Sports Strategy news

Overall physical activity levels among adults in England have returned to pre-pandemic levels, being in line with 2018-19 and above 2016 numbers. According to the ... More

In an announcement made today in advance of tomorrow's Spring Budget (15 March), the UK government has pledged £63m to support publicly-owned swimming pools and ... More

The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is scheduled to end on 31 March leaving thousands set for closure or service ... More

The damaging effect of the energy crisis due to government inaction and the impact on the health of the UK population saw Tanni Grey-Thompson lobbying ... More

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published the country's first ever National Youth Sports Strategy, described as a "blueprint for increasing ... More

The debate over whether safe standing areas should be allowed in English top flight football is heating up, with the Labour Party offering its backing ... More

Gym operators and physical activity providers are throwing open their doors today (27 September), offering free taster sessions and gym passes as part of National ... More

Kingston Council in South London has given the go ahead for a trio of “next generation” integrated community hubs. The three centres will offer a ... More

A percentage of the revenue from the sale of free-to-air broadcast rights will be ploughed back into grassroots sport – bringing in millions of pounds. ... More

British Cycling has called upon the government to explore the possibility of opening up more public paths to cyclists to boost participation and help deliver ... More

Argos has been announced as the lead partner for National Fitness Day (NFD) 2016, with the retail giant set to significantly spread the reach of ... More

Alisports – the sports arm of global trade platform Alibaba – has inked a strategic partnership with Populous as it attempts to build and operate ... More

Buoyed by its backing from Sport England in the quango’s recent sports strategy, CIMSPA has sought to carry forward this momentum with the signing of ... More

A brand new body set up to represent the group fitness market has laid out an ambitious growth target as it bids to make exercise ... More

Effectively engaging school children in sport and physical activity is the only way to reach a broad spectrum of society in the future, according to ... More

Former UK Athletics chief executive David Moorcroft has been appointed as executive director of the Coventry Sports Foundation – a charity he helped to found ... More

A Steering Group has been established to make Coventry one of the “leading cities in the world” in rugby by 2023. The 17-strong group, including ... More

Sport England’s funding to SkillsActive – the owner of fitness professional register REPs – has ceased and its partnership is under review as the quango ... More

The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) has issued a defiant rebuttal to online rumours that it is close to collapse, saying that 2016 will be ... More

Health clubs and fitness operators have an “enormous role to play” in helping to achieve the physical activity goals set out in the government’s recent ... More

Senior politicians were urged last night to help drive the physical activity agenda by supporting a range of bold policy calls to get Britain moving. ... More

Andy Reed – the former MP for Loughborough – has been assigned to lead the review into the role played by County Sports Partnerships (CSP) ... More

The Sport and Recreation Alliance has revealed its “disappointment” that the safeguarding of children and adults “did not feature strongly” in the government’s sports strategy. ... More

The government’s long overdue childhood obesity strategy is facing further delays, with the document now not expected until after the EU referendum. Although originally due ... More

Exploring how the government’s new Sports Strategy will shape the future of the physical activity sector will be top of the agenda during the sector ... More