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.
Read more
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).
Read more
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.
Read more
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.
Read more
UK sports bodies reconfirmed their commitment to growing their sport and supporting grassroots delivery by investing £158.6m over the last year.
Read more
The Sport and Recreation Alliance is deeply saddened by the death of Honorary Member Cedric Selby.
Read more
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.
Read more
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.
Read more
The Sport and Recreation Alliance welcomes the Rt Hon Lucy Frazer KC MP as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
Read more
Nominations for the King’s Birthday and New Year Honours are open all year round, and the Sport and Recreation Alliance have produced a guide to help some of the incredible individuals involved in our sector get the recognition they deserve.
Read more
The Sport and Recreation Alliance is immensely saddened by the death of Vice-President David Oxley CBE.
Read more
With transgender inclusion such an important topic in the current sport and recreation landscape, the Sport and Recreation Alliance recently hosted an event for National Governing Bodies (NGBs), to provide them with a space to discuss experiences, ideas, successes, and failures.
Read more
The following joint statement is issued on behalf of Active Partnerships, CIMSPA, the Local Government Association, the Sport and Recreation Alliance, the Sport for Development Coalition, Swim England, ukactive and the Youth Sport Trust.
Read more
The Sport and Recreation Alliance is delighted to announce the finalists for the 2023 Community Sport and Recreation Awards after receiving a record number of nominations.
Read more
On Monday 9 January, the Government announced its new Energy Bill Discount Scheme, with sport and leisure centres excluded from their priority list of ‘energy and trade intensive industries’.
Read more
The Sport and Recreation Alliance is delighted to announce the launch of the new Inclusivity Hub, a dedicated web page for our members to help cultivate a positive culture, enact change and make the sector a more equal, diverse and inclusive place.
Read more
The Government has announced details of its proposed Energy Bill Discount Scheme (EBDS) for 2023/24. This will replace the existing Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS) which runs until the end of March.
Read more
The Sport and Recreation Alliance has noted the publication of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report on its inquiry into grassroots sport and physical activity participation since the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Read more
New evidence produced by the Sport and Recreation Alliance shows that community sport and recreation clubs are under severe financial pressure and are struggling to cope with the dual impact of steeply rising energy costs and the recovery from COVID-19.
Read more
As partners in the EU funded V4V project “Skills acquired through volunteering in sport”, the Sport and Recreation Alliance recently took part in the fourth Full Partner Meeting in Tallinn, Estonia, as guests of the Estonian Foundation of Sports Education & Information.
Read more
The Sport and Recreation Alliance will be closed over the festive period from Saturday 24 December until 9am on Tuesday 3 January.
Read more
Sport England has published its latest Active Lives Children and Young People Survey which reveals activity levels overall have recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
Read more
Two weeks ago, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Sport held a meeting in the House of Commons to catch-up on the current priorities and challenges facing the sport, recreation, and physical activity sectors, and to elect a new Chair.
Read more
The Sport and Recreation Alliance has released a response to the Autumn Statement alongside a coalition of lead representative bodies from across the sport, recreation and physical activity sectors - Active Partnerships, Charted Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA), Sport for Development Coalition, ukactive and Youth Sport Trust.
Read more
Keep up to date with the latest news from Sport and Recreation Alliance on social media
