inclusive sport news

Jack Shakespeare, UK Active's director of research, policy and communications, is leaving the organisation to join UK-based data, services and software company 4Global as its ... More

As the physical activity sector works to deepen its relationship with the health sector, a new study has revealed how exercise interventions can deliver proven ... More

Edinburgh’s new Meadowbank Sports Centre has opened after a five-year, £47m build which saw the demolition of the original Meadowbank Stadium on the site. The ... More

A "significant majority" of the UK's swimming teachers and aquatic professionals feel that swimming excludes some groups and communities. The finding comes from a study ... More

A new player pathway resource has been launched to remove the barriers standing in the way for people with a limb impairment who want to ... More

Disability organisation Purple has claimed that health club operators and gyms are losing "millions of pounds of revenue" every year by "turning their backs on ... More

A charity offering a range of inclusive sport and physical activities for people with complex disabilities has secured a £1.3m grant from Sport England. The ... More

Community-based sport and physical activity projects in Scotland are in line for a cash investment thanks to a new programme aimed at changing lives and ... More

The Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) has completed work on a sustainable and inclusive sports-focused youth hostel in Bayreuth, Germany, conceived as a new model ... More

Organisations have pledged to back a programme aimed at encouraging more people with disabilities to take part in sport and physical activity. Active Essex - ... More

The Premier League is teaming up with BT to invest in a three-year sport and inclusion programme for disabled individuals. Both parties will plough money ... More

The national governing body (NGB) for archery will host events at 15 National Trust sites in England in an attempt to attract thousands more people ... More

Young disabled people and providers of disability sports should have more opportunities to bid for funds for equipment and specialist support to counter participation drop-off ... More

Archery GB has launched a ‘New Places for Target Faces’ initiative, encouraging leisure centres and other community venues to offer archery as an activity. The ... More

An initiative encouraging people from black and ethnic minorities to take up cricket in England is to be funded by the Equality and Human Rights ... More

A total of 44 disability sport projects will share an £8m funding boost from Sport England. The grants are part of Sport England's Inclusive Sports ... More

A new paralympic-style sporting event will see more than 300 wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women compete across a number of sports in London ... More

Sport England has launched a new £1m initiative designed to improve access to community sports facilities for disabled people. The scheme will fund free training ... More

Image: The strategy will aim to get more disabled people active Haringey Council in North London has become the latest London council to take part ... More

Image: The new fund aims to increase participation Sport England has joined forces with Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson for the unveiling of a new £8m fund ... More

More than 1,600 children were gripped by Olympic fever when they took part in the first ever South Yorkshire School Games. In an event based ... More

Children's Able and Disabled Sport (CADS), Cheshire, has been revealed as one of the seven winning schemes of the National Lottery Awards 2010. CADS picked ... More

Winners of the 2009 FLAME Awards have been announced at the Fitness Industry Association's (FIA) annual summit and conference in Bolton this week. The Club ... More