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This document reports of progress across various case-study projects in each country of the UK, and focuses on benefits for communities and various specific stakeholder groups. It also includes a summary of outcomes and progress towards them.
This summary details key findings from the evaluation up until February 2006. The summary states that that the programme is on target to improve physical education and sport in schools and enhance community use. The full report can also be downloaded from the website.
The Get REAL programme was first piloted in the summer of 2003 and provided places for 1,640 young people from three areas of England. This pilot was jointly managed by the New Opportunities Fund, (the predecessor to the Big Lottery Fund) and the Department for Education and Skills.
The Big Lottery Funds Fair Share initiative aims to address disparities in Lottery funding across the UK. The joint initiative was launched by the then Community Fund and the New Opportunities Fund in 2001. Since 2003, an independent evaluation has been tracking and assessing the success of two of the programmes making up Fair Share, and this summary outlines findings and progress to date.
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