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 Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has announced it will undertake a public consultation in the new year on the introduction of new rules governing the non-broadcast advertising to children of food and soft drinks high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS foods).
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The Government has today released a new strategy for sport which sets its plans to measure sporting success, not simply through participation rates, but through its wider role and impact upon society.
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Youngsters in deprived areas priced out of sporting activities
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Sport and recreation has a unique power to bring people from different cultures together
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The latest Active People Survey results from Sport England shows that the number of people playing sport regularly has increased
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Ever wondered what it's like to volunteer at a sports event? Anne Renshaw, of Thomas Eggar, offers up her experiences from volunteering at Boccia England's BC Cup
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Albert Joyce from DCLGs Community Rights Mobilisation Team looks at how sport is helping people understand their community rights and acting as a catalyst for community action
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On Monday 7 December 2015, 450 dance professionals packed the Royal Society of Medicine in London – with hundreds more watching online – as a new industry body for the dance sector was launched and its new name and brand – One Dance UK – was unveiled.
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Active Beyond Education? was produced in partnership and illustrates some of the ways to prevent a decline in participation as people move into adulthood.
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Emma Boggis, Chief Executive of the Alliance, blogs about the impact of the Get Your Kit On campaign following last week's Spending Review.
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Dedicated site to help sports clubs and organisations save money on their utility bills is launched.
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The latest Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment (MENE) survey results, conducted by Natural England, show that the nation's enthusiasm for spending time outdoors and keeping healthy is at its highest level since records began.
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In the second part in a series of blogs, specialist sport design agency and Alliance Partner, Good Egg, explain how to prepare a design brief to hand over to agencies.
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The Board of sports coach UK is pleased to welcome Gillian Wilmot as the new Chair. Gillian takes over from Chris Baillieu MBE. She has strong experience of leadership in both large and small organisations across the private and public sectors.
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Nearly a week on from the Spending Review, Head of Policy, James Allen, has looked through the detail and blogs about what the sector can expect to see happen as a result of the announcements
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Hannah Dobbin, Policy Adviser, blogs about the potential of outdoor recreation following some consultation work around developing an outdoor recreation strategy
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Last week in the Comprehensive Spending Review, Government committed to protecting over £350 million funding for public forests, National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty over the Spending Review period. This is good news but overall measures set out another round of cuts that will impact on access to, and the delivery of, outdoor recreation.
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The Sport and Recreation Alliance, in partnership with the Institute of Chartered Secretarie...
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Hannah Dobbin, Policy Adviser, has taken a look at what the Spending Review announcements hold for public and mental health
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