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Welcome from the Chair

The Sport and Recreation Alliance is the voice of the grassroots sport and recreation sector. Since 1935, the Alliance (formerly known as the Central Council of Physical Recreation) has protected and promoted the interests of our vital sector and membership to government, policy makers and the media. We strongly believe in the transformational power of sport and recreation to positively shape lives and help drive societal and economic growth.

Throughout our new strategy cycle, our unwavering focus will be to deliver with and for our members, particularly our National Governing Body members, who play a foundational role in engaging and keeping people in sport and recreation. As a result of our membership review, we have made several changes to the way in which we are structured and how we operate.

We have evolved our membership structures and services to better support our members and strengthen our role as the independent voice for sport and recreation, bringing together sport and National Governing Bodies to reflect and elevate their systemic role in delivering sport.

We are being smarter in the way we work together with our members, collaborating more effectively to identify key priorities and focusing our resources on delivering against these. We are enhancing our communications and engagement with members to increase awareness of and support for the work we and our members are doing. Using our independent voice, we will protect members’ interests with key decision makers and be bold and ambitious in promoting the benefits of sport and recreation and the impact our members have.

We are seeking Committee members to assist with the work of the NGB Coalition Division. This is a new opportunity that has been driven by the  recent development of our 2025-30 strategy, A United Voice for Sport and Recreation, and implementation of revised membership structures to provide greater focus towards supporting NGBs. 

About The Role

View the role information by downloading the recruitment pack.

Further Information

Please find below details of the selection process, to assist you in completing and tailoring your application:

You should submit:

• An up-to-date CV – we recommend that this is no longer than two pages.
• An appropriate covering letter– we recommend that this is no longer than one page.

Please send your completed CV and covering letter to the Company Secretary, Sport and Recreation Alliance, by email to Kate Lawrenson (klawrenson@sportandrecreation.org.uk)

Closing date – applications should be received by noon on Thursday 29 January 2025

You will receive an acknowledgement to your email and we suggest that if you do not receive this you should contact Kate on 020 7976 3900 to confirm your application has been received.

All candidates’ CVs and covering letters will be considered by the Chair and Deputy Chair of the NGB Coalition Division. Any interviews will be notified after the closing date and may be by video conference.

For more detailed information about the Alliance, please visit our website at www.sportandrecreation.org.uk 

Apply for role

Closing date: 29th January 2026