The Sport and Recreation Alliance is delighted to confirm that our 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be taking place this year on Tuesday 12 September at Guildhall, with thanks to the City of London Corporation.
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To mark Pride Month 2023, the Alliance spoke with Olympic race walker and British record holder Tom Bosworth, one of very few openly gay athletes in the United Kingdom to have competed at the highest level of their sport.
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The Sport and Recreation Alliance, in collaboration with figures from the movement and dance world, convened at the heart of the UK's political landscape to mark the public launch of the groundbreaking report – ‘The Social Value of Movement and Dance’.
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In April, the Government and the Sport and Recreation Alliance published the first UK-wide Concussion Guidelines for Grassroots Sport.
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The Sport and Recreation Alliance is deeply saddened by the passing of former Senior Technical Officer, Richard Doubleday.
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The Sport and Recreation Alliance is supporting its members to become more financially sustainable this year, with the offer of sector specific sessions tailored to organisations using grant funding to support their operations.
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To kick off Pride Month 2023, the Sport and Recreation Alliance invited Jon Holmes, founder and lead of Sports Media LGBT+, to share his thoughts on LGBT+ inclusion in sport.
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We are delighted to announce that Alliance partners, Sport:80, are offering technology audits to Alliance members, which can help support you to transform the way you are utilising technology at the start of this new membership year.
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The Sport and Recreation Alliance is delighted to announce Equality Leaders as the organisation’s new equality, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) partner.
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The 13 partners in the EU-funded V4V project “Skills acquired through volunteering in sport” gathered for their fifth Full Partner Meeting in the City of London as guests of the UK’s Sport and Recreation Alliance.
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Participants in grassroots sports will be better protected from the potentially devastating effects of head injuries and concussion thanks to new official guidelines advising: ‘if in doubt, sit them out’.
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Sport England has revealed that activity levels among adults have recovered over the last year, with more people in England now consistently active compared to the period before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The winners of the 2023 Community Sport and Recreation Awards were crowned this afternoon at the Alliance’s biggest-ever ceremony, hosted at Twickenham Stadium.
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Yesterday the Chancellor of the Exchequer outlined this year’s Spring Budget which contains a range of important tax measures and spending announcements.
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The Community Sport and Recreation Awards 2023 are just a day away, and we spoke to Play Innovation, sponsors of the Diversity and Inclusion Award, to find out why being involved this year means so much to them.
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With the Community Sport and Recreation Awards coming up at the end of this week, the Sport and Recreation Alliance caught up with sports technology company Sport:80, who explained why the ‘Inspiration of the Year’ Award is such a meaningful one for them, and the importance of recognising grassroots sport’s most inspirational people.
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Sport England has confirmed that on Wednesday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer will outline that £63 million is to be made available to leisure centres with swimming pools over one year.
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Government has today announced a package of measures and associated funding to support equal access and enhance the provision of PE, school sport and physical activity opportunities in and out of school hours (full details below).
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The Sport and Recreation Alliance is pleased to announce that registrations are now open for its Management and Leadership Programme, which is returning after a successful first edition in 2021.
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A coalition of more than 200 bodies and individuals* from the worlds of health, sport, recreation, and leisure has written to the Prime Minister with an urgent plea for greater support for grassroots facilities and clubs amid the ongoing energy crisis.
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UK sports bodies reconfirmed their commitment to growing their sport and supporting grassroots delivery by investing £158.6m over the last year.
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The Sport and Recreation Alliance is deeply saddened by the death of Honorary Member Cedric Selby.
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Race Equality Week 2023 runs from Feb 6 – 12 and is organised by Race Equality Matters. The theme for Race Equality Week 2023 is #ItsEveryonesBusiness, because tackling race inequality should be everyone’s business.
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The Sport and Recreation Alliance, alongside the 26 members from its Movement and Dance division, and a consortium of academic professionals specialising in research on movement and dance, have published a report articulating its overlooked social value.
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