UK Sport is the nation’s high performance sports agency. Its mission is to create the greatest decade of extraordinary sporting moments; reaching, inspiring and uniting the nation. Primarily this means working with our partner sporting organisations to deliver medals at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. UK Sport also has responsibility for activities best delivered at a UK level, such as: bidding for and staging major sporting events in this country, increasing sporting activity, influence overseas and promoting sporting conduct, ethics and diversity in society. UK Sport is funded by a combination of Government Exchequer and National Lottery funds.