Speaking at the annual Legend customer day at the NEC today, Sport England’s executive director of mass markets, Dave Newton gave a first reveal of the new This Girl Can campaign, which will go live on 26 October.

Millions of people with long-term health conditions will be targeted via a £1.3 million investment project launched by Sport England to encourage them to become more physically active.

Sport England has published its latest Active Lives Adult Survey (ALAS), which shows that 27.7 million people – 61.8 per cent of the adult population in England – are physically active for more than 150 minutes a week.

Matt Hancock has been appointed secretary of state for for digital, culture, media and sport in Theresa May’s cabinet reshuffle.

Twelve areas across England will take part in a groundbreaking pilot to reach physically inactive communities. The public body Sport England will allocate £100m in National Lottery funding over four years in an effort to transform the way sport and activity is offered – rallying local organisations and using what it described as “an intense focus” on barriers to activity.

Greater Manchester has exceeded its target of getting one million people to be regularly active, which is expected to save more than £640,000 (US$817,200, €732,700) in NHS costs in the first year alone.

Dame Sarah Storey, triple gold medalist at this summer’s Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, has been confirmed as one of the high profile speakers at this year’s ukActive National Summit.

Eight national disability sports organisations (NDSOs) have joined forces to launch a campaign to get more people with impairments active.

Sport England has committed to investing in its This Girl Can campaign for at least another four years after recording a spike in participation figures.

Physical activity providers need to be more “proactive” in trying to appeal to the disabled population, according to the chief executive of the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS).

The number of people taking part in sport has reached the same level as the post-London 2012 Olympics boom – with a rise in female participants and an increase in gym users.

The new Sport England strategy is a huge triumph for ukactive, and an equally significant opportunity for the fitness sector, says Kate Cracknell

Sport England has pledged to work with CIMSPA to produce a new workforce strategy by the end of 2016 as it seeks to crank up efforts to professionalise the physical activity sector.

Sport England has launched a new fund which aims to support small local sport facilities beyond initial investments it makes.

Sport England has made tackling physical inactivity its number one priority, with plans to triple the amount it spends on the issue as part of its new strategy.

As part of its new 2016-2021 strategy, Sport England has scaled back the number of investment programmes it runs from more than 30 to seven, focusing on outcomes emphasised in the government’s Sporting Future strategy.

Sport England will plough “hundreds of millions of pounds” into 10 different places across England in an attempt to address location-specific issues such as high inactivity and unemployment.

Sport England has confirmed that it will replace its Active People Survey with a revised participation measure as it seeks to “renew the sector’s confidence” in the data it uses.

Organisations bidding for Sport England facilities funding will stand a better chance if they plan to co-locate with services such as GP surgeries, police stations and libraries, according to the quango’s property director.

Sport England funding should be rebalanced in favour of locally-led organisations and away from national governing bodies (NGBs), according to the Local Government Association (LGA).

Huw Edwards, ukactive’s public affairs director, offers his thoughts on an exciting time for the activity sector

Health clubs and fitness operators have an “enormous role to play” in helping to achieve the physical activity goals set out in the government’s recent Sports Strategy, according to Sport England CEO Jennie Price.

We’ve reached a tipping point in the healthy living revolution, with Healthy New Towns and Sporting Future two huge opportunities to embrace, says Liz Terry

The Sport England CEO talks to Matthew Campelli about the government’s new sporting strategy, and the opportunities this presents all physical activity providers

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The coming together of sport and fitness – encapsulated in the new DCMS strategy – marks a huge opportunity for health clubs and leisure centres to play to their strengths and tap into new funding streams, says Kate Cracknell

Sport England has launched a consultation process as it prepares to develop its plan to fulfil the government’s wide-ranging physical activity strategy.

As Sport England’s This Girl Can campaign celebrates its first birthday, the quango has released data revealing the initiative has contributed to increased physical activity for 2.8m women.

Sport England’s Active People Survey will be scrapped in favour of research that explores different types of physical activity rather than just traditional outdoor sports.

The first government review on sport strategy in a decade included a number of initiatives which will have ramifications for the sport and physical activity sector.