ter equipment, facilities and training for coaches. The UK Cheerleading Association (UKCA) brings 200,000 girls to the programme, who are already involved with many sports covered by This Girl Can. The This Girl Can project developed by Sport England, supports female exercise and sporting activities. With the promotions of Cheer by such organisations like Sport England, enables the sport to reach a whole other range, as well as it being endorsed by ESPN.

In order for Cheerleading to be recognised as a sport, the National Governing Body (NGB) must complete certain requirements set out within the Sports Councils’ Recognition Policy 2017. It becomes obligatory for candidates to first read the Applicant Guidance and then complete a pre-application form. The pre-application was created to ensure the potential organisation meets its basic criteria prior to progressing to full application stage. However, even before they are able to apply, they need to make sure they are maintaining all four pre-application and application requirements. Firstly, the leading pre-application criteria for an NGB is there to be operational for a minimum of two years, which is properly certified or signed off accounts for the past two financial years. Having a NGB for longer than two years, can enable time to maintain all requirements and create reputation within the sporting society, which is a vital requirement in the pre application criteria. Each NGB must also maintain their constitutional structure and therefore each separate NGB should have a document or constitution relevant to their specific jurisdiction (e.g. England or Wales). Thirdly is, the requirement for a NGB to validate its association to its jurisdiction, to the UK NGB’s as well as the international governing bodies for the sport. Lastly, the NGB would have to sustain influence, in order to demonstrate its capabilities in sporting activities in relation to their jurisdictions. As well as the influence, they would need to sustain relationships with other organisations within its sport by working in co-operation with others. This becomes vital during organisation in sporting competitions and several alliances in order to promote the popularity and preservation of the sport. If pre-application criteria is achieved and the application is approved, cheerleading would be invited to attend a briefing meeting to discuss the full application process. This will be with the UK Recognition Panel for UK or GB NGBs. For NGBs applying for recognition in one of the Home Country jurisdictions the meeting will be with only the Home Country Sports Council and not the full Recognition Panel. The full application form will be provided in this meeting. Fill in and send full application form to Home Country Sports Council where headquarters or registered office is located. The full application permits organisations to demonstrate why they should be recognised in a more detailed form of the application process containing its own criteria. The four primary criteria’s for the full application, is relevant to pre application conditions but in a more organised and detailed structure. Firstly, the conservation of governance structure. The governance structure refers to the construction and retainment of the sport legally. The minimum governance standards are mandatory for NGBs, as well as the ability to provide legitimate statements on anti-doping, equality and conflicts of interest that are relevant to their Home Countries specific sporting jurisdiction. All appropriate measures should be taken during sporting activities, in order to prevent the risk of injury, by creating measures to minimise and control risk to participants and this must be applied to the appropriate policies in order to m