Sport England have launched a public consultation to make sure future sports projects can access up to £45 million of sports lottery funding as quickly and simply as possible.

Sport England would like to hear from people who play sport, from clubs, voluntary groups, local authorities, National Governing Bodies of sport and other key stakeholders to get a view on how the process of applying for sports Lottery funding can be improved.

Anybody can access the consultation online at www.sportengland.org/lotteryconsultation and hard copies are available on request by calling the consultation help line on 0845 850 8508 or e-mailing consultation@sportengland.org

This is a unique opportunity for stakeholders to have a say in the way Sport England distributes Lottery funding. The public consultation runs for 12 weeks, closing on 16 September 2008.