News
06/04/2018
Women in Sport and British Weight Lifting are joining forces to help increase the number of women using free weights in gyms.
04/04/2018
Sport England investment is supporting talented athletes from communities across England to fulfil their potential
29/03/2018
Active Black Country seeks expressions of interest for Independent non-executive Board Members.
22/03/2018
Sport England has today published the latest data from the Active Lives Survey, a comprehensive snapshot of the nation’s sport and physical activity habits, based on a sample of almost 200,000...
14/03/2018
No One Left Behind is back! The free to attend, social impact conference tackling the challenges young people in the Black Country are facing in the employment market, will take place on Friday 27th...
08/03/2018
British Rowing has today, (Thursday 8 March) launched a new Inclusive Club Guide to further improve inclusivity and diversity in rowing. The new Guide has been written in partnership with Sporting...
14/02/2018
The 2018 Active Workplace Challenge has clocked up more record-breaking figures at the four-week mark, with more than 5,000 new sign-ups across over 500 organisations, amassing a huge 191,400 miles...
01/02/2018
Following our recent recruitment, Active Black Country has appointed Ian Carey as its new permanent Director.
09/01/2018
Nick Pontefract, Executive Director of the Commonwealth Games Delivery Unit at DCMS, has been appointed as Sport England’s new Chief Operating Officer (COO).
03/01/2018
Are you finding you don’t get time to exercise in a busy working week? Do you go long hours without even standing up from the desk, even over lunch? A new campaign seeks to tackle inactivity amongst...
02/01/2018
Public Health England (PHE) is helping parents take control of their children's snacking by launching the first Change4Life campaign promoting healthier snacks.
11/12/2017
Active Black Country is seeking an individual to join their team for a fixed term contract to work with a number of schools across Sandwell and Dudley to support and carry out the Sport England Active...
08/12/2017
A community project in Smethwick in the Black Country, has been recognised for the impact it has made to local residents, after being named among the winners of the prestigious West Midlands Community...
06/12/2017
Figures show Brits sit down for an average 8.9 hours each day and one in four of us do fewer than 30 minutes of physical activity a week – alarming statistics which are the driving force behind a...
27/11/2017
This Christmas, Walking With The Wounded is asking the British public to do a walk of any sort between Friday 8th – Sunday 17th December for our wounded ex-servicemen and women, those who without our...
24/11/2017
To celebrate the diversity and strength of the sport and physical activity sector in the Black Country, and the success stories we are proud of, we are supporting the Black Country Local Enterprise...
INSIGHT HUB
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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