Organisations in the sector are being invited to move into the ‘House of Sport’ – a London-based office designed to facilitate collaboration and efficiencies.

The concept – devised by London Sport – will see several sport and physical activity organisations work under the same roof across three floors of an office in the capital’s Dover Street.

London Marathon has provided the space, which will be run as a not-for-profit venture, with money generated from rent reinvested in services which help the organisations “promote increased levels of physical activity and wellbeing”.

Around 150-200 people will be able to occupy the office at any one time. The facility will provide shared networking space and “collaborative hot desking”.

Organisations that wish to apply for space in the facility must fill out an expression of interest form ahead of the office’s official opening in early 2017.

Peter Fitzboydon, London Sport chief executive, said the initiative was a “landmark opportunity” for firms in the sector to collaborate and promote physical activity in London.

London Sport has its own objective of getting 1m more Londoners physically active by 2020.

“The House of Sport project is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to provide a practical solution to inspiring new opportunities in the capital,” added Fitzboydon.

“This new venture will have a real impact on saving money and reducing wasteful bureaucracy for the numerous organisations that make up our sector in London,” said London Sport chair Kate Hoey.

“We should be seizing the opportunities to enable more funding to reach the people who need it most – the volunteers and participants in sport – and this project will ensure that less money is spent in securing sport services for the sector, and more reaches the grassroots of physical activity and sport.”