LTA Tennis Foundation has awarded grants to seven organisations in its third round of funding through its Grant Making Framework. The grants awarded will support disabled children, young people, and adults to access tennis sessions, support education around the inclusion…
The governing body for tennis, LTA, has published a two-year progress report on its Environmental Sustainability Plan. In it, the body says it has achieved 80% of the 10 targets it set itself when the first-ever Environmental Sustainability Plan was…
LTA, the UK’s governing body for tennis, has announced a new five-year partnership with Barclays that aims to get 150,000 people playing tennis more regularly. The collaboration forms part of LTA’s vision of breaking down barriers to access tennis and…
The chief executives of five major national governing bodies of sport (football, cricket, tennis, rugby league and rugby union) have called on political leaders to set out their vision for sport, ahead of the General Election. Richard Gould (ECB), Mark…
Bedford Borough Council has secured £370,000 worth of funding to refurbish park tennis courts across the borough. The investment is part of the LTA’s £30m Park Tennis Project, which will result in the refurbishment of thousands of public tennis courts…
Tennis facilities in West Sussex have been given a new lease of life as part of a joint project between Adur & Worthing Councils and the LTA. A total of six courts at Tarring and Shoreham have reopened following a…
Britannia Paints has supplied its products to a number of the LTA’s Park Tennis projects. The Park Tennis Project is a nationwide investment programme by the UK Government and LTA Tennis Foundation, delivered by the LTA, to refurbish public tennis…
13 tennis courts across four parks in Edinburgh, Scotland, will reopen this summer after undergoing renovations worth £190,000. The improvements to the courts in Inverleith Park, Leith Links, Victoria Park and St. Margaret’s Park were funded by the City of…
Tennis saw "very strong growth" in participation at grassroots level during 2022, with the number of people playing tennis reaching 4.7m – an increase of 43%. The figure comes from the Finance and Governance Report for 2022, published by the sport's…
The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and Nottingham City Council have signed an agreement for the LTA to take over the long-term lease and management of Nottingham Tennis Centre. As part of the deal the LTA – the national governing body…
