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Here is a radical new philosophy: making sport fun again

England’s Test captain Ben Stokes turned his team around by prioritising fun and there are moves to do this in children’s sport

The Guardian - UK

Golf club slams pitch plans as 'cruel, unfair, and undemocratic'

Wirral Council said the pitches are needed to avoid putting Birkenhead's redevelopment at risk

Liverpool Echo

Major £6 million pavilion plan for Stapleford due to be approved

The existing facility would be demolished under the plans

Nottingham Post

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Trailblazing new campaign championing 'child-first’ approach to coaching

Building a grassroots movement to change the way young people are coached, ‘Play Their Way’ is providing England’s 2.6 million coaches resources to help children enjoy being active in their own way and inspire them to stay active for life

Wales Online

Sport England fund new campaign to put the ‘fun’ back into children’s sport

‘Play Their Way’ plans to put the fun back into children’s sport

The Independent UK

Play Their Way campaign launches to prioritise sport for children

Campaign funded by Sport England and National Lottery focuses on children’s enjoyment at the heart of sport

The Guardian - UK

Fun the priority of new coaching campaign to boost activity among young people

The campaign is funded by Sport England and the National Lottery.

The Independent UK

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The arts in Britain are teetering on the brink. Here is my plan to save them

The Arts Council should focus on high-quality performances while a new body deals with community-based initiatives, says Nicholas Hytner, former artistic director at the National Theatre

The Guardian - UK

‘It proves he is capable’: the extreme sports offering release for disabled people

From boxing to climbing to sensory tennis, a Sport England grant scheme is transforming the lives of people with complex disabilities

The Guardian - UK

Aaron Radin: British basketball community connection can inspire next generation

Sport England’s latest Active Lives Survey showed 1.18 million children and young people are playing the sport on a weekly basis.

The Independent UK

Losses almost double at Mark Stott-owned Stockport County in promotion season

During the year The Hatters received a £1m loan from Sport England and a £6,000 Bounce Back Loan

Birmingham Post

Former Gateshead school set to be demolished to make way for new housing estate

Councillors have backed plans to tear down the old Hookergate School, but the proposals must still overcome a 'nonsensical' objection from Sport England

Chronicle Live

£63m fund to save swimming pools could be 'lifeline' for Gateshead leisure centres

There is hope that a new funding pot to be announced in Jeremy Hunt's Spring Budget could at least offer at-risk facilities in Gateshead some "breathing space"

Chronicle Live

Budget 2023: Jeremy Hunt to give £63m to England’s swimming pools

The funding will help council-run pools make ends meet as energy prices and operational costs soar

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The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt to offer £63m budget lifeline to England’s swimming pools

Creation of fund comes after Guardian revealed loss of almost 400 swimming pools since 2010

The Independent UK

Live, love, laugh and run, says women’s running group founder

Black Girls Do Run UK was founded in 2019 to create an inclusive space for black women keen to take part in running events.

The Independent UK

Nicola Adams recalls being told she was ‘too pretty’ to be a boxer

The two-time Olympic champion, who is working with This Girl Can, retired with an undefeated record.

The Guardian - UK

UK Sport and Sport England lay out proposals after Whyte Review

UK Sport and Sport England have made 19 commitments in response to the Whyte Review’s exposure of the shocking culture in gymnastics

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Evening Standard

Destination of ‘£1bn Government cash spent in wake of 2012 Olympic games unknown’

A devastating report by the Commons spending watchdog says participation in sport fell three years after the 2012 games

The Guardian - UK

Government has broken pledge to get UK fitter after 2012 Olympics, says report

Cross-party committee has also accused Sport England of not knowing the destination of millions of pounds in grants

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson's Olympics plan to get people playing more sport has fallen flat

A devastating report by the Commons spending watchdog, the Public Accounts Committee, says in the three years after Mr Johnson as London mayor put on the 2012 Games participation in sport dropped

Daily Mirror

Next generation of women's footballers in waiting as 100,000 more girls playing football

A recent survey from Sport England has found that the number of young girls participating in football has skyrocketed, with overall activity numbers experiencing a major rebound.

The Guardian - UK

100,000 more girls playing football in England as activity levels rebound

Girls’ participation in football up dramatically in five years, and children now as active as before pandemic

Evening Standard

Sport England survey finds children activity has returned to pre-pandemic levels

Activity levels for children have returned to pre-pandemic levels, a Sport England report has found.

The Independent UK

Sport England survey shows big rise in number of girls playing football

The latest Active Lives survey for children and young people was published on Thursday morning.

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