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Handball Mammas’ hitting the court together

A handball club in Poole, Dorset is helping mothers improve their mental and physical wellbeing after being inspired by their children.

Published 15 November 2018, Grassroots

PM appoints Mims Davies as Sport and Civil Society Minister

Sport and Recreation Alliance welcomes Mims Davies into post.

Published 07 November 2018, Politics

Tracey Crouch resigns

Emma Boggis, CEO of the Sport and Recreation Alliance responds to the news that Tracey Crouch MP has resigned from her position as Sport and Civil Society Minister.

Published 02 November 2018, Politics

Cathryn Moses-Stone joins Alliance board

The Sport and Recreation Alliance will welcome Cathryn Moses-Stone as Director on 30 October. 

Published 29 October 2018, Governance

Changing the lives of young people through snowsports

Snow-Camp are the UK's only charity using a unique combination of skiing, snowboarding, education and employment opportunities to support and empower young people.

Published 25 October 2018, Grassroots

The sports programme saving lives

We caught up with Marek Hyde on how Derby County Community Trust's Active Choices programme has helped save his life.

Published 19 October 2018, Grassroots

New approach to loneliness offers opportunity for sports clubs

Loneliness strategy offers unique opportunity to attract more people to sport and recreation volunteering, says Alliance CEO Emma Boggis.

Published 15 October 2018, Volunteering

Worrying drop in volunteers within sport

Following the release of Sport England's Active Lives survey, we were concerned to read about the big drop in volunteers.

Published 11 October 2018, Volunteering

The power of volunteering which inspired a Paralympian

Former Alliance board member Anne Usher MBE has taken time out from her goal to become the first Paralympian to cycle the entire length of the Great Divide, to reflect on how sport volunteering has helped her mental wellbeing.

Published 11 October 2018, Mental Health

How community sport can spark the mental health conversation

In recognition of World Mental Health Day, Chris Mackintosh, our academic partner and Chair of the UK Sport Development Network, describes the role that community sport can play in helping to provoke a conversation that many are hesitant to start.

Published 10 October 2018, Mental Health