Phil Smith news

Parents of talented athletes are forking out more than £7,000 a year to ensure their children have the opportunity to excel in their chosen sports. ... More

Ukactive has kicked-off a project called This Mum Moves, aimed at supporting women to be physically active during and after pregnancy. The project hopes to ... More

Sport England has launched a new Talent Plan for England, which outlines seven principles for plans to produce future international star athletes. The plan identifies ... More

Ten national governing bodies of sport (NGBs) have been granted further financial support from funding body Sport England. The 10 NGBs will use the funding ... More

Up to £400,000 worth of National Lottery has been made available for a career initiative which will aim to provide English sport with 140 'board ... More

The Football Association has revealed a raft of major reforms, including a rule to interview at least one applicant from a black, Asian and minority ... More

Sport England has announced plans to invest £4.4m (US$5.87m, €4.92m) to recruit a new generation of volunteers who will benefit communities across the country. Thirty-two ... More

More than one million more men than women are taking up voluntary roles in sport and activity, according to a new survey. Over the past ... More

The physical activity sector's chartered professional body has received £1.2m (US$1.6m, €1.3m) from Sport England to create a highly skilled workforce and transform the delivery ... More

The state of England’s coaching framework for people from a diverse background will be scrutinised after Sport England fired the starting gun on a review. ... More

Sport England has committed £6m (US$7.8m, €6.8m) to its scheme that helps young athletes balance the demands of training and competing with academic life. TASS ... More

Seven national governing bodies will take a share of £27.1m (US$33.9m, €31.4m) after Sport England revealed its last batch of funding awards. The Rugby Football ... More

Sport England has unveiled its latest tranche of national governing body (NGB) grants, distributing £101m between 25 national governing bodies. Several of the governing bodies ... More

Sport England will step in and aid four governing bodies financially if UK Sport’s decision to cut their funding is maintained. Badminton, fencing, weightlifting and ... More

Sport England has ushered in a new era of governing body funding, with director of sport Phil Smith declaring: “The tyranny of the Whole Sport ... More

Sport England has kicked off a review of the current coaching qualifications framework in an attempt to upskill physical activity professionals to work with inactive ... More

Sport England has earmarked a “six-figure investment” fund to address the shocking dearth of ethnic minority board members and executives in the sports industry. The ... More

The key ingredients to creating a successful workplace culture at physical activity companies will be among the topics explored at this year’s Active Training Conference. ... More

GLL, Everyone Active and Fusion Lifestyle are among the nominations for this year’s Active Training Awards – which has been expanded to include a day’s ... More

Sported – the community sport charity – has secured £230,000 (US$329,449, €291,745) funding from Sport England to improve the sustainability of grassroots boxing clubs. The ... More

Sports coach UK has appointed former British Gymnastics executive Mark Gannon as its new chief executive. Gannon, who was executive director of business and development ... More

Six London boroughs will benefit from 12 new community boxing hubs as part of a scheme funded by Sport England and the Mayor of London’s ... More

Last week’s high profile launch of the This Girl Can campaign will owe any success it achieves to an innovative pilot scheme that has been ... More

Nottingham has been crowned as Sport England‘s City of Football, edging out bids from Manchester and Portsmouth to receive £1.6m to get more people in ... More

Sport England is set to select a City of Football and invest £1.6m in a pilot programme to get more young people playing the sport. ... More