THE IRISH Government has agreed a funding package of £76m (85m Euros) to sport as recognition that sport in all its forms is playing a…
David Ferguson2 November 2020
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
Scotland is currently shaping a new National Planning Framework (NPF4) as it looks long-term to creating a country more fitted to the health of its…
David Ferguson11 May 2020
THE MAIN difference between people who play sport in Scotland in the 21st century and those who don’t lies in levels of deprivation, according to…
David Ferguson30 March 2020
THE Observatory for Sport in Scotland is launching a review of research into disability sport in Scotland in partnership with the Scottish Disability Sport (SDS)…
David Ferguson27 February 2020
PEOPLE working across different areas of sport in Scotland have told the OSS that there is a need for improved use and availability of data…
David Ferguson6 February 2020
THE OSS has welcomed the Scottish Parliament's report on 'Social Prescribing' and urged the government to act on its recommendations to invest five percent of…
David Ferguson3 February 2020
MSPs have recommended a change in medical thinking in Scotland by placing social prescriptions on the same level as medical prescriptions and stating that the…
David Ferguson11 December 2019
More than 200 delegates have now signed up to discuss and debate Scotland’s ability to change its culture and use sport more effectively to improve…
David Ferguson15 October 2019
