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Line-up announced for More than Equal’s new female driver development programme

The group includes six promising 13-14-year-olds from Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Malaysia, Slovakia and the UK, who will all now follow a technical and tactical coaching and development programme that aims to accelerate at least one of them onto the Grand Prix grid. A further four drivers under the age…

Motorsport

Grey wave of walkers spearhead record activity levels among England’s over-55s

Increase in walking among older people key to general activity in England returning to pre-Covid levels

The Guardian - UK

Cost of living crisis hits activity in deprived English areas hardest, report claims

Cost of living crisis has had a negative effect on more than a third of adults in England to be active with deprived areas hit hardest according to a report

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Children continue to fall short with their physical activity, survey reveals

Sport England is concerned as fewer than half of the country’s youngsters are taking part in the recommended amount of activity.

The Independent UK

Youth Sport Trust: children’s activity levels in England ‘a national concern’

New figures have shown that 53% of children and young people in England do not meet the chief medical officer’s guidelines for daily activity

The Guardian - UK

Sport England invests £250m to remove barriers to exercise

Place Partnerships programme will target 80-100 communities with the greatest need.

The Independent UK

Sport England commits £250m for boosting activity in deprived areas

Sport England will invest £250m over the next five years to help people in around 100 of the most socially deprived areas get more exercise

The Guardian - UK

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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

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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The Independent UK

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.

Motorsport

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.

Liverpool Echo

Major flats plan earmarked for Liverpool city centre

Two huge flat blocks could be created

Belfast Live

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

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The Independent UK

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 Guardian - 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

Liverpool Echo

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

Nottingham Post

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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