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 Alliance has a number of working groups which were set up to specifically inform our policy and advocacy activity. And, we are always open to suggestions on where our other groups could helpfully contribute to this work too.
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The Department for Education (DfE) has agreed an extension to the existing Advanced Apprenticeship for Sporting Excellence (AASE) arrangements until March 2018.
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It has been announced today that Her Majesty The Queen will step down as Patron from a number of
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The minutes are now available from the Major Spectator Sports Divisional Meeting which took place on 23 November 2016.
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In this blog, our Parliamentary Officer, Emma Wade, takes a look at the latest developments to the Soft Drinks Industry Levy and what it might mean for the sport and recreation sector.
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This project will encourage members of the Movement & Dance Division to use Twitter as a tool to raise awareness of dance to a way to getting active. It will also help facilitate engagement between members by sharing relevant information.
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The latest APS figures reveal the number of people playing sport and getting active in England is up on 2015 and also up on statistics recorded in October 2012 directly after the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Places for People Leisure, which manages leisure centres on behalf of Local Authority partners, has joined over 200 sport and recreation organisations by signing up to the Mental Health Charter for Sport and Recreation.
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Access the Sport and Recreation Alliance’s carefully selected partners for exclusive deals available only to you.
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We are excited by Sport England’s vision for and commitment to invest in volunteering as outlined in Volunteering in an Active Nation released today. The Alliance has always recognised through our members that volunteers play a vital role in sport and recreation. It is the one thing that all the different types of sport and physical activity have in common. And without volunteers, sport and recreation just wouldn’t happen.
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Sport England have this week released its new coaching plan, with the aim of shaking up “the way we think about and deliver coaching”.
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The Sport and Recreation Alliance is committed to working with our members and partners to create a culture of safeguarding both children and adults.
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Please find all the documents you'll need for the divisional elections, you would have been emailed about the process but if you have any queries please email
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“This is a very serious issue and one that needs to be investigated properly so that lessons can be learned from what has happened in the past.
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The Sport and Recreation Alliance is committed to working with our members and partners to create a culture of safeguarding both children and adults.
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This year's Autumn Statement was notable for the fact that it was the last Autumn Statement we are ever likely to hear, as Chancellor Phillip Hammond confirmed that he will scrap the existing split Autumn Statement/Spring Budget announcements in favour of a single, annual Autumn Budget from 2017 onwards.
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Louis Cooper, CEO of the Non-Executive Directors’ Association (NEDA), considers the changing role of the Non-Executive Director in modern organisations and advises how Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) in the sport and recreation sector can learn from the corporate sector to ensure they adapt and add value for the benefit of their board.
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The CMS select committee inquiry raised the issue of sports stadia accessibility, a matter that effects all sport and recreation organisations that work together with clubs and stadiums. Lord Holmes of Richmond, who gave evidence at the inquiry, explains more about the guidance that is available and the current situation in football clubs across the country.
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The CMS select committee inquiry raised the issue of sports stadia accessibility, a matter that effects all sport and recreation organisations that work together with clubs and stadiums. Lord Holmes of Richmond, who gave evidence at the inquiry, explains more about the guidance that is available and the current situation in football clubs across the country.
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The Oxford Social Inclusion Cup is more than just a football tournament. It brings together people who have experienced mental health problems, members of the local community and health services to promote positive social inclusion. Jon Regler, founder of the inclusion cup explains more.
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Emma Boggis presented her paper which included a report on the second quarter of the year’s Operational Plan.
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Agenda details for the upcoming MSSD meeting on 23 November.
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Rob Tate looks at one of the less headline-grabbing areas of the new Code for Sports Governance; requirements for increased transparency in funded bodies.
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Today the #BigThankYou campaign, which is the UK’s biggest celebration of sports volunteers, is being launched.
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