Report analyses Covid impact on volunteers
SPORT is a major contributor to Scotland's health, wellbeing and economy, but a huge proportion of that relies on volunteers and a new report has…
David Ferguson2 September 2020
Scottish Sport in Civic Society 2020 Series (Pt 3)
A future of opportunity for Scotland By CHARLIE RAEBURN Sport increasingly does not stand alone. There are many new providers, from the commercial world to…
David Ferguson28 August 2020
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
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
Golf leading way in re-thinking future for Scottish sport
COVID-19 will ravage the sport, leisure and recreation in Scottish communities, with a raft of facilities expected to either never re-open or close in 2020-21.…
David Ferguson9 August 2020
PM now listening as research links weight to Covid deaths
THE SCALE of death and illness experienced across the UK as a result of coronavirus could have been prevented had we taken the other pandemic…
David Ferguson27 July 2020
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
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
‘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
Sport for Scotland’s older generation on the up?
NEW research has suggested that many more of Scotland’s older population are taking up sport as they near or enter retirement than was previously believed.…
David Ferguson30 June 2020