation in 1905 the association consisted of seven national governing body members from the following sports: fencing, life-saving, cycling, skating, rowing, athletics, rugby football, association football, and archery. It now includes as its members the thirty-three national governing bodies of each Olympic sport, both summer and winter.
Executive non-departmental public bodies, which do work for the government in specific areas Advisory non-departmental public bodies , which provide independent and expert advice to ministers Tribunal non-departmental public bodies , which are part of the justice system and have jurisdiction over a specific area of the law
UK Sport is the government agency responsible for investing money sourced from the National Lottery and the government, into Olympic and Paralympic sport in the United Kingdom. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport .
Paddle UK is a national governing body in the United Kingdom for canoeing, kayaking and other paddlesports such as standup paddleboarding.Established in 1936 as the British Canoe Union, it federalised in 2000 to become the umbrella organisation for the home nation associations in Scotland (Scottish Canoe Association), Wales (Canoe Wales) and Northern Ireland (Canoe Association of Northern ...
Badminton England is the national governing body for the sport of badminton in England.It aims to govern, encourage and develop the sport throughout England. Originally established in 1893 as the Badminton Association of England in Portsmouth, [citation needed] the association is now based in Milton Keynes and has departments for Elite Play, Events, Membership, Development and Coaching.
Sport England is a non-departmental public body under the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.. Its role is to build the foundations of a community sport system by working with national governing bodies of sport, and other funded partners, to grow the number of people taking part in sport and physical activity; remove the barriers that make it harder for some people to be active; sustain ...
British Shooting is the national governing body for ISSF shooting sport disciplines in the United Kingdom. The organisation serves as a single shooting body to receive public funding from UK Sport and Sport England, administer high performance squads and talent pathways as well as serve as the member body for shooting sports with organisations such as the British Olympic Association and ISSF.