News
13/12/2022
Invitation to pitch to provide and run 4 pop-up pool programmes across 4 key Local Authorities in targeted areas in 2023
10/11/2022
Designed to support the expansion of the local workforce that can get people active and moving more. We're learning from and working with partners to get more support added all the time.
20/10/2022
Active Black Country launches new online activity finder – blackcountrymoving.co.uk
10/10/2022
Active Black Country have launched their new strategy which sees a future Black Country where all ages, abilities and backgrounds are able to be more active, move and play sport.
27/07/2022
Using Birmingham 2022 as a catalyst to inspire the Black Country to get Active
07/07/2022
A coalition of leading organisations across sport, recreation and physical activity has today come together for the first time to call for radical reform to support the growth and development of the...
27/06/2022
The annual Black Country School Games Summer Festival brought together over 2000 young people – including the young people helping to organise the day itself – on Friday 24 June at the University of...
16/06/2022
240 primary school pupils from across the Black Country came together for a Festival of Swimming at Walsall Gala Baths on Wednesday 15 June
08/06/2022
Swim stars Adam Peaty, Ellie Simmonds, and Michael Gunning join Speedo and leading swim organisations to ensure all children leave school able to swim 25 metres by 2025
08/06/2022
National charity Activity Alliance is calling for greater priority for disabled people as the country recovers from the pandemic.
20/05/2022
New Campaign - We Can Swim - launched at Black Country Primary PE Conference with the support of Steve Parry MBE
06/05/2022
Active Black Country have identified the need to invest in the development of a bespoke wayfinding platform in conjunction with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
04/05/2022
Approximately 500 residents from Wolverhampton came to East Park on the May Day Bank Holiday to take part in a family fun day delivered by partners working on the GOGA programme
13/04/2022
Active Black Country invites community sport and physical activity projects to apply for funding as part of on-going work to help more individuals in the region get active.
07/04/2022
'We Can Swim' - Black Country school children encouraged to design a logo for our new campaign
06/04/2022
Marathon Kids UK, in partnership with Active Black Country, is launching new weekly events in parks across the Black Country starting with Fowlers Park, Wolverhampton on Saturday 9 April at 10am –...
INSIGHT HUB
Timely data and learnings in relation to physical activity and sport in the Black Country and the added value we can offer.
WATER SAFETY PROGRAMME
Get your school involved in our free programme to increase the number of children who are water safe and boost their enjoyment of swimming.
ACTIVATION ACADEMY
Resources and training material to support the Black Country sport & physical activity workforce