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Fri, 10 Mar 2023
Fund to tackle loneliness and boost volunteering in disadvantaged areas launched.
Posted: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 09:43
Youth clubs, mental health charities and social enterprises are among the organisations to benefit from up to £30 million...
New London fund to help change young people's lives through sport and physical activity
Posted: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 09:46
Sport England "We've committed £7.5 million of National Lottery money to the new Go! London fund which opens today...
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Posted: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 09:15
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It shouldn't take the Lionesses Campaign to make No10 take school sport and PE seriously
It would be churlish not to welcome the £600m announced by the government today for school sport funding. So we won't today, but we will return to the theme of joined up long term commitment to sport,...
Posted: Wed, 08 Mar 2023 12:59
Tough start to the start of the year for sport policy
It has been a tough start to 2023 for the sports sector off the field of play. It has felt like policy makers and government are still struggling to work out what it want for their investment.
Posted: Sat, 28 Jan 2023 17:41
'Little Progress' says PAC Report.
There has been "little progress" in recent efforts at tackling barriers to participation in sport and physical activity in England, says an influential group of MPs.
In a report, the House of Commons Public...
Posted: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 10:48
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The case for action on healthy life expectancy.
Health inequalities are entrenched in this country and life expectancy has been getting worse in the poorest areas. This was brutally exposed during the covid pandemic when people under 65 in the poorest parts of the country were four times more likely to...
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Women in Sport knows that sport gives girls and women resilience, courage and self-belief. We also know that gender stereotypes hold girls and women back from sport, and in life. In this study we explored where gender stereotyping begins so we can challenge and inspire to create lasting change for women...
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