Yorkshire Sport Foundation

We’re excited to be part of this year’s UKREiiF! In our discussions around planning, we’re highlighting the importance of creating active, healthy lives through Active Design, supportive environments, and strong partnerships.

Find out more here:
https://www.yorkshiresport.org/whats-new/news/ukreiif-2026-join-us-at-the-landscape-institute-pavilion-19-21-may-2026

The UKREiiF forum is being held in Leeds next week and YSF in partnership with Active partnerships will be at the Landscape Institute Pavilion. https://2026.ukreiif.com/

Aside of the main event there will be fringe activities happening. Find out more https://2026.ukreiif.com/visit-planner

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week, so we’re taking the chance to share some really helpful resources from Mind. They’re full of great support and advice for anyone involved in sport and physical activity—whether you’re taking part, coaching, or supporting others.

These are available to sports clubs and activity providers who want to support the mental health and wellbeing of their staff, volunteers and participants.

Take action this and have a look a Mind’s dedicated page for sport and physical activity to see if you can be doing more.

https://www.mind.org.uk/about-us/our-policy-work/sport-physical-activity-and-mental-health/

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Active Wellbeing Leadership Conference - 22 and 23 June

The Active Wellbeing Leadership Conference takes place in Wakefield on 22 and 23 June, bringing together leaders, practitioners and partners from across the active wellbeing system.

This inaugural conference will explore how place‑based approaches, partnership working and leadership can help create healthier, more active communities.

If you work across leisure, local government, health, sport or physical activity and are interested in tackling health inequalities, prevention and whole‑system change, this is a great opportunity to learn, connect and share insight with peers.

Register your place at https://activewellbeingnetwork.org/event/active-wellbeing-leadership-conference-2026/

YSF is hosting two one-hour webinars on 21 July for clubs, groups and organisations who would like more information and advice on applying for Sport England's Movement Fund in South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire.

This funding is to help get more people involved in physical activity in the community. Projects can run for up to 12 months and grants are available from £300 to £15,000. We will be joined on the call by Becky Evans, Investment Advisor at Sport England

We welcome not-for-profit groups to attend, especially those who wouldn't normally access this funding and have project ideas.

Movement Fund Webinar - 21 July 2026 YSF is hosting two one-hour webinars on 21 July for clubs, groups and organisations who would like more information and advice on applying for Sport England's Movement Fund in South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire.

Deaf Awareness Week began this week, and this year's theme is "Right to Understand: Together We Break Barriers." The theme calls for not only greater awareness, but meaningful understanding and action.

As part of this, YSF Welfare Officer, Measha, has created a British Sign Language (BSL) version of our Sport Welfare support offer, helping to make vital information more accessible.

You can find out how the Active Partnerships Sport Welfare Officer Network can support sports clubs and activity providers to strengthen safeguarding practices and develop a positive welfare culture in our newsletter.

Read more and sign up here:
https://www.yorkshiresport.org/whats-new/news/ysf-safeguarding-and-welfare-news-april-2026

It's things like this that remind you we can all change the world for the better. All we have to do to start is "Turn up and say yes."

Move More Kirklees

Free Para‑Athletics Taster Day for Children & Young People

📍 Leeds Beckett University
📅 Sunday 17 May 2026
⏰ 2:00pm – 5:00pm

We’re excited to invite children and young people aged 5–20 to a free para‑athletics taster afternoon at Leeds Beckett University.
No experience is needed — the session is open to both complete beginners and those who have previously taken part in athletics. The afternoon will be fun, welcoming, and fully supported by qualified coaches.

This event is being delivered as part of England Athletics’ Street to Stadium programme, which aims to support more young people into athletics and para‑athletics.
🔗 Learn more about the programme:
https://www.englandathletics.org/take-part/programmes/street-2-stadium/

What to expect:

- Meet friendly, experienced coaches
- Try a variety of athletics events
- A fun, safe, and supportive environment
- A chance to build confidence and discover new skills

What happens next?
Following the taster day, children who would like to continue will be invited to attend weekly, free coached sessions:

📅 Fridays
⏰ 6:15pm – 7:15pm
📍 Leeds Beckett University

The programme is designed to support young people through the para‑athletics classification process and towards future competition opportunities.

Additional opportunities
Our coaching team is also available to visit schools or organisations to deliver further taster sessions during curriculum time or within existing activity sessions.

YSF CYP lead Adam Fuller gave the team an overview of Active Start. This programme is vital in getting the under-5s moving more to support school readiness: "Physical Development in the Early Years is the foundation for active habits throughout life, as well as giving good levels of development.

"It is important we understand and are able to support settings working with our youngest people across Yorkshire. They need to feel confident and comfortable in promoting active learning and active play."

Read more in our Active Start report: https://www.yorkshiresport.org/active-start

It’s and we are joining the campaign to promote inclusivity in sport. Have you considered how accessible your club or activity is for Deaf participants? Your local Sport Welfare Officers can help you with this. Find out more about our free support offer in the British Sign Language version of our video.

https://www.yorkshiresport.org/swo-bsl

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YSF are always happy to play our part supporting such a great event.

Well done everyone!

🏆As we reflect on a brilliant night we want to say a huge thank you to our incredible partners and sponsors!

Your generous support ensures we can celebrate and recognise sporting excellence across Bradford.