Melanie crowned UK Coaching Disability Coach of the Year

After almost 20 years with MSP (formerly Merseyside Sports Partnership) Jean Stephens has announced that she will be stepping down from her role as Chief Executive on the 31st January 2019. The announcement comes following Jean’s appointment to the role of Managing Director for Wirral Evolutions.

A new Taskforce is launched in Active Lincolnshire to look at new ways of getting people more active.

Active Northumberland has been awarded £209,000 funding by Sport England to help support local women at risk from the effects of postnatal depression to become and stay active.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have given the royal seal of approval to Essex’s next generation of sports coaches after meeting apprentices and graduates from the Coach Core Essex apprenticeship scheme.

Active Dearne is a pioneering project by Yorkshire Sport Foundation to help local people on a low income become more active and healthier and has won National Lottery funding from Sport England.

Active Bucks, the physical activity programme that helps people in Buckinghamshire become – and stay – more active, has been recognised nationally by the Royal Society for Public Health in their 2018 Health & Wellbeing Awards.

Yorkshire Sport Foundation are pleased to welcome Sam Keighley to the team as Strategic Director.

New physical activity programme launches at the Forum to help build confidence for those struggling with mental health issues

A new project giving residents in West Somerset and Sedgemoor the opportunity to get active in their local parks/spaces has been launched.