This is the third annual report of the Irish Sports Council's Local Sports Partnership initiative. The report is based on the information provided for 2009 by 33 Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs) using the SPEAK self-evaluation system.
■Over €12.6m was invested in the LSP network in 2009. This figure includes benefit-in-kind funding.
■Funding from the Irish Sports Council accounts for 48% of the total LSP funding in 2009, the remaining 52% is raised by LSPs from partner agencies with the Local Authorities being the next most significant source of funding for LSPs in 2009.
■Over 497 people served on LSP boards in 2009, representing a 9% increase in the numbers involved in 2008.
■In 2009, the 33 LSPs directly employed 103 full-time staff and a further 28 part-time people.
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