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Two girls contest the ball during a game of hockey on a grass pitch.

Five years of Uniting the Movement

Uniting the Movement
7-minute read
Three pregnant women stand talking outside while holding yoga mats.

This Girl Can's push in support of new and expectant mothers

Research | This Girl Can
5-minute read
A general view of playing fields, with football pitches in the foreground and rugby pitches in the distance

Importance of protecting playing fields reiterated

Government | Local authorities | Planning | Tackling inactivity
4-minute read
A man stretches his arm across his body ahead of an outdoor yoga session.

Three-year funding extension for We Are Undefeatable

Funding | Health conditions
4-minute read
A South Asian young female shoots at the basket while playing wheelchair basketball in a sports hall

Children’s activity levels rising but inactivity remains too high

Children and young people | Gender | Health conditions | Lower socio-economic groups | Research | Tackling inactivity | Uniting the Movement
7-minute read
Group of children walking to school

Place expansion continues with 27 new partnerships

Funding | Place-based working | Uniting the Movement
5-minute read
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Blogs

Rise logo with lime green writing over a darker green background.

The not-so-obvious benefits of being active for young men

Children and young people | Lower socio-economic groups | Place-based working
by Jaki Duffy, Berwick key worker, Rise North East
4-minute read
Combined headshots of Simon Hayes and Ali Oliver

Let’s make 2026 the year every child is active

Children and young people | Funding | Government | Uniting the Movement
by Simon Hayes and Ali Oliver, Chief executives, Sport England and Youth Sport Trust
6-minute read
Headshot of Dr Guddi, paediatrician, researcher and broadcaster

What kids really need

Children and young people | Local authorities | Place-based working | Research
by Dr. Guddi Singh, Paediatrician, researcher and broadcaster
5-minute read
Headshot of Julia Philipson, Community development officer, Fulham Reach Boat Club

Opening the river

Clubs | Coaching | Disability |
by Julia Philipson, Community development officer, Fulham Reach Boat Club
5-minute read
Headshot of Dean Wiffen, sport development and active education lead, Get Doncaster Moving

Making physical activity fun for all

Children and young people | Clubs | Coaching | Local authorities | Outdoors | Place-based working | Volunteering
by Dean Wiffen, Sport development and active education lead, Get Doncaster Moving
5-minute read
Headshot of Lyndsay Turner, Founder, Silent Steppers

One dance step at a time

Coaching | Outdoors | Staying motivated | Tackling inactivity
by Lyndsay Turner, Founder, Silent Steppers, Creator, Silent Steppers
5-minute read
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