On Wednesday 30 October, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves MP delivered her first Budget statement to the House of Commons. Whilst the Budget’s core focus was on a number of key tax rises to fund increased spending on health and education, we look below at some of the measures which will be of interest for Alliance members and the sport and recreation sector.
David Callan, Communications Manager, blogs about the close of the Alliance's #TryYourKitOn campaign, it's impact and how the success of TeamGB and ParalympicsGB can influence future changes within the sector.
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The agenda is available for the joint Outdoor Pursuits and Water Recreation Divisional Meeting taking place on 12 October.
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A nationwide search to find the country’s favourite local green space nominated and selected by public vote
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Governing bodies of sport and event organisers have renewed their annual commitment to ensuring that coverage of the UK's major sporting events is available on free-to-air television as part of the Voluntary Code of Conduct on the Broadcasting of Major Sporting Events.
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To support World Mental Health Day on Monday 10 October, England Athletics is encouraging the nation to #runandtalk to improve their mental wellbeing through running.
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SportsAid Chief Executive, Tim Lawler, blogs about 40 years of SportsAid ahead of the launch of SportsAid Week, a campaign to raise awareness of the charity's work with young athletes.
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Jamie Foale, co-founder of MyLocalPitch explains how technology is helping to revolutionise the way consumers are booking and getting involved in sport and physical activity.
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After a full and successful Olympic and Paralympic cycle, the Join In Trust has selected the Sport and Recreation Alliance to lead a consortium of partners to grow the Join In brand.
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The Sports Betting Group (SBG) is launching a
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Sports clubs in England and Wales are concerned about the lack of facilities available to them, among other challenges, according to data analysed for our What's the Score? report.
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The agenda is available for the Movement and Dance Divisional Meeting taking place on 5 October.
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· The STA has created a bespoke new baby and pre-school swimming programme for Center Parcs. · Called STAnley’s Swim Pups, the unique programme is being piloted at Center Parcs Sherwood Forest and Whinfell Forest this month.
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Following the announcement that the Government is to invest £80m in to a Youth Investment Fund, Policy Adviser, Hannah Dobbin, looks at how sport and recreation organisations can look to tap in to funding of this kind and what they need to prove to do so.
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The Sport and Recreation Alliance is calling for the Paralympic Games to be represented on a par with the Olympic Games.
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Games and Sport Division Meeting of members of the Sport and Recreation Alliance.
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Agenda details for the upcoming MSSD meeting on 29 September.
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We are calling on parliamentarians to get their kit on and champion grassroots sport in their local constituency.
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Blog from Justin Tomlinson MP, co-chair of the APPG for Sport, about the benefits of grassroots sport and the role MPs have to play in championing their local sports scene.
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The Association for Physical Education (afPE) has officially launched a new strategic plan and website.
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Iain Richards, Media and Marketing Officer of the Wheelchair Dance Sport Association (UK), discusses why the activity is accessible to everyone and why the organisation's mission is to make dancing fun and exciting for all.
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The CEO of British Blind Sport, Alaina MacGregor, discusses the work of the British Blind Sport and how they are making a real difference amongst the blind and partially sighted community.
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As the Paralympic Games get underway in Rio, we asked Karen Tonge MBE, Chair of British Para Table Tennis, what she hopes the GB Para Table Tennis team will achieve and how people can engage in the sport back home.
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Jo Lewis, from Natural England’s People and Nature Team, discusses how the results of the organisation’s four-year Natural Connections project can help the sector to build on the health and wellbeing benefits of high quality outdoor learning for teachers and pupils and what the next steps are to make the pilot scheme nationwide.
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Emma Boggis, Chief Executive of the Sport and Recreation Alliance and Non-Executive Director of the British Paralympic Association, blogs about her excitement ahead of the opening ceremony for the Paralympic Games in Rio.
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