Public sector news

The Rugby Football League (RFL) has been awarded £660,000 from the Youth Endowment Fund to launch and evaluate Inspiring Futures – an initiative aiming to ... More

A three-year research project will look to provide the physical activity industry with a better understanding of the needs of families with disabled children. The ... More

The latest edition of the highly-successful This Girl Can Campaign has been celebrated for its "taboo-busting" and "brave" take on what female fitness really looks ... More

Sports stadiums and large entertainment venues could soon be forced to implement airport-style security checks, after the government offered its backing to the controversial "Martyn's ... More

The chancellor, Sajid Javid, has revealed that the government will present its budget on 11 March. Javid has hinted that the budget will include measures ... More

The Swimming Teachers' Association (STA) and Leisure Opportunities have extended their strategic partnership. The extension is part of an on-going effort to attract more swimming ... More

Swim England's Learn to Swim Programme has been adopted by a Lithuanian swimming club – marking the project's international entry. Plaukimo Klubas Banga contacted Swim ... More

NHS patients who have been diagnosed with cancer will be offered exercise and gym sessions before they start chemotherapy. The "prehabilitation" programmes will be implemented ... More

Everyone Active is piloting a new boutique exercise format, which it plans to roll out across its portfolio of leisure centres throughout 2020. The operator ... More

British Blind Sport is launching a year-long research project, which will investigate the physical development rates of children with sight loss, compared to their sighted ... More

Former UK Sport chair, Baroness Sue Campbell, has received a damehood in this year's New Year's honours list. The long-time sports administrator – who was ... More

Five sports have secured additional funding towards their high-performance programmes ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Games. Elite funding agency UK Sport will invest up to ... More

New figures show that Sport England's playing field safeguarding measures, designed to protect sports provision in planning applications affecting playing fields, have been successful in ... More

Eight leisure centres operated by Fusion Lifestyle are receiving upgrades to their fitness provision during the month of December, as part of a £2m investment ... More

The document which set in motion the foundation of the modern Olympic Games has sold for US$8m (€7.2m, £6.1m) at an auction – smashing the ... More

Sport England is investing in a programme which aims to offer children from some of the country's poorest areas the opportunity to get physically active. ... More

Nicky Morgan has been reappointed culture secretary, despite having retired from the House of Commons as a member of parliament. In a surprise move, Prime ... More

Sport Wales has introduced a new initiative to make training and educational sessions more affordable for those involved in the country's sports sector. Launching in ... More

Ukactive has urged the incoming Conservative government to invest heavily in physical activity – in order to improve the nation’s health. In an open letter, ... More

A push to get millions of more people to hit the pool in the UK has reached a significant landmark. At the start of the ... More

England Netball has published its new Disability Strategy, in which it outlines plans to increase participation numbers among deaf and disabled women and girls. The ... More

More than 40 sports industry leaders from across the UK have signed an open letter urging the main political parties to address the “alarming public ... More

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) is considering an appeal against the hefty ban given to the nation by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). On 9 ... More

The Conservative Party has promised to invest £550m in grassroots football – if it wins the general election. The funding is part of a larger ... More

Representatives from the three main political parties have backed the view that physical activity has a major role to play in the nation’s health by ... More