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Job opportunity: Director for West Yorkshire
We have an exciting opportunity for a leader to join our Senior Management Team. You will help shape…
Applications close 1 Dec
Press
Do you want to Lead the Change?
Yorkshire Sport Foundation is proud to launch a second program of 'Lead the Change’, an initiative…
28 Nov 2025
Leeds, Sheffield and Wakefield partnering with Sport England…
Three places have received funding from Sport England to boost levels of physical activity among…
27 Nov 2025
Campaigns
We All Belong – get involved this International Day of…
On December 3, Activity Alliance is celebrating belonging in action across sports and activities for…
26 Nov 2025
Youth Sport Trust Report Warns of Health Crisis Facing the…
Youth Sport Trust launches national health commission in response to alarming trends in children’s…
25 Nov 2025
Only one in four disabled children can always join in school…
Only 26% of young disabled people say they can take part in sport and activity at school all the…
24 Nov 2025
Campaigns
Movement Matters Guidance Launched on World Children's Day
Movement Matters has been developed by NEYASP to support the Early Years sector in understanding,…
21 Nov 2025
Sport + Recreation Alliance responds to statutory…
Government has launched a consultation on reforming the role of statutory consultees in the planning…
20 Nov 2025
Public leisure centres helping to tackle inequalities
The figures come from Sport England's latest Moving Communities report, which also shows an increase…
19 Nov 2025
The Big Club Conversation is back
Sport England's 'Big Club Conversation' is returning with sessions due to be running in December and…
18 Nov 2025
Health, wealth and happiness - the £123bn value of activity
The latest figures come from the second year of Sport England's social value model, which also shows…
18 Nov 2025
Press, Campaigns
Leeds JogOn receives the Safer Stronger Communities award
Leeds JogOn campaign, a collaboration between the Safer Leeds Partnership, Get Set Leeds Local, and…
17 Nov 2025
Rugby League legends tackle male loneliness with…
Boys and young men in Wakefield and Wigan to receive support to tackle loneliness and isolation…
16 Nov 2025
Funding
Pride in Place funding areas named
Each area will receive up to £20 million of funding and support over the next 10 years to make…
16 Nov 2025
Press
'Best Companies' score improves for YSF
Yorkshire Sport Foundation has again been named the Best Charity to Work For in the UK by Best…
14 Nov 2025
£1.6 million boost for walking, wheeling and cycling in…
South Yorkshire’s Mayor and local leaders have backed a £1.64 million funding package to deliver…
12 Nov 2025
Press, Reports
Environmental sustainability starts at grassroots level
YSF take our commitments to protecting the environment seriously, we recognise that a sustainable…
12 Nov 2025
New curriculum can start new chapter for PE, school sport…
The Youth Sport Trust and Association for Physical Education (afPE) have welcomed the publication of…
11 Nov 2025
Preventing bullying in sport - NSPCC video
Bullying in sport can have lasting impacts on children's mental health, performance, and overall…
10 Nov 2025
Join Mo’s Mission: Halfway there
Help Youth Sport Trust mark 30 years of building brighter futures through the power of sport and…
7 Nov 2025
Campaigns
Children’s physical activity campaign to keep kids active…
Government launches ‘Let’s Move!’, a new campaign supported by Sport England, to help keep families…
3 Nov 2025
Sheffield gets its first Indoor pickleball centre
This brand-new venue offers three professional acrylic courts in an all-weather space for pickleball…
31 Oct 2025
Unity Boxing Academy supports Black History Month
Unity Boxing Academy, based in Greenhill Mills, Bradford are both proud and committed support Black…
31 Oct 2025
Press, Reports
Lead the Change - Impact Report
YSF are pleased to share our first impact report on Lead the Change, a new initiative to support…
30 Oct 2025