A new guide was launched on 6 June which aims to open up community sports facilities outside of school hours. Ukactive and Nike’s Open Doors Blueprint is a new guide which could unlock the UK’s school sports facilities, giving children unprecedented access to sports on their doorstep. Facilities could be opened up to every community, […]
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SPE Member Meeting
Connecting the Industry Members of the Sports and Physical Education Association (SPE) held their first meeting of 2022 last week, followed by golf at Stoneleigh Deer Park Golf Course and a social evening in Leamington Spa. SPE Chair Kate Costin says: “SPE meetings are great opportunity to get the industry together to swap ideas, share […]
Raw materials price hike will lead to PE poverty
The Sports and Physical Education Association (SPE) has warned government that unless School and PE budgets increase in line with the upsurge in the costs of raw materials, the impact on PE and School Sport could be devastating. With the price of steel up a staggering 215% since 2020, plywood up 85% and foam up […]
COVID-19: FSPA is lobbying on behalf of the sports industry
The Federation of Sports and Play Associations (FSPA) the umbrella body which supports the SPE, is surveying its members in the sporting goods and golf sectors to let them know what issues they would like them to lobby government on during the Covid-19 crisis. “I would like to thank all our members for their responses […]
A strong push for secondary PE funding
The Sports and Physical Education Association (SPE) has engaged with the Sports and Recreation Alliance (SRA) and The Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition (CYPMHC) to promote funding for PE in secondary schools.
A manifesto to restore PE in secondary schools
The Sports and Physical Education Association (SPE) is launching its new election manifesto calling on the next government to make good the inequality in primary and secondary PE funding and provision.
SPE Member Profile: Sport, Play and Climbing the Walls
We recently had the pleasure of talking to Tom Bunner, Managing Director of Eveque, the educational sports equipment manufacturer and program developer.
