UK Sport has today announced a record investment of more than £33 million into the UK’s Olympic and Paralympic winter sport athletes, supporting their preparations for Alpes 2030.
The record investment, made possible thanks to sustained investment by The National Lottery and the UK Government, is accompanied by bold reform to the UK’s winter sport system to maximise performance success and protect public money.
It is designed to support the UK’s next generation of winter Olympic and Paralympic athletes to achieve their potential at another Winter Games on European soil in 2030.
Today’s announcement reflects UK Sport’s belief that whilst Milan Cortina marked an historic moment for British winter sport, the current British winter sport cohort have even more potential for Alpes 2030, which they must be supported to achieve if the UK is to cement its position as an ever-greater force in winter sport.
Ice Hockey UK has received £445,000 in transition funding, with UK Sport saying it is “the first investment of its kind” and “designed to support plans to develop a more commercially sustainable performance model within the sport”.
Tim Bratton, Ice Hockey UK Interim CEO, said: “Following the recent merger of Ice Hockey UK, England Ice Hockey and Scottish Ice Hockey to form a single governing body for the sport, the transitional funding provided by UK Sport in this investment cycle will help us turn ambition into action.
“We plan to use this funding to enable our transition into a self-sustainable governing body for our fantastic sport.”