Sport England have announced a £4,376,419 investment into community sports clubs and coaches in Yorkshire.

A total of £38.3 million is being invested throughout England to get more people involved in sport.

The funding will create 238 enhanced and improved sports clubs and 67 coaches in Yorkshire between now and March 2010. This will increase opportunities for people across the region to get more involved in sport.

Alistair Copeland, Interim Regional Director with Sport England Yorkshire, said: "Clubs and coaches are at the heart of community sport. This investment will provide more quality opportunities for people to play sport as well as getting more coaches on the ground. We are delighted to make such a large investment into the development of clubs and coaches in Yorkshire."

Each of Sport England's nine Regional Sports Boards decided last month how the investment should be spent in their region.

Every region has a vital role to play in helping Sport England achieve its ambition of getting two million people participating more in sport by 2012.

The money will be invested into sports clubs and coaches via national governing bodies of sport (NGBs) in each Sport England region.

Sport England will be working closely with national governing bodies over the coming weeks and months to finalise exactly where and how the funding will be allocated. The funding will help sports clubs create sporting pathways so everyone has the ability to reach their potential.

Minister for Sport Richard Caborn said: "We are investing £160 million of public money into community sports clubs and coaching in the four years to 2008."