ethnic minorities news

More than 200 organisations and athletes in the UK have signed an open letter to party leaders to commit to making the nation the most ... More

Sport England has reported a drop of 710,000 in the number of people classed as active in England during 2020. In total, more than a ... More

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published the country's first ever National Youth Sports Strategy, described as a "blueprint for increasing ... More

Creating opportunities for older people to get physically active represents a major driver for growth in public leisure, according to new research. A study by ... More

Sports stars from minority backgrounds hold the key to sporting success in the UK, according to a panel of leaders from across the sector. Speaking ... More

Sale Sharks winger Denny Solomona has urged fellow players, coaches and clubs to reach out to young people from minority groups and encourage more into ... More

Rugby will touch the lives of thousands of young people from under-represented communities, as part of an ambitious new project from Premiership Rugby and England ... More

Fifty national governing bodies – including the Football Association (FA), England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Rugby Football Union (RFU) – have agreed action ... More

Equality body Sporting Equals will host its third Leaderboard conference next week, where it will unveil a resource to help national governing bodies (NGB) diversify ... More

With recent statistics suggesting that only a fraction of people from ethnic backgrounds are employed in the culture sector, Arts Council England (ACE) has allocated ... More

The group that has been tasked with shaping the government’s Duty of Care strategy will submit its recommendations to sports minister Tracey Crouch in the ... More

The Museums Association (MA) has updated its members on the implications of the UK leaving the European Union (EU), raising concerns of political and funding ... More

One of Africa’s leading scientists has called for science centres across the world to address a Eurocentric model excluding many young black people from pursuing ... More

Women and girls, ethnic minorities and older adults will be encouraged to take part in rugby league as part of a new Sport England-funded participation ... More

An independent review which focuses on the welfare and safety of participants in grassroots and elite sport has commenced, with experts and members of the ... More

London Sport – the network which offers support to local sports providers – has set a target of getting 1m more Londoners active by 2020, ... More

Sport England has announced that the latest tranche of National Lottery funding will see £8.2m put towards helping disadvantaged communities get active. More than 124,000 ... More

Local authority leisure centres, particularly those which are trust operated, are seeing remarkable improvements in financial efficiency, according to an annual report from Sport England’s ... More

An initiative encouraging people from black and ethnic minorities to take up cricket in England is to be funded by the Equality and Human Rights ... More

English football is still suffering from “institutional discrimination”, according to a report commissioned by equality pressure group, the Sports Person's Think Tank (SPTT). The report ... More

Nearly two-thirds of adults in England are overweight or obese, according to data from the government’s public health agency which sheds new light on the ... More

UK medical advisory body NICE has suggested that local authorities should modify screening protocols for ethnic minorities, to act as an early warning sign against ... More

New guidelines from the American heart Association (AHA) show specific ways to eat and exercise for a healthier heart and to reduce the risk of ... More

Sport England is to invest £1m in Sporting Equals, an initiative aiming to help get more people from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities involved ... More

Adding a vital sign for exercise as an assessment tool in clinical settings could improve patient care, according to research published in the official journal ... More