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Source: Activity Alliance 07.06.22
https://www.activityalliance.org.uk/how-we-help/research/annual-survey
National charity Activity Alliance is calling for greater priority for disabled people as the country recovers from the pandemic. The leading voice for disabled people in sport and activity have released their latest Annual Disability and Activity Survey. It highlights the w
Source: Activity Alliance 30.05.22
https://www.activityalliance.org.uk/how-we-help/research/annual-survey
Activity Alliance Annual Survey was launched in 2019 to provide a greater understanding about disabled people’s attitudes towards and involvement in sport and physical activity.
More than 1,800 disabled and non-disabled adults aged 16+ took part in the largest survey of its kind,
Source: Sport England 02.06.22
https://www.sportengland.org/news/girl-can-publishes-guide-recruiting-female-volunteers
The award-winning This Girl Can campaign has published guidance on how to boost female volunteer numbers in the sport and physical activity sector.
Marking Volunteers’ Week, the ‘Guide to recruit and retain female volunteers’ highlights key principles and learnings in how to avoid what Sport England has found is a common problem – attracting and retaining female volunteers.
A
Source: Sport England 04.06.22
https://www.sportengland.org/news/jubilee-activity-fund-gives-out-more-ps4-million
Sport England’s Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Activity Fund has committed more than £4 million of National Lottery funding to more than 650 organisations since its launch in January.
The fund, which is still open, was created to mark and help celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee year by supporting projects that bring a community together and provide opportunities for people who may be
Source: Youth Sport Trust 26.05.22
https://www.youthsporttrust.org/news-insight/research/pe-school-sport-the-annual-report-2022
New research from the Youth Sport Trust, conducted by YouGov, comes as the charity looks to National School Sport Week 20-26 June, when it will be championing a place for every child in sport and encouraging schools to focus on physical activity and sport env
Source: Sport England 10.05.22
https://www.sportengland.org/news/new-partner-funding-continues-commitment-tackling-inequalities
Sport England is investing a further £360 million of National Lottery and government funding into 78 more partners to help people in England get active and tackle long-standing inequalities within access to sport and physical activity.
The funding comes on the back of the £193m investment in 43 partners they announced in March and brings their total contributions to m
Source: CIMSPA 05.05.22
With Covid-19 restrictions being lifted across the UK, CIMSPA have put together a guide to help everyone in sport and physical activity understand what the latest government guidance is.
The guide, which is updated regularly, contains the latest guidance and restrictions in the four home countries.
Source: Active Partnerships 01.04.22
Active Partnerships will mark the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP) on April 6th by supporting the launch of the ‘Open Goal’ campaign.
Open Goal has been created by Active Partnerships and other members of the Sport for Development Coalition to showcase how sport and physical activity can contribute to building a fairer, mor
Source: Gov.uk 18.03.22
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/a-level-playing-field-all-pupils-entitled-to-high-quality-pe
Ofsted has published its research review into Physical Education (PE), the latest in a series of reviews into different subjects across the curriculum. The review draws on a range of sources, to identify factors that can contribute to high-quality school PE curriculum, assessment, pedagogy and systems. This understanding of subject quality will be used to examine how PE is ta
Source: Sport England 10.03.22
https://www.sportengland.org/news/partnerships-announced-build-movement-around-tackling-inequalities
Sport England has announced the first group of 43 partners it is working with to deliver system-wide change under the Uniting the Movement Strategy to level up access to sport and physical activity across the country. Partners - who have all committed to tackling inequalities - will receive a total of £193 million of National Lottery and government funding between
Source: Activity Alliance 07.03.22
Activity Alliance is calling time on negative perceptions through its campaign,‘Who says?’. The charity wants disabled children and young people to have the same opportunities to be active as their non-disabled peers.
Research highlights that there is significant work to do for it to be a level playing field for disabled children and young peop
Source: CIMSPA 26.01.22
CIMSPA (the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity) has launched ReEngage: a new, free, learning platform for anyone working in sport and physical activity in England. The platform, will provide the sector’s workforce with the skills and knowledge to help more people to get physical activity fo
Source: Activity Alliance 20.01.22
https://www.sense.org.uk/get-support/arts-sport-and-wellbeing/sense-sport/our-programme/
A new report Understanding the physical activity needs o
Source: British Blind Sport 10.01.21
https://britishblindsport.org.uk/get-fit-with-bbs/
As with many other sport and physical activity providers, the Coronavirus pandemic encouraged British Blind Sport (BBS) to adapt its services and explore the world of online workout classes. BBS's audio-led sessions, developed in collaboration with inclusive providers, have helped blind and partially sighted people keep active from their homes during the pandemic and have continued to be enjoyed by people a
Source: Sport England 10.01.22
https://www.sportengland.org/news/queens-platinum-jubilee-activity-fund-launched
Sport England has launched a new £5 million fund to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee which aims to use sport and physical activity to bring communities together and tackle inequalities. The £5 million fund is part of more than £22 million of investment from the National Lottery in schemes across various sectors that will celebrate the Queen’s 70 years of service.
The fund will make
Source: NCSEM 11.01.22
https://www.ncsem-em.org.uk/2022/01/11/moving-for-mental-health/
https://www.sportfordevelopmentcoalition.org/moving-mental-health
Mental health awareness for sport and physical activity - Feedback form Andrea Vincze.docx
A joint report from the Sport for Development Coalition and Mind has recommended initiating a new cross-Government strategy to strengthen the use of physical activity and sport to support mental health and wellbeing following the Covid-19 pandemic.
The ‘M
Source: Sport England 21.12.21
https://www.sportengland.org/news/six-month-update-progress-following-race-sport-review
UK Sport and home nations sports councils have issued a statement on the progress made to make sport and physical activity more inclusive and reflective of UK society, following the publication of the Tackling Racism and Racial Inequality in Sport report in June 2021. The report found that racism existed in UK sport and resulted in ethnically diverse communities and individual
Source: Sport England 09.12.21
Active Lives Children and Young People Survey Academic Year 2020-21 Report.pdf
Sport England’s latest Active Lives Children and Young People Survey report evidences the benefits on mental health and loneliness. Existing inequalities have widened, and new issues have arisen with boys losing active habits.
Children and young people’s activity levels co
Source: Sport England 02.12.21
https://www.sportengland.org/news/implementation-plan-years-2-4-uniting-movement-published
https://www.sportengland.org/why-were-here/uniting-movement/implementation-plan-years-2-4-2022-25
Sport England has published the next three years of the ten-year Uniting the Movement strategy 2022-2025, describing the strategy to transform lives and communities through sport and physical activity
Building on the lessons learned from their work throughout the pandemic, Sport
Source: Activity Alliance 23.11.2021
https://www.activityalliance.org.uk/news/6632-activity-alliance-annual-survey-update-for-2022
The national Activity Alliance’s Annual Disability and Activity Survey for 2021-22, which tracks disabled people’s perceptions and experiences of sport and physical activity has revealed the stark impact of COVID-19 on activity levels.
Key findings include almost 25% disabled people stated that they had not received enough information about ho
