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On Friday 23rd June, County Durham Sport hosted two School Games events at Durham University’s Health and Wellbeing Park at Maiden Castle. These were the ‘Get Girls Active’ festival and the ‘Opportunities for All’ festival. Working alongside a number of County Durham...

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 East Durham Running Club with their successful Together Fund application. This is...

In recent months, County Durham Sport staff have had the privilege of attending a number of events where we have witnessed inspiring displays of leadership and commitment to children and young people’s wellbeing. We actively seek to support these opportunities and are...

Through 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 Horden Youth and Community Centre with their successful Together Fund application;...

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 Stamp It Out with their successful Together Fund application; this is their story....

Article by Tia Saxelby & Georgina Solly According to research, physical activity levels among pregnant women and new mothers are a growing concern. Only 25% of pregnant women meet the Chief Medical Officer's guidelines for physical activity. Moreover, around 64%...

Through 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 Golf in Society with their successful Together Fund application. This is their story....

Last year we funded a research project to understand older people’s experiences of walking in winter. This work involved a collaborative project with Durham University’s Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences. Since then, we have created a booklet full of top tips...

UK Coaching, Mind and 1st4sport have recently enhanced their Mental Health Awareness for Sport and Physical Activity online course. It’s freely available for activity providers across County Durham. To access this fantastic resource for free, get in touch:...

Last year, we funded a research project to understand older people’s experiences of walking in winter. This was a collaborative project with Durham University’s Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences. Postgraduate researcher, Miles Lowson, went on walking...

Is your club looking for innovative ways to raise funds? Sport England are currently offering up to £10,000 of match funding through their Places and Spaces fund, which is available to clubs looking to either improve an existing facility, or create a new one to help...

The County Durham Sport story map contains new information about climate change. It shows how carbon emissions vary within County Durham. Visit the story map and click on the ‘Active Environments and Active Travel’ tab. Carbon emissions are linked to physical...

The latest Children and Young People Active Lives Report has been released by Sport England for the 2021-22 academic year. This is the first report since 2018-19 that doesn’t include a period of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, however it does contain the period where...

Sport England have just released the latest Children and Young People Active Lives Report for the 2021-22 academic year. This is the first report since 2018-19 that doesn’t include a period of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, however it does contain the period where...

On Thursday 15th December we hosted our second county-wide School Games event of the school year. School Games Live was back!  The live session was a concept developed in October, which married getting everyone active with the need to still carry out events virtually...