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We are currently looking for two people to join our Data and Insight team. We have a Data and Insight Manager role that is a…

As we jump into a summer of great sport, UK Coaching is opening nominations for its annual awards, highlighting the fundamental role that coaches play…

Emma, our Data and Insight Manager, gives a taste of the sort of things you can expect to be involved with if you are thinking…

We are currently recruiting for a Data and Insight Officer, working two-days a week. The role is part of a job share with Sophie, who…

The #WeAreUndefeatable campaign, developed by 15 leading health and social care charities, is back on TV with a brand new advert this summer! They’re supporting…

Active Bradford is pleased to welcome Charles Dacres and James Mason as co-chairs of the company, taking over from Wayne Jacobs who has held the…

A new study into how teenage girls use parks and green spaces for recreation has found twice as many girls as boys feel unsafe exercising…

A coalition of leading organisations across sport, recreation and physical activity has today come together for the first time to call for radical reform to…

Birkby Infant and Nursery School have become the latest school to be recognised as a Centre of Excellence for physical activity by Yorkshire Sport Foundation….

Across South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire, This Girl Can week is taking place. Our Events and Programmes Manager, Emma Binnersley, looks at how and why…

On Saturday, the Department for Education confirmed plans to continue the annual £320m of funding for primary school PE, sport and physical activity. This comes…

Joint Statement from Active Humber, Yorkshire Sport Foundation and North Yorkshire Sport on the Whyte Review in to the Sport of Gymnastics: Like everyone who…

Julie Smith, our Development Manager for Calderdale, blogs about the success of Skate it Yourself, who have been supported by us with Sport England funding….

National charity Activity Alliance is calling for greater priority for disabled people as the country recovers from the pandemic. Today, the leading voice for disabled…

Aldi, Team GB and ParalympicsGB are marking the tenth anniversary of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games by launching the Get Set to Eat…

Yorkshire Sport Foundation are proud to share that we have been recognised as a ‘Very Good’ company to work for by ‘Best Companies’. ‘Best Companies’…

Burton Road Primary School has been awarded status as a Centre of Excellence for Physical Activity, by Yorkshire Sport Foundation (YSF). It has achieved the…

The FA and UEFA have today released the UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 Pre-tournament Impact Report, confirming it’s on track to be the biggest women’s European…

The new Inclusion 2024 inclusive education hub launches today. Education practitioners across England will have access to all the essential resources for inclusive PE in…

The Academy at St. James in Bradford is the first school to be awarded status as a Centre of Excellence for Physical Activity by Yorkshire…

As we begin the final term of the 2021/22 academic year, we’re excited to be on the verge of announcing the first primary schools to…

An exciting new programme from Sport England, funded by the National Lottery, and delivered by the Football Foundation will support people in Sheffield to get…

On Earth Day 2022, we’re pleased to renew our commitment to a healthier climate by sharing details of our climate action plan. Our internal, self-titled…

Yorkshire based charity UK Coaching, the leading organisation for physical activity and sports coaches, is celebrating a double award win for its free life-saving Sudden…

As spring temperatures begin to rise and we all dare to look ahead to what summer may have in store, we’re taking the time to…

The sixth Bradford Sports Awards winners have been announced at a glitzy dinner and ceremony held at the Bradford hotel. The awards, celebrate the sporting…

Tennis facilities at Brighouse Pool and Fitness Centre have undergone refurbishment to ensure they’re in good condition for the spring/summer ahead. As part of the…

There’s less than a week until applications close for two Development Manager roles close. We asked a couple of our local support Development Managers to…

Following more than 12 months of conversation with people representing partner organisations, and staff, we are pleased to share our new strategy for 2022 and…

Are you a highly collaborative leader that thrives on making a positive difference to people’s lives? Do you have the skills to connect, influence and…

Are you a highly collaborative leader that thrives on making a positive difference to people’s lives? Do you have the skills to connect, influence and…

Last week, Active Partnerships from across the country came together to discuss how we can play our part in responding to the horrific crisis unfolding…

For the last year, Charlotte Ellis has been the Development Officer for Wakefield, and is now providing maternity cover for one of our Development Managers….

In social prescribing week, we spoke to Darren Huart from our Children and Young People team about our involvement in the Safety Nets project. Safety…

Are you passionate about making a difference to people’s lives through them being more active every day? Can you connect, influence and support partners from…

Yorkshire Sport Foundation (YSF) is among the first group of over 40 organisations working in partnership with Sport England to receive funding from its new…

National charity Activity Alliance is calling time on negative perceptions through its campaign, ‘Who says?’. The leading voice for disabled people in sport and activity…

Long read: About four minutes They say that football is a universal language. Whatever dialect you speak, the world’s most popular sport is one way…

Primary schools across West Yorkshire are invited to ‘Skip into Summer’ with an initiative designed to provide more ways for children to be active. Taking…

The This Girl Can campaign has once again teamed up with parkrun to put on the second International Women’s Day parkrun. The first event, back…

Activity Alliance and partners release series of inclusive PE activity cards for teachers and school staff. The cards are jam-packed with fun games and activities,…

A new report is calling on organisations to work collectively in using existing insight to develop opportunities for people with long-term health conditions to be…

The towpath upgrades include Milnsbridge and Slaithwaite on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal and the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. The work is being delivered through the…

Hundreds of new jobs will be created in the East Midlands, Manchester and the north east as the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport…

Work will soon begin on the exciting, new leisure centre in Halifax – with this multi-million pound investment bringing state-of-the-art facilities to the borough. Calderdale…

To celebrate the Women’s EURO 2022 tournament coming to the borough, Rotherham Council are calling on all knitters to help brighten up the town centre…

In February 2020, the opportunity came for us here at Yorkshire Sport Foundation to launch the first sport apprenticeship scheme across Leeds. At the end…

Halifax Rugby Union Football Club (RUFC) are proud to announce the appointment of Hailey Dundavan as the club’s first female Club Chair. This memorable appointment…

When Sofiya Makda picked up a rounders bat in 2015, she couldn’t have imagined the impact it was going to have on her life. Sofiya…

There will be more qualified female football coaches in Rotherham thanks to a bursary scheme as part of the UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 legacy programme….

Sports clubs across Leeds are being encouraged to be part of a new initiative that aims to provide sports kit to children across the city….

A joint report from the Sport for Development Coalition and Mind has recommended initiating a new cross-Government strategy to strengthen the use of physical activity…

Sport England has launched a new £5 million fund to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee that aims to use sport and physical activity to bring…

A brand new, top-class leisure centre and swimming pool for Halifax could move a step closer to construction, as Cabinet Members discuss the next stages…

UK Coaching and Thomas Pocklington Trust urge leisure and sports providers to make their facilities more accessible to visually impaired people and have just launched…

Sport students at Barnsley College and Wakefield College will be provided with the opportunity to gain additional skills and knowledge alongside their course to enhance…

Nineteen schools across Leeds are receiving new bicycle and scooter storage, in a project worth £100,000. The schools will gain a total of 162 secure…

The House of Lords ‘National Plan for Sport and Recreation Committee’ has released its report today (Friday 10 December). The Select Committee was appointed in…

The Empower LGBT+ Project led by Sheffield United Community Foundation is the subject of the latest episode of The YSF Podcast. The episode has been…

Two schools from Rotherham were celebrating last week after winning the South Yorkshire School Games rugby finals, organised by Yorkshire Sport Foundation and the South…