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Dear Sport England,

Sport England gave the RFU £12.6 million in 2017 ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/38881709 ). RFU is the governing body of English rugby. The anthem of England rugby team is "Swing low, sweet chariot". "Swing low, sweet chariot" allegedly has connotations to slavery and its victims.

Does Sport England have a position about "Swing low, sweet chariot"? Has "Swing low, sweet chariot" ever been discussed by Sport England (e.g. someone may have said it might be controversial) and can I have all the related documents?

Yours faithfully,

Anne Smith

FOI, Sport England

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Dear Anne,

 

Thank you for your recent request for information about the RFU England
Rugby anthem. Your request was received on 03 April 2017 and has been
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information held by Sport England.

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Anne Smith [mailto:[FOI #398799 email]]
Sent: 02 April 2017 18:11
To: FOI <[Sport England request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - RFU

 

Dear Sport England,

 

Sport England gave the RFU £12.6 million in 2017 (
[8]http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/38881709 ). RFU is the governing body of
English rugby. The anthem of England rugby team is "Swing low, sweet
chariot". "Swing low, sweet chariot" allegedly has connotations to slavery
and its victims.

 

Does Sport England have a position about "Swing low, sweet chariot"? Has
"Swing low, sweet chariot" ever been discussed by Sport England (e.g.
someone may have said it might be controversial) and can I have all the
related documents?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Anne Smith

 

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Dear Anne,

 

Thank you for your recent request for information about the Rugby Football
Union (RFU).

 

Sport England is a public body which works to increase the number of
people who take part in sport and physical activity on a regular basis. We
invest government and National Lottery funds in a wide range of
organisations, including the RFU in support of this aim. The England rugby
anthem is beyond the scope of our involvement with the RFU and we do not
have a position on such matters, which are for the governing body in
question to determine. We have no record of any discussions about the
England rugby anthem having taken place.

 

This completes our response to your information request.

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Anne Smith [mailto:[FOI #398799 email]]
Sent: 02 April 2017 18:11
To: FOI <[Sport England request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - RFU

 

Dear Sport England,

 

Sport England gave the RFU £12.6 million in 2017 (
[8]http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/38881709 ). RFU is the governing body of
English rugby. The anthem of England rugby team is "Swing low, sweet
chariot". "Swing low, sweet chariot" allegedly has connotations to slavery
and its victims.

 

Does Sport England have a position about "Swing low, sweet chariot"? Has
"Swing low, sweet chariot" ever been discussed by Sport England (e.g.
someone may have said it might be controversial) and can I have all the
related documents?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Anne Smith

 

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Dear FOI,

Thank you but I have a follow up.

Do you have a policy or guidelines about giving public money to organisations where there is potential or known problems (like racism, sexism, homophobia, violence)?

How does Sports England define racism?

Also, is there any records of discussion at Sports England about the fans of Tottenham Hotspur Football Team chanting words which might be racially offensive? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lon...

Yours sincerely,

Anne Smith

FOI, Sport England

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Dear Anne,

 

Thank you for your email of 25th April 2017 which we have handled under
the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Our response to each of
your questions is set out below.

 

1. Policy for awarding funding

 

Sport England assesses all applications for funding carefully and consider
a range of depending on the specific criteria for the funding stream in
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published on our website at the following URL:

 

[1]https://www.sportengland.org/funding/

 

As a public body we are bound by the public sector equality duty and this
informs all that we do. Our Equality Scheme provides a combined statement
on how we proactively value diversity and promote equality in all that we
do as an organisation, a grant maker and an employer. I have attached a
copy of our Equality Scheme for your information.

 

2. Definition of racism

 

Sport England does not have a separate organisation duty of racism. We
define racism in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 and the associated
public sector equality duty.

 

3. Tottenham Hotspur chants

 

Sport England holds no records of discussions about Tottenham Hotspur
football chants.

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Anne Smith [mailto:[FOI #398799 email]]
Sent: 25 April 2017 22:33
To: FOI <[Sport England request email]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - RFU

 

Dear FOI,

 

Thank you but I have a follow up.

 

Do you have a policy or guidelines about giving public money to
organisations where there is potential or known problems (like racism,
sexism, homophobia, violence)?

 

How does Sports England define racism?

 

Also, is there any records of discussion at Sports England about the fans
of Tottenham Hotspur Football Team chanting words which might be racially
offensive? [11]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lon...

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Anne Smith

 

-----Original Message-----

 

Dear Anne,

 

 

 

Thank you for your recent request for information about the Rugby
Football  Union (RFU).

 

 

 

Sport England is a public body which works to increase the number of 
people who take part in sport and physical activity on a regular basis.
We  invest government and National Lottery funds in a wide range of 
organisations, including the RFU in support of this aim. The England
rugby  anthem is beyond the scope of our involvement with the RFU and we
do not  have a position on such matters, which are for the governing body
in  question to determine. We have no record of any discussions about the 
England rugby anthem having taken place.

 

 

 

This completes our response to your information request.

 

 

 

As a public body, Sport England is subject to the terms of the Freedom of 
Information Act 2000 and this means you are entitled to complain if you 
are unhappy with the way we have handled your information request and/or 
ask us to review our decision.

 

 

 

If you would like to complain about the way we have handled your request 
or ask for our decision to be reviewed please contact:

 

 

 

Erin Stephens

 

Principal In House Solicitor

 

Sport England

 

1st Floor, 21 Bloomsbury Street

 

London

 

WC1B 3HF

 

Email: [Sport England request email]

 

 

 

Please describe your original request, explain your grounds for 
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complete internal reviews within twenty working days.

 

 

 

If you are not content with the outcome of our Internal Review you have 
the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner. Generally speaking 
the Information Commissioner will not be able to consider an appeal
unless  you have first exhausted the Internal Review procedure provided by
Sport  England.

 

 

 

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

 

 

 

The Information Commissioner’s Office

 

Wycliffe House

 

Water Lane

 

Wilmslow

 

Cheshire

 

SK9 5AF

 

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