social behaviour news

Exercise has been voted the number one way the public can help the NHS – ahead of paying taxes and cutting down on smoking and ... More

This year's National Fitness Day (NFD) will be the "biggest unified celebration of fitness in UK history", according to plans revealed today (30 July). The ... More

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

Sports should be harnessed to help tackle knife crime and gang violence, according to a report by the DCMS Select Committee. In its Changing Lives: ... More

The government’s new Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper could present a funding opportunity for the UK’s sports clubs. Published by the secretary of state for ... More

Community sports leaders continue to face a shortage of funding and support, according to findings from a new survey. Research by sports charity Sported and ... More

In a startling discovery that raises fundamental questions about human behaviour, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have determined that the immune ... More

Sports minister Tracey Crouch has highlighted the importance of technology and apps in trying to mobilise people from disadvantaged communities to get active. During her ... More

The government’s public consultation on a new sports strategy has ignited a "great response" from the sector, according to sports minister Tracey Crouch. Speaking at ... More

Leisure industry marketing experts believe that despite the increasingly fragmented nature of social media, online networking mainstays like Facebook and Twitter will remain the key ... More

A new study has suggested that adding a mental health component to school-based lifestyle programmes for teenagers could be key in lowering obesity levels, improving ... More

A partnership of local and central governments is using sport to deliver social change in the Shankill area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Department for ... More

A £3.15m grant has been created to develop a Scotland-wide network of full-sized 3G pitches for youth football and rugby. The CashBack for Pitches Fund ... More

Using sport to tackle social issues among disadvantaged young people could save billions of pounds every year, says The Sported Foundation, after it commissioned a ... More

Edinburgh Leisure, the not for profit social enterprise which manages sport and leisure facilities on behalf of the City of Edinburgh Council, delivers an economic ... More

Image: The project will target young jobless adults Young unemployed adults living in inner city areas affected by crime and anti-social behaviour are to receive ... More

Anglia Community Leisure's Street Sport sessions have already proven hugely popular with local young people but now they have also had the official thumbs up ... More