Question reference: S5W-15653
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 27 March 2018 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 26 April 2018
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5O-01905 by Aileen Campbell on 14 March 2018, how it plans to encourage young people to take up golf, in light of (a) a reported shortfall in funding from sportscotland to Scottish Golf and (b) it no longer providing funding to ClubGolf beyond 2018, which is understood to be a concern for community-based clubs that wish to attract young golfers.
Answer
The Scottish Government is committed to working with sport scotland and Scottish Golf to widen participation and to promote golf to young people across Scotland. That is why we are supporting major events such as the Solheim Cup in 2019 which will provide opportunities for a new generation of young people and, in particular, girls to take up golf and get involved in sport more generally.
sport scotland’s continued investment of Scottish Golf supports a wide range of activity that encourages and supports young people to participate in golf, including both club and coach development. Investment also includes specific conditions to expand reach to the inactive and underrepresented in golf, including women and girls, as well as to tackle inequality and discrimination.