News
25/04/2024
An update from Active Black Country on new recruits to our executive team
21/03/2024
School water safety scheme gets £200,000 Commonwealth Games legacy funding
15/02/2024
An update from Active Black Country on changes to our board and executive team
11/10/2023
An exciting opportunity to join the team at Active Black Country
23/05/2023
An exciting opportunity to join the team at Active Black Country, leading on the development and delivery of the BSA's aquatic programmes and partnerships in the area
10/03/2023
Over £1m has been awarded to Active Black Country to support schools to open their sporting facilities for the local community
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.
INSIGHT HUB
Timely data and learnings in relation to physical activity and sport in the Black Country and the added value we can offer.
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ACTIVATION ACADEMY
Resources and training material to support the Black Country sport & physical activity workforce