Jennie Price news

Former Sport England CEO Jennie Price has joined global strategy consultancy Portas Consulting as an expert adviser. Price has been tasked with advising Portas and ... More

Speaking at the annual Legend customer day at the NEC today, Sport England’s executive director of mass markets, Dave Newton gave a first reveal of ... More

A programme designed to help get more young people to train as sports coaches has received nearly £1m of National Lottery funding from Sport England. ... More

British Paralympic Association (BPA) chief executive Tim Hollingsworth has been named as the new CEO of Sport England. He will replace Jennie Price, who announced ... More

Millions of people with long-term health conditions will be targeted via a £1.3m investment project launched by Sport England to encourage them to become more ... More

Sport England has partnered with a group of health charities from The Richmond Group to create a series of projects that could improve the health ... More

Latest stats on the UK fitness industry, Xercise4Less expansion plans, Jennie Price leaves Sport England, plus we find out which football hero's boots have made ... More

Jennie Price will leave her role as CEO of Sport England at the end of October, after 11 years at the helm. Price took over ... More

Sport England has published its latest Active Lives Adult Survey (ALAS), which shows that 27.7 million people – 61.8 per cent of the adult population ... More

Matt Hancock has been appointed secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport in Theresa May’s cabinet reshuffle. Hancock takes over from Karen Bradley, ... More

Twelve areas across England will take part in a groundbreaking pilot to reach physically inactive communities. The public body Sport England will allocate £100m in ... More

Grassroots sport quango Sport England has signed a three-year deal to allow an Australian health promotion foundation to adopt its This Girl Can campaign. VicHealth, ... More

Jennie Price, the chief executive of Sport England, has been recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours list. Price, who has been with the grassroots sports ... More

Greater Manchester has exceeded its target of getting one million people to be regularly active, which is expected to save more than £640,000 (US$817,200, €732,700) ... More

A number of national governing bodies (NGB) have had their public funding slashed as a result of Sport England shifting its focus to engaging the ... More

Changes made to Sport England’s funding model is encouraging national governing bodies (NGB) to “rethink” operations and become more customer service savvy, according to Jennie ... More

The growth in participation for hockey, netball and gymnastics has boosted the number of women taking part in sport, narrowing the gender gap in the ... More

Dame Sarah Storey, triple gold medalist at this summer’s Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, has been confirmed as one of the high profile speakers at this ... More

NHS and public sector organisations in Greater Manchester have signed a strategic partnership with Sport England in a bid to reduce levels of inactivity and ... More

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has surpassed its target of 15,000 registered players for its O2 Touch programme a year ahead of schedule. Growth experienced ... More

Eight national disability sports organisations (NDSOs) have joined forces to launch a campaign to get more people with impairments active. The Sport England-funded Together We ... More

Sport England has committed to investing in its This Girl Can campaign for at least another four years after recording a spike in participation figures. ... More

Physical activity providers need to be more “proactive” in trying to appeal to the disabled population, according to the chief executive of the English Federation ... More

Sport England has praised the governing bodies of rugby union, netball and cricket for their insight work after all three saw substantial boosts in participation. ... More

The number of people taking part in sport has reached the same level as the post-London 2012 Olympics boom – with a rise in female ... More