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Using sport’s biggest assets to solve Scotland’s biggest health problems

OSS THINK PIECE The OSS invites think pieces contributed by a wide range of people engaged in community sport for wider benefit. To submit an…

David Ferguson31 May 2022

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Euro partners share insight on ‘sport for development’

OSS' partner the European Observatoire of Sport and Employment (EOSE) is staging an online webinar this month that pulls together thinking from across countries on…

David Ferguson4 November 2021

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Olympic gold medallist shares anxiety strategies with Street Soccer players

OSS Ambassador Kathleen Dawson this week dropped in on the OSS research project with Street Soccer Scotland in Dundee to meet with a group of…

David Ferguson29 October 2021

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‘Never too late to try a sport’, says Shelley Kerr

THE OSS is supporting the Scottish Government's Scottish Women and Girls in Sport Week, as we highlight the benefits of fun sport activity to the…

David Ferguson26 October 2021

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OSS Global Sport – The challenge of Doping, Governance and Inclusion Event

The OSS was delighted to welcome back Richard 'Dick' Pound, one of the world’s foremost authorities on corruption and anti-doping in sport, to follow up…

David Ferguson15 October 2021

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Minister calls on health and sport to leave silos and join forces in Covid recovery

ESCAPING silo working and engaging across different sectors is the key to tackling Scotland's Covid recovery and health and wellbeing issues, according to the new…

David Ferguson8 September 2021

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OSS knowledge share event with global partner

The OSS and the African Sports Centre (ASC) recently hosted a knowledge sharing webinar with a number of individuals involved in sport from across African…

David Ferguson6 September 2021

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OSS women in leadership research headlines SWiS Conference

Research carried out by OSS Research Officer Ryan Brown, Dr Paula Murray, and OSS assistants, will headline the upcoming Scottish Women in Sport conference at…

David Ferguson6 September 2021

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Frew excited by street exercise craze coming to Scotland

A NEW EXERCISE craze sweeping America has arrived in Scotland with pioneering gymnast Steve Frew predicting that 'Calisthenics' could prove transformational in encouraging inactive people…

David Ferguson30 July 2021

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Health and sport working together: discuss

The Observatory for Sport in Scotland is partnering with the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh to co-host its next event in the 'National Conversation on…

David Ferguson29 July 2021