Sports Council of Great Britain

This page summarises records created by this Organisation

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date:	1972-1997
History:	Independent body established by Royal Charter to develop and promote sport and physical recreation, and to further the interests of British sport at home and abroad. An advisory Sports Council had been in place since 1965. There were separate autonomous Councils for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and the Sports Council of Great Britain was mainly involved with English sport matters. On 1 January 1997 it was replaced by the UK Sports Council (UK Sport) and the English Sports Council (Sport England).
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (central)
References:	Civil Service Year Book, 1972; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C285189

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1980-2024: Records created or inherited by the Department of National Heritage and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and Predecessors	The National Archives, Kew	PF