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www.sportsmanagement.co.uk MANAGEMENT VOLUME 17 Q1 2013 Simon Morton The drive to attract major Community events to Matters the UK Football’s outreach programmes ON THE COVER Champion hurdler Perri Shakes Drayton inspiring a generation PARTNER Peace Sport Glasgow Life’s Bringing hope in the most Billy challenging Garrett places on creating a CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE culture of activity TO THE PRINT EDITION www.sportsmanagement.co.uk/subs READ SPORTS MANAGEMENT ONLINE: WWW.SPORTSMANAGEMENT.CO.UK /DIGITAL TWITTER: @SPORTSMAG [email protected] EDITOR’S LETTER Sport and peace n this issue we examine the work of the peace and sport movement and look at examples of I projects which are bringing unity to some of the most challenging places on earth (see page 42). As I sat down to write this Editor’s Letter about these life affirming, heart warming stories, the news flashed on the TV about the bombing of the Boston Marathon and the subject of sport and its ability to heal and build understanding between people took on an added poignancy. With a few awful exceptions, sport manages to exist beyond the reach of such horrors, providing a sanctuary for people from all walks of life and an escape from a whole range of difficult PHOTO CREDIT: WWW.ACTIONPLUS.CO.UK WWW.ACTIONPLUS.CO.UK PHOTO CREDIT: circumstances, from war to economic pressures and ill health. Attacks on sport arouse deep seated revulsion for this reason. The unity through sport movement inspired the creation of the Peace and Sport organisation which was established in Monaco by Prince Albert II and former pentathlete Joel Bouzou. Peace and Sport e-mail: please use contact’s has achieved some milestones, including – topically – bringing North and South Korea together to [email protected] SUBSCRIPTIONS take part in the 1st Peace and Sport Table Tennis Cup in Doha. “Peace and Sport offers a unique Denise Gildea opportunity to officials from politically divided countries to attend the same tournaments, to share +44 (0)1462 471930 time and to talk,” says Bouzou. EDITOR Liz Terry There are no parks, forests or open spaces in Gaza, so people who are +44 (0)1462 431385 MANAGING EDITOR hemmed in and living in cramped conditions can turn to the sea to Tom Walker surf and to escape and enjoy some space, freedom and exercise. +44 (0)1462 471920 PUBLISHER John Challinor Further afield, people are turning to sport to find their own sense of peace. 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