This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Petition Fund support for lower-league professional and semi-professional football clubs
In the light of the recent £1.57 billion emergency loans and grants package given to arts culture and heritage institutions and organisations, we believe that the same support should be made available to professional and semi-professional football clubs in the lower leagues.
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To assist these clubs to survive and help them weather the impact of coronavirus. Local football clubs are vital to communities up and down the country, both as a source of pride and significant employers of local people, and they are currently faced with little or no income for a prolonged period, with no clarity on when that situation will end.
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MPs debate Government support for culture, media and sport in light of covid-19
On 8 September, MPs debated the Government's spending on support measures for culture, media and sport during and after the covid-19 pandemic.
Watch the debate here: https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/0d08c5bb-04d0-4a34-b1d1-8efba0179f9c?in=14:36:54
Read the transcript of the debate here: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-10-08/debates/4D1CBDF7-EC03-4509-90D0-C3214FAA33BE/DigitalCultureMediaAndSportSupportMeasures
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Find out about the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/378/digital-culture-media-and-sport
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