The story of
Sir Ludwig Guttmann and the birth of the Paralympic Games
In the summer of 1948, neurologist Ludwig Guttmann set up a sporting competition between patients. It was the birth of the Paralympic Games.
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Sport England Website
Catalogue reference: PF 33
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PF 33
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PF 33
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Title (The name of the record)
- Sport England Website
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Date (When the record was created)
- From 2001
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the Sport England website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Please see information at Divisional level
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1997-2017
- National Lottery Commission, 1999-1999
- Sport England, 1997-1997
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- archived website(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Gathered from original website.
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Official publications
- Sports
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Future website versions may be anticipated.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Sport England was established in 1997 by Royal Charter and was formerly known as the English Sports Council. Its objectives are: opportunities to play sport; opportunities to sat in sport; and opportunities to achieve success in sport.Its role is to build the foundations of a community sport system by working with national governing bodies of sport, and other funded partners, to grow the number of people doing sport; sustain participation levels; and help more talented people from all backgrounds excel by identifying them early, nurturing them, and helping them move up to the elite level. It is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17750/
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