Greater Manchester on a Mission
An ambitious plan to get people of Manchester active has been launched by mayor of city region, Andy Burnham. Greater Manchester is on a mission. That mission is to be the physical activity capital of the world.
‘This Girl Can’ Runners Conquer the Boudavida 10K, Windsor
Following the relaunch of Sport England’s ‘This Girl Can’ campaign, Get Berkshire Active and Boudavida (title sponsor of the 10K at the Windsor Running Festival) created a ThisGirlCanRun10 team with 9 local ladies all seeking a fitness challenge in the form of the Boudavida Women’s 10K o
Using ‘open opportunity data’ to make sports and physical activities more accessible in local communities and how CSPs are influencing progress
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Written by Patrice John-Baptiste Open Data Institute
The challenge with limited access to data about sport and physical activity opportunities
To be really successful in community sport and physical activity we must engage the head, heart, hands, and yes, the hormones!
Article written by Svend Elkjaer runs the Sports Marketing Network
To be really successful in community sport and physical activity we must engage the head, heart, hands, and yes, the hormones!
New youth programme aims to strengthen community cohesion
ClubWorks - Reaching Higher
ClubWorks supported, Reaching Higher, was formed in 2010 as a response to challenges in the community. Since then it has helped many young Londoners on to the right path using physical activity and sport.
County Sports Partnerships boost team spirit with brilliant Business Games events
The importance of workplace health and wellbeing has been illustrated in the number of workplaces that invested in the wellbeing of their employees and taken part in Business Games events as part of the Workplace Challenge this summer.
Tove Okunniwa Appointed Chief Executive of London Sport
- Ex-Havas Sport & Entertainment Chief Executive to take up post this month
- Okunniwa hails “exciting opportunity” to change lives of Londoners through physical activity and sport
Judo Satellite Club Festival Held in the Black Country
In July judo satellite clubs took part in a fun and exciting festival at the British Judo Dojo at the University of Wolverhampton
Pioneering health scheme gets Essex seniors fighting fit
Over 1,700 Essex residents have had their lives transformed by a pioneering health programme that sees patients prescribed exercise as medicine.