New research shows playing fields and pitches deliver at least £2bn in improved wellbeing every year and help keep almost 4 million people active, including 1 million children.
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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Policy Manager, Leigh Thompson, blogs about the risks to sport from betting corruption and why NGBs should attend the upcoming Sports Betting Integrity Forum event at Lord's Cricket Ground on 21 September to learn more about how to put in place simple measures to protect the integrity of their sports.
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The Paralympic Games take centre stage in Rio on Friday 7 September and the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) has published new research that demonstrates the public's desire to see more disability sport in the media.
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Team Kinetic Marketing Manager, Emily Crowther reflects on the vital role volunteers played at this year's Homeless World Cup and the value of Team Kinetic to help organisations manage their volunteers and get others to become active in sport.
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Have you ever considered volunteering in sport? We briefly hear from three inspirational young individuals who are leading social action in their communities by volunteering in sport.
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On Saturday 27 August, people across the nation will kick off the bank holiday weekend with I Am Team GB by getting out and getting active – shoulder to shoulder with athletes from Team GB.
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With the Olympics now complete and the countdown to the Paralympics well underway, Emma Boggis turns her attention to volunteers and their vital role to help and support every participant's journey in sport and recreation.
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David Callan, Communications Manager, has looked back in to the Olympic archives to find inspirational #TryYourKitOn stories of yesteryear.
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Just over a week since joining the Alliance, Eleanor Newton, Office Administrator, is already climbing the walls. In her debut blog she talks about a recent climbing taster session she attended with her new colleagues.
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England Handball has created the tools you need to #TryYourKitOn and play handball. England Handball CEO, David Meli, explains more.
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England Handball has created the tools you need to #TryYourKitOn and play handball. England Handball CEO, David Meli, explains more.
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The Government has today launched its plan to tackle childhood obesity including details on a Soft Drinks Industry Levy.
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Adrian Ruth, Alliance board member and Director of Spark and Sustainability at the BBC, blogs about his Olympic inspiration that led him to take part in July's RideLondon event.
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The Local Government Association (LGA) has revealed that council led sport and recreation initiatives has contributed to an increase in the number of people being active.
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Fi Darby and Lucy Atkins, otherwise known as as the Two Blondes Walking" tell about what inspires them to get active outdoors and how others can get involved.
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Today sees the publication of the independent appraisal of the future role of County Sports Partnerships (CSPs) undertaken by Andy Reed OBE at the request of the Minister for Sport, Tracey Crouch MP.
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Sport England has published its summary of the School Games Review.
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As part of #WomenOutdoors Week we've caught up with two avid climbers and got their views on why more women should get involved in climbing and outdoor recreation.
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London 2012 Olympian Holly Lam-Moores blogs about why she decided to get in to coaching and the value she's gained from it.
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This week, we published the results of survey which revealed that more women are inspired by the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games to increase their physical activity than men.
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You may have seen on Twitter, James Allen our Policy Director declared he would aim to exercise or take part in a sport every day this month. Here, he explains the method behind the madness.
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