The Queen's Birthday Honours list was announced earlier this week and revealed that the Sport and Recreation Alliance's Chair, Andy Reed, is to be awarded an OBE for services to the community and to sport in Leicestershire.
Andy served as the MP for Loughborough for 13 years – during which time he served for a period as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Kate Hoey while she was Sports Minister – and his life-long passion for sport has continued to shine through.
Currently alongside his role as Chair of the Sport and Recreation Alliance, Andy performs a myriad of roles within sport including: leading the county sports partnership for Leicestershire, chairing the Voice of Sports Volunteers (SSPV) and the Volleyball England Foundation, as well as serving on the Boards of the Special Olympics GB and of the ASA.
Alongside Andy, there were a number of notable honorees from across the sector. For a full list of people honoured in the Queens Birthday Honours list within the sport and recreation sector please follow the link.
The National Sector Partners Group (NSPG) has issued the following response to the Active Lives Adult Survey from Sport England.
Read more
The Sport and Recreation Alliance were delighted to facilitate a Parliamentary launch for a new research report ‘The Social Value of Group Exercise’, commissioned by EMD UK, the national governing body for group exercise.
Read more
The National Sector Partners Group* (NSPG) has issued the following statement in response to the Chancellor’s Spring Statement.
Read more
Joining the Sport and Recreation Alliance is pretty simple, but worthwhile!
Register now
