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05 Feb 2026
A report from UK Active and Les Mills has found that 43 per cent of
24 Mar 2025
Loughborough University in the UK has teamed up with Vitality to launch a Women in
08 Jan 2025
Insurance company, Vitality, has published a report into the exercise habits of British women, and
15 Jun 2024
More than 200 organisations and athletes in the UK have signed an open letter to
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08 Mar 2024
Manchester Metropolitan University and the UK Sports Institute have joined forces to launch the Centre
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06 Feb 2024
In a newly-launched manifesto, physical activity sector stakeholders are calling for the next UK government
23 Feb 2023
The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is scheduled to end
23 May 2022
A new physical activity programme called Big Sister has been launched in the UK to
03 Nov 2020
A new national campaign aims to bridge the physical activity gender gap between women and
05 Feb 2020
A new project looks to help women who are currently inactive and going through menopause
30 Dec 2019
Former UK Sport chair, Baroness Sue Campbell, has received a damehood in this year's New
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11 Sep 2019
Sport Ireland is to invest more than €3m (£2.7m) as part of plans to create
13 Jun 2019
Women in Sport has appointed Stephanie Hilborne OBE as its new chief executive. Hilborne, who
09 Jun 2019
A number of sportspeople have been recognised for their work in this year's Queen's Birthday
21 May 2019
Sports psychologist Jeremy Snape and Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams are among the keynote speakers
29 Mar 2019
Sport Ireland has launched a new strategy for women's sport. The Women in Sport Policy
06 Mar 2019
Primary school staff that are helping and inspiring children in London to be active are
25 Feb 2019
Ruth Holdaway chief executive of Women in Sport, is leaving the charity to take up
19 Nov 2018
Women in Sport has teamed up with the Fatherhood Institute, Fulham Football Club and the
18 Oct 2018
Research by UK-based charity Women in Sport suggests that there remains a lack of visibility
25 Jun 2018
Sport should focus on having more women leaders, in order to bring about cultural change
25 May 2018
Double Olympic gold medallist, Max Whitlock, has launched a new gymnastics programme pledging to get
10 Nov 2017
The London Football Association (LFA) has moved towards a more representative board, with a third
07 Nov 2017
Girls are missing out on the benefits of physical activity due to mounting pressures, a
09 Oct 2017
Equality campaigner Dr Rimla Akhtar has joined the board of the Sports Ground Safety Authority
10 Apr 2017
Sport Ireland has distributed €10.8m between 58 national governing bodies as part of its latest
08 Mar 2017
Sports national governing bodies with low female representation on their boards should make changes immediately
17 Feb 2017
Sports and active wear company Boudavida has released a 12 piece collection of women’s gym
31 Oct 2016
National governing bodies that receive more than £1m (US$1.2m, €1.1m) of public money over a
31 Oct 2016
The government’s new guidelines for governance may prove to be challenging for a number of
05 Oct 2016
Women who play sport are more likely to progress to senior management roles at work,
03 Oct 2016
Women’s Sport Week kicks off today (3 October), with a number of organisations and governing
09 Aug 2016
Tracey Crouch has used her visit to Rio de Janeiro for the Olympic Games to
12 Jul 2016
Equality body Women in Sport has received backing from banking specialist Investec to compile and
28 Jun 2016
Equality body Women in Sport will launch a fundraising campaign to encourage more females into
29 Apr 2016
Improving gender diversity on the boards of sport governing bodies is likely to be addressed
07 Apr 2016
London Sport – the capital’s County Sports Partnership (CSP) – has merged with disability sport
18 Mar 2016
One-hundred-and-fifty girls who do not take part in regular physical activity will attend a three-day
08 Mar 2016
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson and Commonwealth gold medallists Jazz Carlin and Frankie Jones are among a
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