Sport England has today announced a major and unprecedented expansion of its investment into communities across England to ensure those in greatest need are able…
An initiative to encourage school children to be more active, led by the University of Bradford and Yorkshire Sport Foundation, has been shortlisted for an…
Projects across West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire have been recognised in the Levelling the Playing Field Playbook – a collection of amazing stories which showcases…
The Heart of Doncaster awards were back for 2023 and were bigger and better than ever! Yorkshire Sport Foundation were proud to sponsor the Active…
This week saw the launch of the Using Rounders As A Sport For Development Tool report by Rounders England. The report was launched at the…
The Physical Literacy Consensus Statement for England has been revealed. The statements represents a culmination of 18 months’ work and explored the importance of physical…
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…
Rather than do our usual annual review, the year had been so busy we wanted to take a different approach. There had been so much…
This free morning is an opportunity for anyone who works or volunteers in disability sport in West Yorkshire to come together to share information and…
Yorkshire Cricket Foundation (YCF) – the community arm of The Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCCC) – have announced a new partnership with Kidd3r, a fast-growing…
Join colleagues from Yorkshire & the Humber in this FREE Sharing the Learning Series virtual event 1pm on September 6, 2023. Get Doncaster Moving –…
Navigating Local Systems is the focus of the latest episode of The YSF Podcast. The Navigating Local Systems (NLS) work began in the autumn of…
Yorkshire Sport Foundation is proud to share that we have been recognised as having “world class” levels of staff engagement. The three-star rating is the…
The three Active Partnerships in the Yorkshire and Humber region are pleased to welcome Amanda Potter as their new Strategic Director. Amanda’s role will see…
Yorkshire Sport Foundation is delighted to welcome Brendan Fatchett as the new Chair of our Board of Trustees. A proud Yorkshireman, Brendan (pictured right, with…
Yorkshire Sport Foundation (YSF) has thanked Paul Reid as his eight-year tenure as Chair of the Board of Trustees came to an end. In his…
Yorkshire Sport Foundation (YSF) is proud to have achieved the Investors in Diversity – Small Charities Award from the National Centre for Diversity. “This is…
Stuart Andrew visited Wakefield, this morning. There were discussions about place-based working, with a focus on the Active Through Football project in Wakefield. @StuartAndrew @MyWakefield…
West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership (WY HCP) are celebrating the role of the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector (VCSE) ahead of the NHS…
Parkinson Lane Community Primary School in Halifax has been accredited as a Centre of Excellence for Physical Activity, by Yorkshire Sport Foundation. The school has…
Yorkshire Sport Foundationhas formally signed the Yorkshire and Humber Climate Action Pledge – a commitment to tackling the climate and ecological emergency and helping the…
A pledge to tackle racism in grassroots sport has already been signed by 90 organisations in the region. All have committed to have their own…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
We want it to be easy and enjoyable for everyone in Yorkshire to be active. We know moving more, being active or taking part in sport…
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….
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Tahir Akram is part of our local support team, covering Bradford. He’s also the lead for our climate group. In this blog, he discusses our…
West Yorkshire Active School Award winners, New Road Primary, feature on the latest episode of The YSF Podcast. Headteacher Sharon Harwood and sports coach Emily…
To coincide with COP26, the United National Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, we are pleased to announce details of three webinars dedicated to the topic of…
Primary schools throughout South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire are being encouraged to get the school year off to an active start with a weekly running…
West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership (WY&H HCP) and Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Yorkshire Sport…
Community groups and organisations across South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire are being invited to use the power of sport to bring people together, by applying…
Pupils at a school in Leeds have been celebrating the culmination of a five-week project to encourage them to be more physically active. The ‘Skip…
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