Ruth is Sport England’s Strategic Lead for Local Government leading the organisation’s work with local authorities and related national partner organisations. After working for two local councils in facility and development positions Ruth moved to Sport England. Here she has had a variety of roles including leading major lottery programmes on Sport Action Zones and the Active Communities Development Fund, setting up strategic alliances for sport across key government departments e.g. with the Departments of Health and Communities and Local Government and leading Sport England's policy work on improvement that has encompassed sports inclusion in CPA and the inclusion of sport and active recreation in the National Indicator Set that has been included in over half of LAAs.