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The Community Asset Transfer of Leisure Facilities in the UK: A Review and Research Agenda

Geoff Nichols, Lindsay Findlay-King, & Deborah ForbesPublished: 3rd September 2020This paper provides a comprehensive review of research into the Community Asset Transfer (CAT) of leisure…

Tom Rowe13 November 2020

OSS News Posts

Scotland’s great outdoors providing paths to healthy Covid recovery

New research analysing Covid risks around hill-walking and mountaineering could provide the Scottish population with a key route out of the pandemic. Levels of outdoor…

David Ferguson10 November 2020

Community Sport Delivery COVID-19 OSS News Posts Policy

Irish government invests in sport to improve Covid-19 health

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

Comment OSS News Posts School & Community Access Sport Participation

School sport helps children to reach potential in classroom

TAKING part in school sport can improve a child's educational attainment, but Scotland appears to be failing to grasp this as it continues to leave…

David Ferguson29 September 2020

Community Sport Delivery COVID-19 OSS News Posts Sport Participation

Community sport can prevent virus spread

ONE OF Scottish rugby's leading club coaches has called for the Scottish Government to grasp the ability of community sport to help stop the spread…

David Ferguson25 September 2020

Comment Community Sport Delivery OSS News Posts Research Sport Participation

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

Comment OSS News Posts Policy Sport Participation

Scottish Sport and Civic Society (Pt4)

Towards a manifesto for sport in civic Scotland By CHARLIE RAEBURN (OSS Founder & Chairman) In this final article in my recent series, which seeks…

David Ferguson11 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