At Yorkshire Sport Foundation we include everyone, as we believe sport and physical activity is for everyone.
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.
Safeguarding Week is being held across West Yorkshire by Safeguarding Adults Boards, Safeguarding Children Partnerships and Community Safety Partnerships. It provides a great opportunity to promote…
The Healthy Steps programme has launched! The free 8-week email programme encourages families to eat better and move more, with budget conscious, easy and practical…
Four Community Sport volunteers received Special Recogniton Awards at the 7th Annual Bradford Sports Awards, held for the first time at Life Centre Events in…
You are invited to an online event on Wednesday 7 June at 6pm hosted the Yorkshire and Humber Anti-Racism in Sport Group to launch the Commitment to…
UK Coaching Week is back on 5-11 June 2023. The theme this year is an issue of great importance that has attracted significant public attention: ‘Duty…
The Reading Agency are teaming up with the Youth Sport Trust, for ‘Ready, Set, Read!’, a Summer Reading Challenge focused on reading, sport and play. The…
Sport England’s ‘This Girl Can’ campaign and ukactive have released new guidance to help fitness and leisure facilities create safer spaces for women and girls…
The ukactive Awards 2023 entries have launched today (22 May), with the awards night heading to Leeds on Thursday 26 October. The physical activity sector…
Local organisations in Sheffield have come together to address inequalities in culture, sport and physical activity, and show how “a city is championing” the Sport…
Funding will ease congestion across cities, transform the school run and provide a boost to high street businesses, helping to promote healthy travel, reduce emissions…
In our latest ‘Learning at Work Week’ blog, Lisa talks about her preference to learn on the job and the opportunity she had do that…
New guidance on how the design of our environments can help people to lead more physically active and healthy lives has been published today. The…
As part of Learning at Work week, we’re sharing some of the ways we support our team to learn. Next up this week, our Data…
As part of Learning at Work Week, some of our team are sharing their own experiences of learning at work. In this first blog, Media…
Clubs and groups across the region are being asked to pledge to stand together as anti-racist organisations and deliver plans to help rid sport of…
Following on from the success of the last Sharing the Learning Series: Whole Systems Physical Activity events in Bradford and online we’d like to invite…
On Earth Day 2022, we shared our annual action plan for making a positive impact on climate change. We promised that we’d report back a…
Chris Cutforth has enjoyed three decades working in the sport and leisure sector, from his time in local authorities in Hertfordshire, to 15 years at…
In the final podcast episode of our Climate Series 2023, we turn the spotlight on ourselves. We chatted with Tahir Akram – who heads up…
In the second of our Climate Series 2023 podcast episodes, we were joined by David Gent, Chief Executive of Active Humber. David is one of…
Laura Rudland, part of the team at Active Partnership wesport, and on the national Active Partnerships Climate Change Steering Group, blogs about how working together…
In the first of our 2023 Climate Series podcast episodes, we spoke to Richard Lindsay, the man spearheading Birmingham FA’s ‘Save Today, Play Tomorrow’ programme….
Caitlin Thomas. the national programme manager for physical activity at the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) presents the first of a three-part series…
Active Design focusses on ensuring the places where people live, work, and enjoy can promote regular physical activity in daily life, through walking, cycling, informal…
Adults should aim to do 20 mins of moderate intensity, physical activity every day to look after health and wellbeing. This is the message behind Living…
Physical activity should be a “mainstay approach” for doctors treating patients with depression, anxiety and psychological distress. This is the evidenced-based conclusion published in a recent…
UK Sport has published its Environmental Sustainability Strategy which includes a goal for high-performance sport to have a net positive impact on the environment by…
Sports coach and LTA SERVES Activator, Nalette Tucker, has been included in BBC Woman’s Hour Power List 2023: Women in Sport, for her work in…
The collaboration will support Active Travel England and councils to offer schemes that benefit residents. The Alan Turing Institute has been commissioned to create new…
The YSF Weekly brings together local and national news, updates and job opportunities from across the physical activity sector. You can read the latest edition…
Jonny Brownlee MBE, and brother Alistair Brownlee MBE were awarded the Sporting Pride of Leeds Award at the 20th Anniversary Leeds Sports Awards, held at…
A report exploring how physical activity could be better used within NHS Talking Therapies to help improve the mental health outcomes of service users has…
Drawing on the lived experience of disabled people throughout the UK, Every Body Moves is an evolution of the award winning Parasport powered by Toyota…
A good bystander doesn’t just stand by, there are many things you can do to help victims of hate. You can either help from the…
Yorkshire Sport Foundation is offering bursaries to provide more qualified sports coaches in South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. People who are part of a club…
Yorkshire Sport Foundation has been awarded a share of up to £57m worth of Opening School Facilities investment from the Department for Education, to support…
New Road Primary School in Sowerby Bridge are celebrating after being accredited as a Centre of Excellence for Physical Activity. The school has achieved the…
This Girl Can, Sport England’s flagship campaign to help women get active, is turning its attention to tackling the exercise ‘Enjoyment Gap’ – as it reveals…
A coalition of more than 200 bodies and individuals* from the worlds of health, sport, recreation, and leisure has written to the Prime Minister with…
A Wakefield-based organisation has been using sport and physical activity to support men to overcome addiction. Reflections Yorkshire CIC provides counselling, housing and employment support,…
British Blind Sport (BBS) will hold in-person workshops in 2023 to raise awareness of the importance of providing inclusive physical activity opportunities for people with…
Springvale Primary School in Barnsley has been awarded status as a Centre of Excellence for Sport and Physical Activity. The accreditation from Yorkshire Sport Foundation,…
On Wednesday 25 January, the Concord Sports Centre in Sheffield hosted the Yorkshire Wheelchair Sports Festival. The event was organised by WheelPower, the national charity…
British Blind Sport (BBS) has today published its Strategic Plan for 2023–2027. The 5-year strategy outlines the organisation’s core mission, vision, values and overarching objective…
A taekwondo club in Birkby has been providing free taster sessions thanks to funding from Yorkshire Sport Foundation. Premier Taekwondo has hosted weekly opportunities for…
The Deputy Prime Minister has hailed the vital role that sport and physical activity can play in “turning young lives around” following the launch of…
A popular roller skating session started in Beeston last summer has been able to continue this winter thanks to funding of almost £10,000 from Yorkshire…
The finalists have been announced for the 20th Annual Leeds Sports Awards to take place at New Dock Hall on Friday 17 March. After a record…
Yorkshire Cricket Foundation (YCF) – the official charity of Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCCC) – have announced a number of new cricket kit recycling hubs…
Alongside other Active Partnerships, we welcome our role in helping implement the commitments published by Sport England and UK Sport in response to the Whyte…
The Yorkshire Wheelchair Sports Festival will welcome disabled people of all ages to the Concord Sports Centre, Sheffield on Wednesday 25 January 2023 to discover…
The courage, commitment and inspirational strength of character shown by local heroes Rob Burrow and Kevin Sinfield in the most difficult of circumstances is set…
Sport and Recreation Alliance has released new evidence, showing that community sport and recreation clubs are under severe financial pressure. The findings show they are…
Get Yourself Active at Disability Rights UK, along with noted film-makers Rainbow Collective, the social care providers Trafford Choices and Community Integrated Care, and the…
95% of all concluded planning applications involving a playing field resulted in the protection or improvement of facilities. New figures released today show we protected…
Children and young people’s activity levels overall have recovered to pre-pandemic levels, with 47% of children meeting the Chief Medical Officers’ guidelines of taking part…
The most impactful coaches across the UK were recognised and celebrated at the 25th UK Coaching Awards ceremony held in Leeds on Tuesday, 6 December….
Thousands of people living with complex disabilities in England will have the opportunity to participate in sport and physical activity thanks to major new funding…
Active Partnerships are delighted to announce the appointment of Dave Capper as Chair of the National Board. Dave will officially join the board in January…
Two webinars will share findings from the Moving Healthcare Professionals Programme which aims to help healthcare professionals increase their knowledge and skills, and incorporate physical activity…
