| The National Lottery has been a success
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| | This influx proved to be hugely
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| for many years for both national heritage
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| | successful, and was most noticeable in
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| projects and in making members of the
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| | the performance of Team GB's cycling
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| public millionaires. One of the most
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| | team. The dedication to the training and
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| recent success stories of late though has
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| | attention to the smallest details for
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| been the performance of the British
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| | performance enhancement led to a whole
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| Olympic team, Team GB as they became
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| | host of gold medals being bagged. Some
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| known, due to the influx of funding
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| | say that the funding for Olympic sports
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| received for sports through the National
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| | is an extraordinary amount of money to be
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| Lottery funding scheme, UK Sport.
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| | provided compared to the benefits, and is
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| The British Olympic sports team used to
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| | disproportionate when considering other
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| have to fit training in around a normal
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| | ways the money could be used.
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| daily life of working a nine to five.
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| | The defence for the expenditure lies in
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| This part time training is what led to
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| | the promotion of national pride and a
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| Britain's reputation of being gold medal
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| | sense of achievement. It is argued that
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| flunkies. Back in the 1990s, the former
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| | having a sports team that goes for gold
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| Prime Minister John Major introduced
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| | and succeeds develops a sense of
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| lottery funding to British sports so
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| | belonging within communities and across
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| athletes could concentrate on their
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| | the nation. This national pride is a
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| talents. The Government also pledged to
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| | unifying experience and inspires younger
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| increase funding available for these so
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| | generations to dedicate their time to
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| called Podium Level athletes. This
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| | sports, which in turn keeps them off the
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| funding was aimed to encourage new
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| | streets, away from drugs and alcohol and
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| athletic talent by providing better
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| | keeps them healthy too.
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| facilities and training as well to
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| | Is it really too big a price to pay to
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| improve the chances of winning gold
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| | keep the youth of today inspired, and
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| medals in the Olympics.
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| | provide facilities for them to spend time
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| The 2004 Sydney Olympics was a major
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| | in. The funding isn't just about Olympic
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| disappointment for the British Cycling
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| | medals, it is also about the wellbeing of
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| team, and the British team generally.
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| | the country's children and how this can
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| This was all about to change though in
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| | improve our nation as a whole. UK Sports
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| preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympics
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| | provides facilities for tennis,
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| being held in China. Each Podium Level
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| | badminton, archery and swimming to name
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| athlete received 75,000 GBP a year, to
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| | but a few and provides coaching too.
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| enable them to concentrate on training
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| | This has such a beneficial affect where
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| and be able to ditch the day job. Of
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| | it matters most, in the inner cities and
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| that money, 25,000 GBP goes to the
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| | poor areas. There are now facilities for
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| athlete as a wage and the rest of the
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| | the children and young adults, and
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| money is to pay for coaching, training
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| | schemes for those who would not
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| facilities and medical specialists. All
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| | ordinarily be able to afford to take
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| in all, 235 million GBP is provided
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| | part. There is also a goal, a reason to
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| through UK Sport funding, for all levels
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| | work hard. So next time you buy a
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| of training. The Government provide 60
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| | lottery ticket and hope to bag the
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| per cent of this figure and the remaining
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| | jackpot, remember that you are
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| 40 per cent comes from the funding from
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| | contributing to the pot of gold that
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| the revenue of our scratch cards and
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| | could well change somebody's life.
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| Saturday night rollover ticket purchases.
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