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British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS), the new national organisation tasked with promoting the benefits of sport and physical activity on university and college campuses, launched today, creating the largest higher education sports organisation in Europe.
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13 Jun 2008
Sport England has announced a new strategy aimed at getting one million more people to participate in sport by 2012, capitalising on the London Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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10 Jun 2008
The government has earmarked £140m towards providing free swimming for all at the country’s 1,600 public pools by the 2012 Olympics, part of a legacy plan for the Games aimed at getting two million more adults involved in sport
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06 Jun 2008
The government has today given the go ahead for a National Skills Academy for Sport and Active Leisure.
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07 May 2008
sports coach UK has launched a blueprint for a national coaching system, called UK Coaching Framework. It will be a reference point for a UK-wide system that can be tailored to complement the coaching policies and strategies of each Home Country Sports Council (HCSC) and individual sport.
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01 May 2008
Perth and Kinross Leisure (PKL), in partnership with NHS Tayside, has launched a new volunteering project called activemate, which is aimed at improving access to local leisure services for Perth-based mental health service users.
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06 Dec 2007
Addressing a Youth Sports Trust conference in Telford yesterday, culture secretary, James Purnell, said the government wants to create a “world class school sport system, a world class community sports system and a world class elite sport system,” with the ambition to offer every child five hours of sport each week.
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29 Nov 2007
The Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) has revealed plans for a legacy partnership with British Swimming and the University of East London (UEL).
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20 Sep 2007
Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust’s (WLCT) Active Coaching Team has unveiled a ‘Get Active’ schools file to help schools and PE teachers run activity sessions.
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10 Apr 2007
Young children and their families in the London Borough of Newham and London Borough of Tower Hamlets will be offered free access to swimming sessions following funding from the Kellogg’s Swim Active project and sports trust Greenwich Leisure (GLL).
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30 Oct 2006
The Commons Select Committee for Culture, Media and Sport has heard that unless there are some dramatic changes, the legacy for grassroots sport from the 2012 Olympics is likely to be minimal.
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25 Oct 2006
Angela Sarkis makes YMCA history as the first woman to be appointed national secretary in the charity’s 160-year lifespan.
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19 Sep 2006
Coventry has been selected as the host city of the 2007 UK School Games.
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11 Sep 2006
The Inclusive Fitness Initiative (IFI) and the Fitness Industry Association (FIA) are applying for a grant from the National Sports Foundation to expand the inclusive fitness concept to the private sector.
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16 Jun 2006
The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) is recruiting a global network of volunteers to aid its international expansion.
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14 Mar 2006
Sport England has announced that chief executive, Roger Draper will be stepping down to join the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) as chief executive.
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21 Feb 2006
Gateshead Council has recruited four physical activity development workers in a bid to encourage local people to take more exercise.
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15 Dec 2005
Sport England has announced it is committing £75m of funding to be invested in the English regions and governing bodies in an attempt to further promote grassroots development.
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22 Nov 2005
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club has launched its We Choose Health campaign – which supports the Department of Health’s white paper of the same name – by offering a 10-week health and fitness regime to six Albion fans.
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26 Oct 2005
Sports minister Richard Caborn was at Gateshead International Stadium on Friday (26 November) to mark the start of work on a new sports facility designed to support grassroots sport and education in the north east.
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29 Nov 2004
Consumer association, Which?, has said that five volunteers it sent to request advice on weight loss from their local gyms mostly received poor quality consultations with instructors failing to properly assess their physical condition.
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23 Jun 2004
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