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Stepping up our support for places to tackle inactivity
We’re investing £25 million in our Place Universal Offer until 2028, working with 30 Active Partnerships and other local organisations to drive community-led change.
Local authorities
Place-based working
Uniting the Movement
New guide to creating safer gym and leisure spaces for women
The This Girl Can campaign worked with ukactive to help facilities better communicate policies on harassment and intimidation.
Facilities
Gender
Research
This Girl Can
Sport England leadership team changes
The organisation will be restructured alongside the changes to the executive team.
Uniting the Movement
How our funding is supporting Olympic pathways
Learn about the role we play in backing aspiring winter sports athletes through our investment of National Lottery and Government funding into talent and support programmes.
Disability
Funding
National governing bodies
Five years of Uniting the Movement
We’re five years into our ongoing mission to ensure everyone can play sport and take part in physical activity – and later this year we’ll be unveiling our plan for the next phase.
Uniting the Movement
This Girl Can's push in support of new and expectant mothers
Our groundbreaking campaign is shining a light on the fact that over half of pregnant women and new mums on lower incomes feel excluded from sport and physical activity.
Research
This Girl Can
Board members reappointed as two depart
The reappointments have been made by the Secretary of State and took effect from 1 January 2026.
Government
Importance of protecting playing fields reiterated
The latest data indicate our role as a statutory consultee saw 94% of all concluded planning applications involving playing fields result in the protection or improvement of facilities.
Government
Local authorities
Planning
Tackling inactivity
Three-year funding extension for We Are Undefeatable
We've awarded three more years of National Lottery funding to the campaign that supports people living with long-term health conditions to be more active.
Funding
Health conditions
Children’s activity levels rising but inactivity remains too high
More children than ever are taking part, but too many are missing out on the benefits of an active lifestyle.
Children and young people
Gender
Health conditions
Lower socio-economic groups
Research
Tackling inactivity
Uniting the Movement
Place expansion continues with 27 new partnerships
We've announced more partnerships with places across the country where we'll work directly with communities to tackle high rates of inactivity.
Funding
Place-based working
Uniting the Movement
New guidance on achieving greater diversity and inclusion
We've produced a new resource with UK Sport that aims to help sport and physical activity organisations develop plans to embed inclusion at every level.
Governance
Research
Chair issues statement on statutory consultee consultation
Our chair publishes statement following opening of Government's planning reform consultation.
Government
Planning
Health, wealth and happiness - the £123bn value of activity
The latest figures come from the second year of our social value model, which also shows a potential extra £20 billion of social value available by tackling inequalities.
Funding
Government
Research
Tackling inactivity
Uniting the Movement
Public leisure centres helping to tackle inequalities
The figures come from our latest Moving Communities report, which also shows an increase in women using the facilities, quality of facilities and highlights their value to society.
Facilities
Local authorities
Research
Tackling inactivity
Chloe Kelly surprises team with Lottery funding announcement
The England international made a shock appearance at Saving Souls Hub to tell them they were the recipients of National Lottery money that has been awarded via Sport England.
Funding
Chair backs new government campaign to keep families active
Let's Move uses real families as inspiration for how to stay active during the autumn and winter months, when parents expect their children's activity levels to dip.
Government
Uniting the Movement
This Girl Can calls for action on women's freedom to be active after dark
Let's Lift the Curfew returns with a renewed call for action on women’s safety and freedom to be active after dark.
Gender
This Girl Can
Chair: Let's fight back on climate change
Chris Boardman warns extreme weather will exacerbate the national inactivity crisis – but believes our sector has huge potential to change this.
Funding
Sustainability
Chair and director of Safe Sport project appointed
Nick Pink and Neil Cooper will lead the next steps in the collective mission to create a safe, supportive sporting environment across the UK.
Governance
OpenActive secures fresh funding boost
We’ve invested a further £700,000 in the sector-wide initiative that aims to make it easier for people to find opportunities to get active through better use of data.
Funding
Health conditions
Tackling inactivity
Uniting the Movement
New agreement to tackle inactivity in West Yorkshire
We’ve signed a joint pledge to embed sport and physical activity into the everyday lives of people across West Yorkshire, building on our investment in the region.
Funding
Government
Local authorities
Uniting the Movement
NBA to invest in UK grassroots basketball
The decision follows talks between the NBA Commissioner and Prime Minister Keir Starmer in July.
Funding
Government
This Girl Can is back with major new advertising push
We've launched a major new national TV, outdoor and digital campaign called We Like the Way You Move.
Gender
This Girl Can
New chief executive takes up post
Simon Hayes joins Sport England from his previous role as chief executive of HM Land Registry.
Government
Uniting the Movement
Three new members appointed to our Board
The appointees bring a wealth of experience and will help set our direction over the next three years.
Government
Uniting the Movement
From grassroots to greatness - a rugby revolution
As the Women’s Rugby World Cup kicks off today in Sunderland, we're witnessing the culmination of three decades of National Lottery support that’s transformed women and girls' rugby from the grassroots up.
Funding
National governing bodies
New partnership to support pregnant women to be active
We'll work with the charity to better support pregnant women and new mums to be active and reduce inequalities in their activity levels.
Gender
Tackling inactivity
Tim Hollingsworth leaves role as chief executive
The driving force behind our Uniting the Movement strategy concludes his time with us after more than six years.
Uniting the Movement
New guidance for gyms and leisure centres to make safer spaces for women and girls
This Girl Can has helped produce tools and training to ensure facilities are safer for all women.
Facilities
This Girl Can
Chair writes to Ofcom about online abuse of women's footballers
Read Chris Boardman's letter to Ofcom chief executive Dame Melanie Dawes DCB expressing concern about recent online abuse directed towards the England Women's football team.
Gender
This Girl Can
Whyte Review: update on 19 commitments
We and UK Sport have provided an update on the 19 policy commitments we made in 2023, after commissioning the Whyte Review to look into abuse in gymnastics.
Children and young people
National governing bodies
New partnership to transform health in South Yorkshire
We've announced a major collaboration with the region's mayoral combined authority and integrated care board to increase activity levels and improve lives.
Funding
Government
Uniting the Movement
Coronation Street to host celebration of grassroots football investment
Representatives of clubs from England and Wales will meet at Coronation Street tomorrow to celebrate National Lottery funding of the game, enabling pathways from local pitches to international tournaments.
Funding
National governing bodies
Uniting the Movement
Chris Boardman reappointed as our Chair
The Secretary of State has designated the active travel and sustainability advocate to lead our Board until 2029.
Government
Sustainability
Uniting the Movement
Chief executive's letter to Select Committee in full
Our chief executive Tim Hollingsworth has written to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee following his appearance at the 'Game On' inquiry.
Government
New £5m scheme to help leaders tackle inequalities
Leading the Movement will support and connect decision-makers working to make sport and physical activity accessible and inclusive to everyone.
Funding
Tackling inactivity
Uniting the Movement
Bold new vision for safe sport unveiled
The first findings of the Safe Sport project, which aims to establish a unified approach to safeguarding in sport, have been published.
Governance
Chair welcomes major government investment in grassroots sport
The government has committed £400 million to new and upgraded grassroots sport facilities across the UK, alongside £500m to support world-class sporting events.
Facilities
Funding
Government
New fund to create 'world's greenest sports industry'
Our chair Chris Boardman has announced up to £16 million from our Movement Fund will be reserved to help the sector respond to the impact of climate change.
Sustainability
Simon Hayes appointed new chief executive
Our new chief executive will join us in September after six years at HM Land Registry.
Uniting the Movement
This Girl Can launches group exercise resource hub
Created with EMD UK, Reach Up aims to transform more women’s lives through group exercise.
This Girl Can
Update on the British Ju Jitsu Association
The association has met several conditions imposed upon it by the Home Country Sports Councils so will continue to be recognised as the national governing body for ju jitsu in the UK.
National governing bodies
Our funding helps Bradford deliver world-leading results for children
As new research finds the JU:MP programme we funded is having a significant impact on getting children active in Bradford, we’re investing an extra £4 million into the city.
Children and young people
Local authorities
Place-based working
Tackling inactivity
Studio You and Nike join forces on new PE video series
This Girl Can's digital exercise platform for teenage girls teams up with Nike to launch a new hub of exercise and physical activity lessons – designed by girls and endorsed by teachers.
Studio You
This Girl Can
Record numbers playing sport and taking part in physical activity
Significant growth in activity levels for older adults and disabled people but more work to do to support those living in the most deprived places.
Active Nation
Research
Tackling inactivity
Uniting the Movement
The legal definition of a woman has been set by the Supreme Court today.
Chief executive welcomes Government funding for sports facilities
The Government has announced £100 million to upgrade sports facilities across the United Kingdom.
Facilities
Funding
Chief executive responds to Government Bill
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill could impact our statutory consultee role on planning applications involving playing fields.
Facilities
Government
Planning
Response to Government announcement on our statutory consultee role
We've issued a statement in response to the Government's announcement regarding our statutory consultee role on planning applications.
Facilities
Planning
We commissioned research to provide an updated calculation of the social and economic value of sport and physical activity in England.
First 53 Place Expansion Partnerships announced
We're working with 53 new places across England as we amplify our work to ensure those in greatest need can be active.
Place-based working
Tackling inactivity
This Girl Can highlights barriers facing women on lower incomes
The new findings reveal only one in 10 women from lower-income backgrounds feel they completely belong in physical activity.
Gender
Research
This Girl Can
Chief executive to stand down this summer
Tim Hollingsworth will leave the organisation at the end of July 2025.
Uniting the Movement
We’ve broken down our overall figure of £107 billion to reveal the annual social value of sport and physical activity by region in England.
Four years of Uniting the Movement
How we’ve progressed over the last 12 months of our long-term strategy to transform lives through the power of sport and physical activity.
Uniting the Movement
Funding available for facilities damaged by extreme weather
We'll prioritise support from our Movement Fund for sports and activities that need help to recover quickly.
Funding
Sustainability
This Girl Can celebrates 10th birthday
Over three million more women are active now than when our campaign began in 2015.
Gender
This Girl Can
New report into diversity in leadership roles published
The Diversity in Sport Governance 2024 report was commissioned by us, along with UK Sport, and conducted by Perrett Laver and provides a detailed breakdown of the makeup of more boards and senior leadership teams of sports organisations.
Governance
National governing bodies
Uniting the Movement
Statement on Pickleball England
We've recognised the organisation as the national governing body for the sport in England.
Governance
National governing bodies
Commitment to playing field protection continues
Our role as a statutory consultee saw 94% of all concluded planning applications involving playing fields result in the protection or improvement of facilities.
Facilities
Government
Planning
Children’s activity levels remain stable but significant and sustained action required
The legacy of Covid-19 means more must be done to give young people the best possible chance in life
Children and young people
Government
Health conditions
Research
Women's and girls' football has enjoyed significant growth since England hosted the 2022 showpiece.
Latest findings on sector's digital maturity revealed
We and ukactive have released the Digital Futures 2024 report, which reveals an increasing focus in sport and physical activity on data and AI.
Innovation and digital
Research
Three more long-term partnerships announced
We’re partnering with three more national organisations as our quest to level up access to sport and physical activity in England continues.
Coaching
Uniting the Movement
Chair: sport must lead the way on climate change
As he speaks at COP29, our chair Chris Boardman argues that the sport and physical activity sector is uniquely positioned to drive the change needed to protect our planet.
Clubs
Outdoors
Sustainability
Support to unite sector in place-based work
Our Place Universal Offer will support Active Partnerships in England to supercharge efforts to tackle inequality and inactivity.
Funding
Lower socio-economic groups
Place-based working
Tackling inactivity
Uniting the Movement
Majority of women change behaviour getting active outdoors in winter
New research from This Girl Can highlights the impact of safety concerns during the darker months on women's ability to get active.
Gender
Safe
This Girl Can
Statement on the ECB's new strategy
Our chief executive reacts to the publication of Inspiring Generations, the updated strategy for cricket in England and Wales.
National governing bodies
Our updated research shows that improved health from participation in sport and physical activity creates £10.5 billion a year in health and social care savings.
Chief executive welcomes Commonwealth Games host announcement
Tim Hollingsworth has spoken of his joy at the event finding a home in Glasgow for the 2026 Games.
Funding
Government
New findings show impact of exercise on children's mental health conditions
Our new report contains "strong and consistent" evidence that sport and physical activity benefits children and young people with diagnosed mental health conditions.
Children and young people
Health conditions
Research
Chair calls for 'mindset shift' on climate change
In a keynote speech at the Sport Positive summit, Chris Boardman urges our sector to lift its ambition on environmental sustainability.
Government
Sustainability
Funding available for flood-damaged facilities
Our Movement Fund is open to applications from organisations impacted by the recent storms and flooding across England.
Facilities
Funding
Boardman up for green sports award
Our chair Chris Boardman CBE has been shortlisted for ‘Evergreen Athlete of the Year’ at the BBC Green Sports Awards 2024.
Sustainability
Greater Manchester partnership to tackle inequalities renewed
We've signed a memorandum of understanding with GM Moving to renew our shared commitment to tackling the region's health inequalities through physical activity.
Funding
Government
Uniting the Movement
New report shares tips to engage with specific audiences
This Girl Can worked with Our Parks to create a new guide with tips and advice for anyone interested in making their physical activity initiatives more inclusive.
Lower socio-economic groups
This Girl Can
More than £4m invested in ideas to tackle inequalities
Our Pilot Fund awarded an average of £233,000 to 18 projects around the country.
Funding
Lower socio-economic groups
Tackling inactivity
Chair welcomes government plans for new Water Bill
Chris Boardman said the new special measures bill has the potential to positively impact sport and physical activity participation levels.
Government
Sustainability
New video showcases best of Pedal for Paris ride
The extended edit shines a light on the environmental sustainability work being done by the projects our chair Chris Boardman visited on his 550-mile trip to Paris earlier this summer.
Sustainability
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