sport strategy news

The Football Foundation is to invest 40 per cent of its total funding over the next three years in multi-sport facility projects. Worth a projected ... More

A coalition of leading organisations across the physical activity sector has called for radical reform to support its growth and development. The formation of the ... More

Sally Munday, the current chief executive England and GB Hockey, has been appointed CEO of UK Sport. She joins the nation’s high-performance sports agency after ... More

The Mayor of London has published his Sport for All of Us strategy, following its official adoption by the London Assembly. The strategy, which was ... More

Great Britain must continue to invest in elite athletes or risk damaging participation numbers nationwide, according to Dame Katherine Grainger. The chair of UK Sport, ... 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

Sporting Future, the first piece of major sports policy in over a decade, will be “examined” by the Labour Party if it gets into power ... More

Tracey Crouch, the minister of sport, has urged sector bodies and organisations to sign up to the Sport and Recreation Alliance’s Mental Health Charter on ... More

Fifty MPs, including sports minister Tracey Crouch, gathered to address and mingle with sport and fitness sector heavyweights at ukactive’s parliamentary reception last night (20 ... More

The NHS should prescribe sporting activities, such as football, to people with mental health conditions rather than “just handing out anti-depressants”, according to Andy Burnham. ... More

Parkour will be eligible to bid for government and National Lottery funding after the UK became the first country to officially recognise the activity as ... More

An organisational restructure has been announced by the Rugby Football League (RFL), with a focus on diversifying revenue streams and developing its technological capabilities. In ... More

Strategies developed by the UK government to increase physical activity a far from robust, according to a new report, which found that less than 20 ... More

National governing bodies that receive more than £1m (US$1.2m, €1.1m) of public money over a set cycle – such as the Football Association (FA) and ... More

New designs for the controversial Casement Park development in Belfast have been unveiled after opposition from local residents halted original plans. Ulster Gaelic Athletic Association ... More

Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, the Labour MP for Tooting, has been appointed as shadow sports minister in Jeremy Corbyn’s latest cabinet reshuffle. Labour deputy leader Tom ... More

Sport volunteer charity Join In Trust has closed its doors, with all its assets moving over to a consortium headed up by the Sport and ... More

Operators in the sport and leisure sector have an opportunity to develop their offer as a result of the government’s childhood obesity strategy, according to ... More

British Cycling will establish a number of participation programmes linked to the government sport strategy after winning investment from HSBC UK. The global banking organisation ... More

CIMSPA, the professional body for the UK sport and physical activity sector, has kicked off a full governance review as it bids to fulfil its ... More

British Cycling will lobby for “smart investment and better infrastructure” in a bid to capitalise on Team GB’s exceptional performance at Rio 2016. Great Britain’s ... More

Disabled people do not have adequate access to grassroots sport clubs and facilities and there is a "long way to go" before the situation improves, ... More

Local authorities have been at the forefront of creating a “transformative” participation legacy following London 2012, according to the Local Government Association (LGA). A snapshot ... More

A number of County Sports Partnerships (CSP) will have to improve their “strategic leadership” capabilities and work with a wider range of partners to fulfil ... More

Government departments such as health, education and transport should have a minister dedicated to sports policy, according to several members of parliament. In a report ... More