To mark the Alliance’s 90th anniversary, we are launching the Community Sport and Recreation Awards: Youth Edition 2025, which will celebrate the next generation of young leaders from across the sector.
The Sport and Recreation Alliance is delighted to announce the appointment of Hamid Vaghefian to its board following an open recruitment process.
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The Department for Education has confirmed that £10.1 million of funding will be invested into schools across England this academic year, to help school sports and swimming facilities to be opened outside of school hours.
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At times like this, checking in on your family, friends or colleagues has never been so important.
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It is a particularly unsettling time for children at the moment, with the coronavirus pandemic keeping many at home, away from friends and without a routine.
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The Sport and Recreation Alliance is deeply saddened by the passing of Honorary Member Professor Raymond Miquel CBE.
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The last year has been incredibly tough for community groups involved in delivering sport, physical activity and movement of all kinds. Lockdowns, restrictions and social distancing has seen many temporarily close or struggle to deliver their much-loved activities.
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Earlier today, Sport England revealed a comprehensive ten-year strategy to support the future of physical activity in the country.
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Some of the largest sports bodies in the country reinvested £156.2m of broadcast revenues into the long-term development of their sports in the last year.
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Excitement is building ahead of Fit for the Future 2021, and with just a week to go until the big day, we wanted to give you a sneak preview into some of the fantastic sessions you’ll be able to attend.
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The Sport and Recreation Alliance is thrilled to announce that CEO Lisa Wainwright has been named in the 2020 OUTstanding 100 LGBT+ Executives List for the third year in a row.
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Sport England have released the latest Active Lives Children and Young People Survey report which demonstrates the negative impact that COVID-19 has had on activity levels among younger people.
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At 11.00pm on 31 December 2020, the UK left the transition period and a new relationship between the UK and EU – the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) – came into effect. Head of Policy, Leigh Thompson summarises the agreement and what it means for the sector.
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Professional rugby player Ashton Hewitt, ex-England netball captain Ama Agbeze MBE and Shadow Minister for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), Alison McGovern MP are among the star names confirmed for the Fit for the Future Convention 2021.
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The Sport and Recreation Alliance will be closed for the Christmas holidays from 5pm on 23 December until 9am on 4 January.
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A new year is a time to set new challenges, make resolutions and look ahead to what’s to come.
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A decade on from our name change from the Central Council of Physical Recreation (CCPR) to the Sport and Recreation Alliance, we relive some of the biggest moments and achievements from the past 10 years.
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The coronavirus pandemic has triggered an unprecedented amount of online activity as organisations worldwide have tried to find new ways of interacting with their audiences during a period of tight restrictions.
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The Alliance is delighted to announce that entries for the Community Sport and Recreation Awards 2021 are now open, with cash prizes and national recognition up for grabs.
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The Sport and Recreation Alliance welcomes today’s
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The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced that £300 million of funding will be provided to major spectator sports impacted by the cancellation of events caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Youth Sport Trust, Sport and Recreation Alliance, ukactive and Association for Physical Education have come together to help clarify what extra-curricular sport is permitted under government’s new lockdown guidance.
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Thinking about the impact of any potential disruptions to your organisation is something that should always feature on your agenda, not just in times of COVID-19.
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The UK’s sport and physical activity sector has joined forces to launch a new campaign called Save Our Sports, urging the Government to save grassroots sport, fitness and leisure facilities from permanent closure due to COVID-19.
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On the evening of Saturday 31 October, the Prime Minister announced a new lockdown is to come into effect for four weeks, starting on Thursday 5 November.
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