Set up by Royal Charter in 1972 as the Scottish Sports Council, we changed our name to sport scotland in 1999. In 1998 we launched the Scottish Institute of Sport to provide a world class environment for Scottish athletes, providing them with services and training which will allow them to compete on equal terms with athletes from other countries.
Partnership is crucial to our work.
Governing bodies of sport, local sports councils, local authorities, schools, health boards and commercial companies are just some of the partners we work with across the voluntary, public and private sectors. By working in this way we can make the most of the skills, ideas and, of course, money available to sport in Scotland.