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Women under exercise ‘curfew’ due to threat of sexual harassment at night

Six in 10 women concerned about the risk of sexual harassment or intimidation when being active as the nights draw in

The Independent UK

Women gather for Westminster run to highlight winter outdoor exercise ‘curfew’

Many said they do not like to get active outdoors after dark and change their outdoor exercise routine or habits in winter months.

The Independent UK

Sport England tells its sports: funding will depend on fighting climate crisis

Sport England, which invests more than £300m of public money every year, intends to ask sports to do far more to fight the climate crisis as a condition of receiving funding, the Guardian can reveal.

The Guardian - UK

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Run at 40, dance at 80: the best ways to exercise in every decade of your life

Tennis, running, weights, yoga … all exercise is good, but certain sports have more of an impact at a particular age. Here’s what you should be doing – and when

The Guardian - UK

Sport England launches £15m safeguarding network for children

Sport England is to invest £15m into a ‘gamechanging’ network of 59 professional safeguarding officers to protect children and young people

The Guardian - UK

‘This generation won’t think of football as being just for boys’: how the Lionesses have changed sport for girls

100,000 more girls are playing football in England than they did in 2017. At a training session near Ipswich, we meet the under-12s who love the game

The Guardian - UK

Four of the most influential women in sport talk levelling the playing field

How do we encourage more women to stay active? As part of our Power Summits series, Marie Claire’s Editor in Chief Andrea Thompson sat down with four agents of change to find out.

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Nearly half of women feel ‘too unfit’ to enjoy exercise this summer – how to overcome fitness fear

The This Girl Can campaign aims to close the gender exercise ‘enjoyment gap’. By Abi Jackson.

The Independent UK

CEO Interview: Why motorsport needs to set targets for female driver participation

Ali Donnelly is a no-nonsense Irish woman whose career spans Sport England and a stint as spokesperson for the British Prime Minister. She's one of the vanguard driving greater female participation in sport.

Motorsport

Major flats plan earmarked for Liverpool city centre

Two huge flat blocks could be created

Liverpool Echo

The Earth's Corr: Ulster Rugby's plastic and rubber pitch approval not upping #URgame on the environment

The damage microplastics can cause is well documented

Belfast Live

Sensory tennis proves a big hit in helping disabled people get active

Sport England’s funding means national disability charity Sense can expand its programme.

The Independent UK

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

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

The existing facility would be demolished under the plans

Wales Online

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

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - 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

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The Independent 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 Guardian - UK

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 Independent 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.

Birmingham Post

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

Chronicle Live

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"

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