1. Return to play and supporting the sector
2. Building physical activity into recovery and renewal plans
3. Helping people find ways to stay active.
Find out more about the programmes and services we offer across South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire.
Find out about the nine District Activity Partnerships in our region and how we support their work.
Our role as a Lottery-funded charity, plus the partners and networks we work with in Yorkshire.
The report: examines health benefits of living in greener communities highlights inequalities makes recommendations to help LAs, policymakers & developers provide equitable greenspace Read it…
The government has detailed how it will spend £2 billion on increasing the numbers of people walking and cycling for travel in the strategy Gear…
Public Health England have today launched a new campaign, that aims to seize the moment of a ‘national reset moment in health’. A new package…
Yorkshire Sport Foundation very much welcomes the first steps in opening gyms, sports halls and swimming pools this weekend. This will give a huge boost…
An open letter urging sport and leisure decision makers to put disabled people’s inclusion at the heart of plans and preparations as restrictions are lifted…
The successful candidate will make a positive contribution to the Coalfield Regeneration Trust’s Airedale ‘Communities that Work’ initiative, and the Active Airedale project delivered in…
Before lockdown, the idea of going out for a walk rarely crossed Eileen Cooper’s mind. That’s despite her daughter leading a number of walking groups…
Lockdown may mean we can’t watch the Olympics this year, but we can still come together and celebrate the power of sport. Over six weeks,…
We know that Sport England have been thinking about the big issues that people continue to face during the Covid-19 lockdown and pandemic, and where…
ReActivate will equip fitness and leisure teams with the skills to confidently and safely return to work when the sector is able to reopen. ReActivate…
Children’s play areas and playgrounds in Leeds will begin to re-open from tomorrow (16 July). The reopening programme is being done gradually to ensure they…
The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Oliver Dowden, announced on Thursday (9 July) that: indoor gyms, leisure facilities and swimming pools…
The government has issued updated guidance on outdoor sport and recreation in England to reflect changes coming in from Saturday 4 July. Includes advice on…
Sport England: As restrictions ease and the sport and physical activity sector begins to reopen, we’ve produced several resources to help it do so. In…
Are you passionate about making a difference to people’s lives through them being more active every day? Can you connect and influence partners from different…
Yorkshire Sport Foundation has a fantastic opportunity to join our Board to make a real difference to people’s lives in South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire…
As more opportunities to be active resume, new guidance released today will help providers to enable welcoming, and more accessible environments. Activity Alliance has published…
The way roads and streets across the Bradford district are used is set to change as Bradford Council prepares to introduce measures to support social…
Yorkshire Sport Foundation is proud to sign up to the following joint statement: The appalling death of George Floyd, the global protests that have followed…
Sport England have launched an ‘Open Call’ to invite innovative solutions in response COVID-related challenges or barriers to people. Innovation comes in all shapes and…
Leeds City Council laid out ambitious plans to promote active travel. This includes an additional 100km of segregated cycle lanes, temporary widened footways and low…
First published 13 March, updated: Monday 16 March, 11.35am Updated: Monday 1 June We have taken the decision to cancel all Level 3 School Games…
Leeds School Streets pilot scheme launches on Monday 1 June, with up to six Leeds primary schools taking part. Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School, Pudsey;…
A new national Active at Home booklet will help older adults be physically active at home. The booklet will help them prevent physical de-conditioning that…
UK Coaching, in collaboration with its awarding organisation 1st4sport, partners Mind – the mental health charity – and Sport England – has made the Mental Health…
Activity levels were on the rise and inactivity was falling before the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, according to Sport England’s latest Active Lives Adult Survey. Published…
A campaign designed and created in Yorkshire to support teachers, parents and carers to teach physical education has received national recognition from the Department for Education. The #ThisIsPE campaign,…
Sport England has today confirmed that it is making up to £195m of funding available to help the community sport and physical activity sector through…
We know all our partners and colleagues are working hard over this period to react to the rapidly changing circumstances. We’d like to offer our…
In light of recent events, we would like to reassure those we work with on funded programmes that we will be making all payments in line…
Active Bradford hosted the sixth Bradford Sports Awards to celebrate incredible sporting achievements across the district. Hosted by BBC presenter, Tanya Arnold, a record attendance…
More than 60 people with a role in supporting communities in South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to be more active came together in Leeds last…
Calderdale Council is inviting people to get involved and have their say on the latest plans for Halifax leisure centre. Plans for a brand new…
Former primary school teacher and education consultant, Alex Ogden, has joined the team at Yorkshire Sport Foundation as Education and School Sport Manager. Alex will…
The popular Beat the Street game that took place in Barnsley in 2019 is set to return! The game got more than 25,000 people moving and…
More than half of runners at Saturday’s Potternewton Park parkrun in Leeds were women, as the parkrun community celebrated International Women’s Day. This Girl Can…
It’s less than a year since Kayla Kavanagh was a self-proclaimed “poster girl for KFC”, struggling with back pain brought on by a slipped disc,…
‘My super hero is me!’ shouts one of the Mini Mermaids as she powers up the final hill at Roundhay parkrun. Once named the ‘Hill…
The FA has today marked 100 days to go until the start of UEFA EURO 2020 by launching THE FA FIVES – a nationwide five-a-side…
When Sport England announced the This Girl Can partnership with parkrun for International Women’s Day 2020, one person in the Yorkshire Sport Foundation office was…
More than 400 people took part in the second Airedale Community Activity Day at the Hut Leisure and Community Centre, recently. Adults and children from…
Talented athletes in West Yorkshire are being offered support with their training thanks to a partnership between Yorkshire Sport Foundation, four local authorities, and Kirklees…
The West Yorkshire School Games cross country finals will now take place on Wednesday 11 March. It had been due to take place on Wednesday…
Yorkshire Sport Foundation has welcomed Darren Huart to the team as The Daily Mile™ Local Coordinator for South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. Darren joins us…
Schools, community groups, businesses and landowners are being encouraged to think big and get creative with the launch of the Tour de Yorkshire Land Art…
We Are Undefeatable returns to TV, social media and billboards next Monday (17 February). Following the campaign launch in 2019, in the next six weeks the…
Kathryn Mudge, who leads on some of our place-based work across South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire, blogs about the recently published ‘Sport For All’ research…
Yorkshire Sport Foundation (YSF) have delivered a first mental health awareness course to parents and coaches at a sports club in West Yorkshire. Neil Park,…
The South Yorkshire School Games cross country event due to take place on Tuesday 11 February has been cancelled. Following the impact of Storm Ciara…
Today marks the official release of the first UK-based whole-school physical activity framework – the Creating Active Schools (CAS) framework. It was created to embed…
The running of a recreation ground and changing rooms in Greetland could be passed to a community group, if proposals are approved by Calderdale Council’s…
With three months to go to the 2020 Tour de Yorkshire, organisers Welcome to Yorkshire have unveiled numerous locations across the county where they will…
The AJ Bell World Triathlon Leeds has announced an updated route for 2020, which will see athletes cutting through the heart of the city on…
Sport England has awarded Calderdale Council’s Active Calderdale programme £2.65 million to help encourage people in the borough to become more active, more often. Cabinet…
Four in five disabled people want to be more active but demand is not being met, according to new research released today. Only two in…
Debra Cummins, our Development Manager for Children and Young People, asks how the sector can come together to support the ‘hidden group’ of young people…
A record-breaking 329 million people in 124 countries tuned in to enjoy the stunning Yorkshire landscapes and world-class bike racing during the 2019 UCI Road…
Tour de Yorkshire organisers Welcome to Yorkshire have launched their recruitment drive to find volunteer Tour Makers for this year’s race. Tour Makers are passionate…
Join talented athletes, past and future Paralympians and everyone involved in making Yorkshire the best place for disabled people to become involved in sport in…
College students from South Yorkshire will create opportunities for young people to be active thanks to internship opportunities provided by Yorkshire Sport Foundation. Katy Owen,…
