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England Golf launches ‘Golf Fore Her’ to support female golfers

England Golf launches ‘Golf Fore Her’ to support female golfers

Posted: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 10:00

England Golf have launched an all-new webpage dedicated to supporting female golfers.

Tags: Golf, News, Partner, Public, This Girl Can

Black History Month 2024 - ZamZam

Black History Month 2024 - ZamZam

Posted: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:00

ZamZam is an incredible person, working tirelessly to support individuals in her local community to connect and better understand each other. Read on to understand more about who ZamZam is.

Tags: Active Lifestyle, News, Partner, Public, Women's Sport, black history month, community

Super Movers provides thousands of UK primary schools with free sports equipment

Super Movers provides thousands of UK primary schools with free sports equipment

Posted: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 15:00

The Super Movers for Everybody campaign aimed to get more children into inclusive sports with a free giveaway of over 6,500 sport equipment packs to UK primary schools and a comprehensive collection of Paralympic sport teaching and learning resources on BBC... Read More »

Tags: Children, Disability Sport, News, Partner

Championing Women's Health: Active Partnerships Menopause Commitment

Championing Women's Health: Active Partnerships Menopause Commitment

Posted: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 09:00

Today is World Menopause Day, and Active Together have collaborated with other Active Partnerships to develop a collective pledge to raise awareness and promote positive action around menopause.

Tags: News, Partner, Public

Swim England to produce a range of female health resources

Swim England to produce a range of female health resources

Posted: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:00

Swim England's female health athlete group are looking for stories of best practice across the country to highlight great work that is already being done by clubs and individuals to create a great place for women and girls to participate in swimming. This... Read More »

Tags: News, Partner, Public, Swimming, Women's Sport

Blaby District Council Community Awards 2024 - Nominations now open!

Blaby District Council Community Awards 2024 - Nominations now open!

Posted: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 13:59

Blaby District Council are pleased to announce that the 2024 Community Awards are now open for nominations!

Tags: News, Partner, Public

Let's Talk Periods!

Let's Talk Periods!

Posted: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 08:30

Periods remain a top reason why teenage girls opt out of PE. A new blog delves into why how this impacts on teen girls and how educators can support them to overcome this barrier.

Tags: News, Partner, Periods, Women's Sport

An image of two female students, dressed in casual sportswear, learning to skate at an ice skating venue

Introducing the new School Games SEND Inclusion Toolkit!

Posted: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 09:00

The Youth Sport Trust have introduced a new toolkit 'The School Games SEND Inclusion Kit.' Designed to provide an introduction to inclusion within sport and physical activity, the kit also includes additional signposts opportunities to upskill knowledge.

Tags: Children, Disability Sport, News, Partner, Schools

New report reveals effect of physical activity on mental health of children and young people.

New report reveals effect of physical activity on mental health of children and young people.

Posted: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 10:45

Sport England have published a new report that shows there is "strong and consistent evidence that sport and physical activity interventions had positive effects on the diagnosed mental health problems of children and young people".

Tags: Active Lifestyle, Children, News, Partner, Public

Sector must influence action on climate change

Sector must influence action on climate change

Posted: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 09:00

Sport England Chair, Chris Boardman, has praised organisations driving change on environmental sustainability but warned the sector needs to lift its ambition. He urged the sport and physical activity sector to take advantage of its unique role in society... Read More »

Tags: Environment, News, Partner, Public