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New evidence shows Covid-19 has left a lasting legacy for children now aged 7-13 as Sport England report that children and young people’s activity levels have remained stable across the 2023-24 academic year. The latest Active Lives Children and Young People Survey...

Today, Activity Alliance, releases new research revealing the social value in disabled people being active and the societal cost of inequality. On International Day of Disabled People (3 December), the national charity and leading voice is calling on policy and...

This week, Sport England published its report – The Social Value of Sport and Physical Activity in England. The new research shows that sport and physical activity has generated over £100 billion in social value per year. The value is made up of £96.7 billion in...

Safeguarding adults in sport is complex due to the fact that all adults, including adults at risk, have a right to make their own decisions, however unwise these may be, including the choice not to act to protect themselves. Many people don’t understand why adults...

This summer we hosted four incredible School Games events that brought together pupils from schools across County Durham. The events included the Opportunities for All Festival, American Sports Festival, Get Girls Active Festival, and the SEND Festival - each designed...

Calling all clubs, groups and schools. Are the defibrillators in your organisation registered on The Circuit? It takes less than 5 minutes to register a defibrillator on The Circuit - the national defibrillator network, and there is no cost to register - yet it could...

This year's Mental Health Awareness Week the theme is 'movement', with the message that we should all be moving more in order to improve our physical and mental wellbeing. Find out below how County Durham Sport and Tees Valley Sport have supported NHS Durham &...

Friday 26th January saw us host a NERF festival as part of the County Durham School Games for six local schools at Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre. Pupils attending took part in a carousel of games and activities delivered by staff from PEAK (Physical Education &...

Through the Together Fund, Sport England and the National Lottery are providing community organisations with extra support to help local people get active. County Durham Sport supported Age UK County Durham with their successful Together Fund application. This is...

Use a search engine to ask ‘What to buy a 65 year old for Christmas’, and the results are rather predictable – alcohol, socks or a scarf and something nostalgic like a lucky sixpence. All very nice gifts, but none of which will help to improve the strength, skills,...

Through Together Fund, Sport England and the National Lottery is providing community organisations with extra support to help local people get active. County Durham Sport supported Waddington Street Centre with their successful Together Fund application. This is their...

Through Together Fund, Sport England and the National Lottery is providing community organisations with extra support to help local people get active.   County Durham Sport supported Smile Through Sport with their successful Together Fund application. This is their...

Saturday 14th October saw Investing in Children host their World Mental Health Day event at the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street. County Durham Sport supported the event by delivering a physical activity and nutrition workshop that was co-designed and led by...

The last month has proven to be a busy one for our Children and Young People (CYP) team, with Joe, Stephen and Nathan attending no less than three conference events with system partners.   Physical Literacy Consensus Statement for England Released The Physical...

        The statement will help us understand how our relationship with sport and physical activity changes over our lifetime and is shaped by our experiences and our opportunities to be active. The Physical Literacy Consensus Statement for England...