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Bradford-based 2tshirtgang is the feature of the latest episode of The YSF Podcast. The functional fitness, health and well-being organisation are one of those to…

Sport England has collaborated with CIMSPA to produce a Digital Marketing Hub that aims to fill a gap in the digital skills of the sport…

The School Games sports day is returning for 2021, and it’s inspired by some of the fantastic sporting action coming our way this summer. With…

Welcome to Yorkshire and Yorkshire Cancer Research launched the Tour de Walkshire on 1st May with a month-long £50,000 fundraising target… with time to spare…

The Chief Executive of the Active Partnerships Network, Lee Mason, has decided to leave the national representative body at the end of June after 10…

At the beginning of July, we’ll be piloting a new ‘YSF Connect and Share’ session. It’ll be an informal get together of people involved in…

People across Leeds are being asked to make one small change to a weekly journey by leaving the car at home and choosing to walk,…

In the week that marked a year since the death of George Floyd, our Chief Executive, Nigel Harrison, has reflected on the organisation’s commitment to…

The Active in Barnsley partnership, of which we are a member, has launched a brand-new website, where people in Barnsley can find information about being active, useful links for moving…

Tackling inequalities has always been at the heart of the work of Active Partnerships.  But when the shocking death of George Floyd caught on video…

Calderdale residents are being asked to share their views on being active and the opportunities available to take part in physical activity in their local…

The Ann Craft Trust is launching a campaign for sport & activity organisations to create safer cultures,  asking organisations to commit to reviewing and improving their…

The Rugby League World Cup team have put together a great opportunity for schools to get involved in a competition that showcases their town or…

The South Yorkshire School Games team recognises the impact Covid-19 has had on young girls in the county. As a result, we are excited to…

Supporting the sport and physical activity sector to recover and rebuild are among key priorities for the next 12 months. The one-year action plan will help…

Just over 7 in 10 disabled people (72%) agree that the coronavirus pandemic has made sport and physical activity less fair for disabled people. This…

Learn to be quick, be smart and restart a heart Free life-saving digital learning toolkit to help people know what to do in the event…

The Mind Sport and Activity Network for Yorkshire and Humber is working to set up a network of mental health champions across the region. They…

Venues, especially community venues can still lack a bit of confidence to re-open, so its worth sharing EMD UK’s guidance for instructors and venues with…

A new pioneering approach looks to help cancer patients prepare for and respond to treatment by offering them a combination of exercise, nutrition and psychological…

The official Team GB kit for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has been announced. Uniting hundreds of athletes from dozens of sports, the adidas kit…

Mind have launching a new Mental Health and Physical Activity Tooklkit! The Toolkit, consisting of 10 guides, aims to help sport, physical activity and mental…

The Department for Education invested £1.6m into the Active Partnership Network in 2019-2020 as a test and learn project to better understand the barriers and…

The impact of the Covid pandemic on activity levels in South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire has been highlighted in the latest Active Lives figures, released…

Yorkshire Sport Foundation is joining leading football organisations, including The FA and Kick It Out, in a social media boycott this weekend. We will not…

The West Yorkshire School Games is excited to have partnered with Skipping School to bring a new virtual skipping programme to schools across the county….

It’s time for a new challenge, as Welcome to Yorkshire and Yorkshire Cancer Research team up to bring you the Tour de Walkshire. To walk,…

The Active School Awards 2021 will celebrate the South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire schools who have kept children active during a year like no other….

A new Active Recovery Hub is launching to provide schools, local authorities and families with easy access to free resources to get children moving before,…

Staff, parents, and children at Linthwaite Ardron CE (VA) Junior and Infant School, Huddersfield have been presented with the Modeshift STARS Bronze standard for their…

Sport England is embarking on a project to help clubs and other frontline sports and physical activity groups understand and use digital marketing better. The…

New insight released today reveals that over half of people say they feel less worried about doing sport and physical activity now the vaccine roll…

Yorkshire Sport Foundation is preparing to join The Daily Mile Foundation and Sport England for a mass participation event across England’s primary schools, which hopes…

A report, published by the disability charity, Sense has highlighted the key role support workers play in getting people with complex disabilities physically active. Released…

Consultation has launched today on proposals for Darnall and Attercliffe, to provide better walking and cycling routes and priority bus lanes to help improve journey…

For the first time all races at AJ Bell World Triathlon Leeds will start and finish in Roundhay Park, with all routes reaching the same…

Barnsley Council is happy to announce that Beat the Street is set to return this summer. The popular physical activity game, commissioned by Barnsley Council,…

A popular physical activity game that has been played by more than 1.2m people is coming to Rotherham. Beat the Street Rotherham is set to…

Social enterprise company, Totally Runable Ltd, are putting inspiring posters featuring real life female athletes in front of over 355,000 school pupils from as part…

Sport England in partnership with the Chief Cultural Leisure Officers Association (CLOA) has launched a new resource, ‘Navigating Local Systems’, which shares learning and practical tools from…

Policy Yorkshire, the think tank for the Yorkshire and Humber region, is today launching a call for evidence on how to support people to become…

Sport England chief executive Tim Hollingsworth has welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement which includes plans for restarting grassroots sport and physical activity. The Prime Minister…

If podcasts are your thing, you may have listened to the most recent episode of The YSF Podcast released this week, where we were joined…

A walking football session in Swinton created as part of the Active Dearne project, has been named the Sheffield and Hallamshire County FA Grassroots Project…

The Department for Education has today announced an investment of £10.1 million of funding to enable schools to open their sports facilities outside of school…

On #TimeToTalk day, UK Coaching, with partners Mind, 1st4sport and Sport England, have announced they have updated their popular mental health awareness online course. Even…

Activity Alliance is urging decision makers in sport and leisure to prioritise disabled people as they strive to recover from the pandemic. The leading voice…

People from across Bradford and the surrounding areas are being encouraged to join the 20 Minute Movement to help them feel healthier. Launched by Living…

Leaders from across South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire are coming together this week as part of our ‘Leading our Active Places’ virtual conference. The four-day…

Helping grassroots sport and physical activity recover from the effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and investing in tackling the challenges of the next decade…

Connecting Leeds have released an animation which shows how a multi-million pound project will improve a key corridor that connects Bradford and Leeds. The main…

A primary school in Barnsley who has challenged gender stereotypes in sport are the feature of the latest episode of The YSF Podcast. Darton Primary…

The latest Active Lives Children and Young People Survey shows teenage boys were hardest hit by the pandemic but girls became more active as they…

On Monday 4 January, the Prime Minister announced a new national lockdown to counter the steep rise in coronavirus (Covid-19) infections in England. More information about…

Brookfield Junior Academy in Swinton has been recognised as the ‘National Modeshift STARS Primary School of the Year’, thanks to their commitment to sustainable and…

Just weeks after opening, the new Waverley Junior Academy is celebrating a Bronze Modeshift STARS award with over 84% of pupils choosing to walk, scoot…

Sheffield United Community Foundation, official charity of Sheffield United FC, are launching their new Empower LGBT+ project in partnership with Yorkshire Sport Foundation to tackle…

Universal access to accessible, affordable and sustainable travel choices will be considered by senior councillors next week. Leeds City Council’s draft ‘Connecting Leeds Transport Strategy’…

This December, Sheffield’s This Girl Can officers, Monika Katarzyte and Kelly-Anne Sharman from Manor and Castle Development Trust, invite everyone to join them in a…

Bradford Council is launching a pilot scheme designed to encourage more sustainable and healthy travel for school children. The scheme will help to improve safety…