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30th October 2018

Drive to ensure all children can swim by end of…

The Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport has announced extra help for schools to make…

23rd October 2018

New research from Women in Sport looks at the visibility of women’s sports coverage across five…

17th October 2018

The new digital Moving Medicine tool is designed to help healthcare professionals advise patients on how…

10th October 2018

Swimming has significantly reduced the symptoms of anxiety or depression for 1.4 million adults in Britain,…

2nd October 2018

Four UK parks are set to benefit from £100,000 of investment to encourage local people to…

18th September 2018

New national statistics published by Natural England show that more people than ever before are visiting…

13th September 2018

This report from the Children’s Commissioner for England looks at the importance to children of play…

13th August 2018

An independent review of sport in the justice system has highlighted the role that sport and…

7th August 2018

Increased weight in young adults causes higher blood pressure and a thickening of the heart muscle,…

30th July 2018

Levels of severe obesity in children aged 10 to 11 years have reached the highest point…