Ministers support outdoor industries UK campaign - sportstextiles: Lea SportsTextiles

News

Ministers support outdoor industries UK campaign

30/10/2012
More than 120 representatives from the UK’s outdoor industry visited parliament to drum up support for a national campaign to encourage the public to be more active outdoors.

Attendees at the launch of Britain on Foot, organised by the Outdoor Industries Association (OIA), included Under Secretary of State for Health Anna Soubry and Shadow Culture Minister Dan Jarvis, alongside representatives from Visit England, the National Trust, the European Outdoor Group and Sport England.

Dave Turnbull, chief executive of the British Mountaineering Council, said: “The BMC calls on the government to get behind Britain on Foot. It has momentum and, with suitable support, could be a great thing for the nation.”

Andrew Denton, chief executive of the OIA, added: “This project will only succeed if the trade gets behind it and I am hugely encouraged by the response of our sector so far.”

Related stories:

First UK Outdoor Awards winners announced 17/03/2016
New awards programme for UK’s outdoor sector 05/08/2015
UK's outdoor sector outlined in OIA report 27/05/2015

Sportstextiles.com cannot be held responsible for content if the language setting is changed from English.

The translations provided by Google Translate are automated and therefore might not be accurate and may contain incorrect, offensive or misleading language. We offer this facility as a guide only.