... sport, it is still the formal responsibility of the government to provide community programmes whilst supported by national agencies. Tackling social exclusion has become both a local and national challenge. The UK government has made social exclusion a central issue that dominates all current social policies. Current documents such as 'The Social Exclusion Unit', and the 'DCMS's, 'Strategy for Delivering Government's Sport and Physical Activity Objectives' provide significant information to address the issues surrounding exclusion within sport. National agencies are constantly implementing strategies within local communities to ensure access for every individual. This essay will examine the more recent and significant national policies in relation to ethnic minority groups. It will look at how national policies are filtered down into local authorities and analyse the effectiveness of introducing sporting policy within a community and its benefits, in terms of the links with health, education and social order. The Policy Process Within the United ...

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