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Families are running through lockdown

On Global Running Day, appropriately, OSS has discovered research that suggests that more people have spent lockdown running and more youngsters across the UK are…

David Ferguson3 June 2020

Community Sport Delivery COVID-19 Events Sport Participation

How to bring volunteers back to community sport: Webinar

Community Sport's Recovery: Growing Your Volunteers Wednesday 10 June 10am-11am SPORT relies heavily on volunteers, so it is no wonder that there is widespread concern…

David Ferguson2 June 2020

OSS News

Victims or winners – children’s rights the next big issue for sport

The Observatory for Sport in Scotland was founded on principles driving some of the most respected institutes across the world and one of our close…

David Ferguson2 June 2020

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Time to plan sport’s role in improving health of older population

Scotland is facing a boom in the ageing population over the next 30 years and new sport strategies targeting older people could hold the key…

David Ferguson2 June 2020

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Lesley Duncan2 June 2020

Community Sport Delivery Events OSS News Research

‘Schools, PE and sport key to COVID-19 recovery’

Nearly 1,000 people from across Scotland and further afield joined the latest OSS webinar, on 'School Sport and PE', and many took confidence from hearing…

David Ferguson27 May 2020

Community Sport Delivery COVID-19 OSS News Policy

Scottish sport to return from lockdown – the guidelines

SPORT is on its way back ... but still with 'physical' distancing as part of activity. The Scottish Government (Thursday 28 May) confirmed plans to…

David Ferguson21 May 2020

Community Sport Delivery COVID-19 Events OSS News Research

The ‘new normal’ for school sport & PE

The Scottish Government has brought clarity to the return of schools across Scotland with an August 11, 2020 return date, and in the next OSS…

David Ferguson20 May 2020

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Lockdown and locked out but Scots swimmers find ways to keep going

LOCKDOWN may be locking Scots out of swimming pools and causing some real problems, but it shows little sign of limiting ambition among swimmers whose…

David Ferguson15 May 2020