UK Sport has launched its Find Your Greatness campaign with the aim of finding young athletes who may be future members of Team GB or Paralympics GB. The campaign will see regional testing from a range of Olympic disciplines, starting…
A popular inclusive cycling hub has been relaunched at Cumbria Sports Academy (CSA), Hensingham. The hub was one of the first projects delivered as part of Cumberland Council’s Coastal Programme, but which had ceased operating during the COVID-19 pandemic. With…
Sports body, Sport NI, is investing more money into sport than ever before through its £8m Sports Systems Investment programme. Funded through National Lottery, the programme supports 34 sports governing bodies to grow and thrive and to retain and increase…
Building work on the new £12 million sport and leisure complex at Wilson’s Playing Fields, Clayton-le-Moors, has reached a landmark with the completion of the building’s steel structure. The occasion was marked with an event led by Alliance Leisure, which…
LTA Tennis Foundation has awarded grants to seven organisations in its third round of funding through its Grant Making Framework. The grants awarded will support disabled children, young people, and adults to access tennis sessions, support education around the inclusion…
Plans to transform an ageing leisure centre into a sports and wellbeing hub have been approved by members of Leeds City Council’s north and east plans panel. Fearnville Leisure Centre in Gipton – which dates back to the 1980s –…
West Suffolk Council (WSC) and Suffolk County Council (SCC) are leading a project to invest £4m in new sports facilities in Newmarket. Proposals for a piece of land owned by SCC at the rear of the former St Felix Middle…
More than 70 organisations from across the sport and physical activity sector have committed to becoming greener by signing Sport England’s Going for Green pledge. Every signatory of the pledge agrees to: • reduce energy and water usage • champion…
The Sports and Play Construction Association (SAPCA) is calling on the new Labour government to ensure the sports and physical activity sector can fulfil its potential in helping to improve the health and wellbeing of the nation. SAPCA Chief Executive,…
The governing body for tennis, LTA, has published a two-year progress report on its Environmental Sustainability Plan. In it, the body says it has achieved 80% of the 10 targets it set itself when the first-ever Environmental Sustainability Plan was…
Parkwood Health and Fitness Salisbury, the flagship health club, managed by Legacy Leisure, is proud to report a year of success and remarkable growth following significant investment. The 25,000-square-foot, two-story facility located in the heart of Salisbury in Wiltshire has…
A new group has been formed to tackle common challenges facing the UK swimming and aquatics sector. The Swimming Alliance will look to offer a single, cohesive voice on crucial issues affecting public swimming pools and open water spaces across…
