People, Partnerships and Nature: Abbey Hill’s Sustainability Journey
At Abbey Hill Golf Centre, our most successful sustainability projects haven’t come from big budgets or outside consultants. They’ve come from making better use of the people, partnerships and resources we already had. Like many sports venues, we don’t have a dedicated sustainability team or a large environmental budget. What we do have is a […]
Tackling Inequalities: Fulham Reach Boat Club
The health of our space, that’s the place for our health Fulham Reach Boat Club is a charity – and a Sport for Good Centre of Excellence – that uses rowing to tackle social inequalities while caring for the Thames environment. Their approach proves that environmental action and community development go hand in hand. The charity’s […]
Quality Blue Green Spaces: A Practical Guide for Sports Organisations
Sport takes place in, and depends on, real places. Whether it is a local park, playing field, canal towpath, woodland trail, river, lake, coastal route or outdoor sports facility, the quality of the environment around sport directly affects participation, health, wellbeing and resilience. Blue and green spaces are therefore critical infrastructure for physical activity. Well-designed […]
Make It Feel Real; Fans and Sustainability
To create this report, James and the team at NewSeason asked more than 500 sports fans how they responded when sport speaks up on sustainability and social issues. The data showed that fans were looking to sport to reflect the realities shaping their lives, their health, and the world their children stand to inherit. They’re […]
Artificial Intelligence and Climate Action: Part of the problem or part of the solution?
Is AI part of the climate solution – or part of the problem? As artificial intelligence accelerates across every sector, its environmental impact is coming under increasing scrutiny. Data centres, energy demand, water use – the hidden footprint of AI is growing fast. But so is its potential. In this briefing we looked at both […]
Biodiversity Guide
Protecting & Enhancing Nature: A Practical Guide for Sport and Physical Activity Organisations Sport depends on nature. Whether it is a village cricket ground, a city leisure centre, a rowing club on a river, a parkrun route, a golf course, or a major stadium, every sport relies on healthy natural systems. Nature provides the clean […]
Tackling Inequalities Guide
Fair, Green & Active: Tackling inequalities through environmental sustainability in sport and physical activity Sport and physical activity depend on healthy people, healthy places and a stable climate – but access to these foundations are not equal. Many people face persistent barriers to being active. Cost, disability, health, discrimination, caring responsibilities, transport, safety, confidence and […]
Whalley Range Cricket & Lawn Tennis Club
Climate adaptation and biodiversity action The Whalley Range Cricket & Lawn Tennis Club is an inner-city Manchester community club who have been at their Kingsbrook Road location since 1923. In 2012, the club experienced drought followed by a one-in-100-year flooding event. The same level of flooding then occurred in 2016, 2017 and every year after […]
The National Trust: enhancing biodiversity
The National Trust is Europe’s largest conservation charity, with a purpose to deliver benefit to the nation through nature, history and beauty. The trust protect and care for places so that people and nature can thrive. In doing so, they are also enabling and providing places for physical activity and improved wellbeing. What have they […]
Canal & River Trust Accessibility Map
Canal & River Trust Accessibility Map: highlighting barriers & enablers to access towpaths Our canals and rivers provide year-round opportunities for people to get out and about in the fresh air. The Canal & River Trust have created an accessibility map which contains information on UK towpaths and their access points in order to make […]