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Sport activity remains a matter of wealth

By DAVID FERGUSON Sport activity in Scotland is continuing to become the preserve of more affluent people and more distant from those living in deprived…

David Ferguson18 September 2020

Community Sport Delivery OSS News Posts

SFA launch scheme to help clubs reduce energy costs

The Scottish FA and Zero Waste Scotland have teamed up to offer free environmental support to football clubs across the country, in a move they…

David Ferguson14 September 2020

Community Sport Delivery COVID-19 OSS News School & Community Access Sport Participation

Funding brought forward for Scottish sport

SPORTS across Scotland have welcomed extra funding announced by sportscotland to help sport recover from the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown, and urged all to help…

David Ferguson4 September 2020

Community Sport Delivery OSS News Posts School & Community Access

School sport given high priority in England

SPORT England and the UK Government have confirmed that children will be given access to sport activity as a priority on their return to school…

David Ferguson2 September 2020

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Scottish Sport in Civic Society 2020 Series (Pt2)

Same ingredients required to strengthen civic society and quality of life By CHARLIE RAEBURN Last week I started to share thoughts with you all on…

David Ferguson20 August 2020

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Scottish Sport in Civic Society 2020 Series (Pt1)

'Everything will be OK (if we) look after each other' By CHARLIE RAEBURN This sign in the window of an art gallery in Edinburgh stopped…

David Ferguson13 August 2020

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Scotland’s sport and leisure landscape facing widespread closures

By DAVID FERGUSON THE COVID-19 lockdown was expected to create long-term health and wellbeing issues, but the extent of that impact is beginning to emerge…

David Ferguson23 July 2020

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Club rugby targets six stages to October return

SCOTTISH Rugby has unveiled a six-stage ‘Return to Rugby Roadmap’ (see infographic below) to help clubs re-launch safely in the new season, with an October start-date…

David Ferguson3 July 2020

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‘Let’s create something unique to Scotland’

CURRENT Scotland coaches Gregor Townsend and Shelley Kerr view community and school sport as central to the nation’s recovery from COVID-19 and the health of…

David Ferguson2 July 2020