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Neurodiversity Celebration Week: Ensuring sport is inclusive for all
This week (18-24 March) is Neurodiversity Celebration Week, and the Alliance want to highlight the work of Neurodiverse Sport, an organisation that aims to promote all neurodiversity at every level of sport.
Published 18 March 2024, Equality and Diversity -
Alliance collaborates with Accelerate Sport to launch new e-learning platform
The Alliance is pleased to announce the launch of a new e-learning platform in collaboration with Accelerate Sport.
Published 26 February 2024, Equality and Diversity -
Black History Month Spotlight: Sporting Equals
This Black History Month, the Sport and Recreation Alliance wanted to celebrate the immense contribution Black individuals have made and are making to grassroots sport and recreation by showcasing the stories of some of its members and partners, and their work delivering grassroots activity and positive change in communities across the country.
Published 10 October 2023, Equality and Diversity -
Alliance speaks to leading professionals to celebrate South Asian Heritage Month
To mark South Asian Heritage Month (SAHM) 2023, the Sport and Recreation Alliance has interviewed two influential figures about their experiences working in the sector, and their reflections on what can be done in the future to ensure equal opportunity exists for all.
Published 21 July 2023, Equality and Diversity -
‘Making people feel included doesn’t mean you have to stay silent’ – Olympic race-walker Tom Bosworth on LGBTQ+ inclusion in sport
To mark Pride Month 2023, the Alliance spoke with Olympic race walker and British record holder Tom Bosworth, one of very few openly gay athletes in the United Kingdom to have competed at the highest level of their sport.
Published 30 June 2023, Equality and Diversity -
Pride shouldn’t feel perilous - let’s get sports speaking confidently
To kick off Pride Month 2023, the Sport and Recreation Alliance invited Jon Holmes, founder and lead of Sports Media LGBT+, to share his thoughts on LGBT+ inclusion in sport.
Published 01 June 2023, Equality and Diversity -
New Zealand passes IWG baton to United Kingdom at Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games in Birmingham provided the ideal backdrop for the official handover ceremony for the Secretariat of the International Working Group (IWG) on Women and Sport.
Published 04 August 2022, Equality and Diversity -
Rallying behind Pride Month 2022 with OutPlay Squash
To mark Pride Month 2022, the Sport and Recreation Alliance visited one of a growing number of LGBTQ+ inclusive sports clubs in the country.
Published 22 June 2022, Equality and Diversity -
Lisa O’Keefe appointed Secretary General of the International Working Group on Women & Sport
The Sport and Recreation Alliance is pleased to announce that Lisa O’Keefe has been appointed as the incoming Secretary General of the International Working Group (IWG) on Women & Sport, the world’s largest network dedicated to advancing gender equity and equality in sport and physical activity.
Published 09 June 2022, Equality and Diversity -
Alliance establishes Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Board Subcommittee
The Sport and Recreation Alliance has established an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Board Subcommittee to help drive inclusion, fair treatment and diversity across its work and the wider sector.
Published 07 June 2022, Equality and Diversity