Special Olympics GB receives £2 million funding boost

Special Olympics Great Britain, a charity that helps people with learning disabilities to take part in sports coaching and competition, has received a £2 million funding boost from the government. The funding will go towards supporting and improving the following areas of Special Olympics GB’s work: • Sending 115 Special Olympics GB athletes to Los Angeles to represent the country at the World Summer Games this summer. The event, which will run from July 25 until August 2, will be the largest sports and humanitarian event anywhere in the world in 2015. It will also be the single biggest event