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- Department for Culture, Media and Sport - Established in July 1997. Responsible for arts, broadcasting, the press, museums and galleries, libraries, sport and recreation, historic buildings and ancient monuments, tourism the music industry, and the National Lottery.
- UK Sport - Responsible for promoting and supporting sport across the UK. Provides information on sporting activities and initiatives being undertaken by the agency.
- Sport England - Formerly the English Sports Council, responsible for providing services and funding to sport in England. Information about the development and funding of English sport, with advice on how to apply for Lottery funding.
- The Department for Culture, Media and Sport - National Lottery - Official Government site about the National Lottery.
- The Sports Council for Northern Ireland - Promotes and finances sport in the province.
- 24HourMuseum - Project sponsored by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport providing live information, news and links for over 2,500 museums, galleries and heritage attractions in the UK.
- West Midlands Life - Regional cultural consortium set up by the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport. Includes a list of board members, vision and strategy details, and cultural links.
- Telegraph: More red tape, vicar? - Leader. Perhaps Tessa Jowell, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, could tell us when was the last time that the audience at a performance of Bach's Matthew Passion caused crime, disorder, public nuisance or threatened the welfare of children.
- Tote - Horserace Totalisator Board. Government-owned betting organisation. Profits split between the Treasury and the horseracing industry.
- Horserace Betting Levy Board - Describes the work of the Board and includes information on the Fixtures Incentive Scheme.
Wikipedia Articles
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport - The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (sometimes abbreviated DCMS) is a department of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for culture and sport in England, and some aspects of the media throughout the whole UK, for example broadcasting. It also has responsibility for the creative industries (some joint with Department for ...
- Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport - The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport is a UK cabinet position with responsibility for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The role was created in 1992 by John Major as Secretary of State for National Heritage, and took on its current title on July 14, 1997.
- Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee - The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee is one of the Select Committees of the British House of Commons, having been established in 1997. It oversees the operations of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport which replaced the defunct Department for National Heritage.
- Minister for Sport and Tourism - The Minister for Sport and Tourism was a junior minister in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for sport and tourism in England. Since the 29 June 2007 reshuffle, carried out by Gordon Brown, the role has simply become that of Minister for Sport.
- UK Sport - UK Sport is the United Kingdom's organisation for directing the development of sport within the home countries. It is accountable to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport: disbursing Government funding and acting as the statutory distributor of National Lottery grants.