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Jess Whitehorn

@JessWhitehorn

Mummy to 3 girls, Head of Comms @uk_sport and proud rock baby

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Making Live Sport Matter, the new major event strategic framework for the UK. 🙌

Targeting 70 events, in 32 sports, and 18 World Championships. 🏆

Women’s sport, multi-sport formats and urban sports will also be at the heart of the UK’s future event hosting aspirations. 👏

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Please don’t just like this post SHARE IT! You never know who might be reading or seeing this 🖤🤎✨🗣️

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Sport has the power to forge communities and foster pride. It breaks boundaries, uniting and inspiring us all. But we can’t compete on a broken planet. 🌎

We want to ensure we can all continue to create extraordinary sporting moments for years to come.

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Today we launch UK Sport's Environmental Sustainability strategy🌎

Climate change is impacting all of us. From disruptive floods on our pitches to extreme heat in our training camps – our community is already experiencing the threat to the longevity of our sports

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Two in three UK adults (66%) believe that athletes have a role to play in championing causes they believe in and raising awareness of social issues from new research published today 💫

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Goosebumps... 🤯 (and not because it's cold out!)

2022 was an amazing year for sport, and major events here in the UK definitely delivered 📬

2.7 million people attended events, and £870 million was put into the economy from Birmingham 2022 alone, bring on 2023! 🎆

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Last year was a momentous year for staging major sport events in the UK 🇬🇧

Creating extraordinary moments to inspire and unite the nation as well as harnessing the power of sport to inspire positive change 💫

Here are just some ways our funded events had impact in 2022! 👀

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25 years of UK Sport, and I’m proud to have been part of 15 of them!

Check out this digital celebration of this incredible journey, there have been some extraordinary moments and plenty more to come...

@UK_Sport | National Lottery Good Causes 🤞 bit.ly/3Gb5CCQ via UK Sport

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Social impact & sustainability award

🏆 Tom DaleyAquatics GB

Tom utilised the platform he has and the platform of a major event to power positive change and spark a conversation around LGBTQ+ rights at Birmingham 2022 💫

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We have this week become a signatory of the UN Sports for Climate Action, in the process committing to halving our carbon emissions by 2030 and achieving net-zero by 2040. 📝

UN Climate Change |

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What change would you like to see for women and girls in sport? 💡

WE want to see more women in leadership roles within sport! 🙌🗣

you would like to see in the comments below ⬇

IWG Women & Sport |

What change would you like to see for women and girls in sport? 💡 WE want to see more women in leadership roles within sport! 🙌🗣 #ShareTheChange you would like to see in the comments below ⬇ @IWGWomenSport | #ShareTheChange
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But, what is the IWG Women & Sport?

Set-up in 1994, The International Working Group for Women & Sport is a network of over 500 organisations.

A network for people who agree that now is the time for greater equality and diversity in sport!

But, what is the @IWGWomenSport? Set-up in 1994, The International Working Group for Women & Sport is a network of over 500 organisations. A network for people who agree that now is the time for greater equality and diversity in sport! #ShareTheChange
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Wow, how has it been 10 years already? 🤯

Today marks a decade since the opening of the London 2012 Olympic Games! 🎆

Look back at some of the extraordinary moments as we celebrate the amazing memories made. 👏

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Wow, how has it been 10 years already? 🤯 Today marks a decade since the opening of the London 2012 Olympic Games! 🎆 Look back at some of the extraordinary moments as we celebrate the amazing memories made. 👏 #London2012 #OlympicGames #TeamGB @TeamGB
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“The increase from 6 sports for the Beijing cycle to 8 reflects UK Sport’s ambition to power a broader range of sports and champions who reflect the diversity of British society.” ❄

UK Sport, Performance Director, Dr Kate Baker discusses the approach for Milan-Cortina 2026. 🔊

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I’ve spent the morning looking through job applications to join my team. There were only two women. So I’m putting this out there. If you’re a woman looking to work in sports media message me. I’ll give advice and offer to mentor if I can. There must be more of you out there!

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You can raise a concern via sport integrity which provides a confidential & independent investigation.

Free to funded NGBs, the reporting line provides a process to deal with relevant allegations of bullying, harassment, discrimination, & abuse.

➡️sportintegrity.com

You can raise a concern via sport integrity which provides a confidential & independent investigation. Free to funded NGBs, the reporting line provides a process to deal with relevant allegations of bullying, harassment, discrimination, & abuse. ➡️sportintegrity.com
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