Trade Associations

England and Wales Cricket Board
National governing body for cricket in England and Wales.

England Netball
National governing body for netball in England.

Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
International governing body for football.

Fédération Internationale de Hockey (FIH)
International governing body for hockey.

Football Association
National governing body for football in England.

Hockey England
National governing body for hockey in England.

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)
International governing body for athletics.

International Rugby Board
International governing body for rugby union

International Tennis Federation (ITF)
International governing body for tennis.

Lawn Tennis Association (LTA)
National governing body for tennis in Great Britain.

Rugby Football Union (RFU)
National governing body for rugby in England.

Sport & Play Construction Association Manufacturer & Supplier
UK trade association for the sports facility construction industry

Scottish Hockey
National governing body for hockey in Scotland.

UK Athletics
National governing body for athletics in the UK.

Scottish Soft Tennis Federation

Sport England

Sport Scotland

Sports Council for Northern Ireland

Sports Council for Wales

Tennis Industry Association
The TIA UK's mission is to increase participation in tennis and to promote, foster and protect industry growth and vitality in the UK.

UK Sport

Awards for All
Awards for All is a grants programme set up up to help small groups. It is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Arts Council of England, Sport England, the New Opportunities Fund and the Community Fund.

Football Foundation
The Football Foundation was launched in July 2000, by the football authorities and the Government, to provide investment into the grass roots of football. The Foundation represents a unique partnership of the FA Premier League, the Football Association, the Department of Culture, Media and Sport/Sport England who jointly contribute £53m that the Football Foundation distributes in grant aid.

New Opportunities Fund
Lottery distributor, responsible for the New Opportunities for PE and Sport Programme.

Sports Match
Sportsmatch is the government's grass roots sports sponsorship incentive scheme, funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport through grant aid from Sport England and administered in England by the Institute of Sports Sponsorship.

The Foundation for Sport and the Arts
The Foundation for Sport and the Arts give grants to a wide range of projects to sports and arts organisations, information is available by telephoning 0151 259 5505. There is no website at present.

BSI
The website of the British Stands Institution

BTCA
The British Tennis Coaches' Association is an independent professional body, run by coaches, for coaches with the national office based at the Wolverhampton Lawn Tennis and Squash Club.

Business in Sport and Leisure
Business In Sport and Leisure is an umbrella organisation representing the interests of over 100 private sector companies in the sport, hospitality and leisure industry.

Central Council for Physical Recreation (CCPR)
The CCPR Promotes, Protects and maximises opportunities in Sport and recreation for society, by providing leadership, service and Support to its members.

Department for Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS)
UK Government Department for sport.

Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG)
Representing groundsmen, and all others involved in the management of sports pitches in the UK.

Institute of Sport and Recreation Management (ISRM)
The Institute exists to advance and promote public health for the benefit of the public in particular through the provision of education, training and advancing medical and other sciences and technologies and by encouraging active participation in sport and other recreational activities.

International Association for Sports Surface Sciences
An association of technical experts involved in the investigation, development & testing of sports surfaces.

National Playing Fields Association (NPFA)
National organisation with specific responsibility for acquiring, protecting and improving playing fields, playgrounds and playspace.

Sports Turf Research Institute (STRI)
The UK’s National Centre for consultancy in Sports and Amenity Turf

The CIBSE website
CIBSE (The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers) is an international body which represents and provides services to the building services profession.

The Institute of Leisure and Amenity Management (ILAM)
A non-profit making organisation supporting and representing every aspect of leisure, cultural and recreation management and we are committed to the improvement of management standards.

The Quarry Products Association
The key national contact for every aspect of the UK quarrying industry.

Youth Sports Trust (YST)
Our vision is to create opportunities for all young people to receive a quality introduction to physical education (PE) and sport and structured pathways for them to continue participating and progressing.

Sports Management
The official magazine of SAPCA.

Tennis Today website
SAPCA's official tennis publication

Pitchcare
"Free on-line magazine featuring Groundsmen and Greenkeepers across the country, chat, barter, jobs, shop, message boards and much more..."

TurfPages
Classified Directory of over 800 companies supplying products and
services in 65 categories for UK sports and amenity turf.