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Whether it be skateboarding sessions on Facebook live, or using activity packs delivered to their door, people have been finding new and innovative ways to…

Leaders from more than one hundred sport and physical activity bodies have sent a letter to the Prime Minister urging him to ringfence funding for…

Episode eight of The YSF Podcast, released today, includes a conversation with Sue Wilkinson MBE, Chief Executive of the Association for Physical Education (AfPE). With…

A new way of getting children to move more at school has started to see results in schools in Bradford.  The Bradford Institute for Health…

Activity Alliance is excited to reveal the new updated eLearning course, Delivering an excellent service for disabled customers. With refreshed content, the online module sets…

The safe reopening of Calderdale Council’s leisure facilities is continuing, with North Bridge Leisure Centre in Halifax due to reopen on Wednesday 14 October 2020….

The South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire winners in the Yorkshire Primary PE Awards 2020 have been announced. The annual awards celebrate schools who can demonstrate…

“When I first got the job as Community Champion, if someone said to me that in 12 months I’d be able to run 5k, I’d…

The first Great British Week of Sport brings together a range of activities and sports sessions between Saturday 19 and Sunday 27 September  to celebrate the…

In the underprivileged Sheffield area of Burngreave, young men and women wearing distinctive blue, red, grey and black t-shirts are recognised on every street corner….

UK Coaching Week has returned for 2020. The awareness campaign – which empowers athletes, coaches and the public to celebrate great coaching – will centre…

Organisations in Sheffield and Rotherham will be part of a national project investigating how physical activity and sport can reduce over-representation of minority and ethnic…

A new state-of-the-art gym at a popular south Leeds leisure centre has officially opened this month. Equipment on offer at the new gym in Middleton…

Commuters in Leeds can now borrow an electric bike free of charge for up to two weeks as part of a new council initiative to…

A Bradford Council scheme to tackle holiday hunger has seen thousands of disadvantaged children from across Bradford District enjoy free meals and activities during the…

On behalf of the Active in Barnsley Partnership, Barnsley Council launched the ‘What’s Your Move’ campaign on Friday 1 May, to encourage residents to move more and…

Starting today (Monday 7 September), eight new School Streets pilots begin at primary schools across Leeds. Beecroft Primary School, Kirkstall; Chapel Allerton Primary School, Chapel…

Calderdale Council is planning the safe, phased reopening of its sports and leisure facilities. The health of customers, staff and the whole community remains the…

As the Data and Insight Support Officer and an integral member of the Data and Insight team you will assist with the data collection, processing…

Barnsley Healthy Holidays has had another successful year as the 2020 activity programme draws to an end. The council’s Area Teams have been working with partners…

Yorkshire Sport Foundation (YSF) has distributed £140,000 of National Lottery funding from Sport England’s Tackling Inequalities Fund, to organisations in South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire….

A new pop-up bike hub has opened in Leeds Kirkgate Market to support more people accessing the city centre by bike. The new pop-up hub…

Public leisure facilities in Sheffield will start to welcome customers back through their doors as Sheffield City Council has approved a support package to enable…

Sport pitches at Marley Activities and Coaching Centre in Bradford are set to be transformed as the first phase of improvements are due to start…

Nearly £7million across four years has been awarded to further the work of Doncaster Council’s ‘Get Doncaster Moving’ approach, which aims to tackle inequalities by…

Sheffield FC is to coach refugee youngsters for matches against teams run by Leeds United, AS Roma and K.A.S Eupen which could take place in…

COVID-19 health messages are on the move in Calderdale, with mobile billboards going right into the heart of our communities to share important advice. Teams…

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…