‘Call for better spaces for play on Playday’ - PlayNation UK play organisations are calling for more inclusive and welcoming spaces where children and young people of all ages and abilities can play freely and feel part of their communities. playnation.uk/blog/2025/08/0…

Are you an archivist looking to access more training, career professional development or mentoring opportunities? Applications for our Skills Bursaries, worth up to £1000, are open all year round. Find out more and apply: nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-secto…

Our strategic lead for health and wellbeing policy reflects on the government’s new plan to improve the health of the nation and how we can capitalise on it to get everyone more active. Read the full blog: sportengland.org/blogs/10-year-…

Love live music? 🎶 We want to hear from fans in the UK about live and electronic music events. Your feedback will inform future parliamentary discussions, and contribute to our recommendations to the Government on how to support venues, artists and fans. Take the survey 👇

Grant management system update: Today we are sharing important updates on: - how to request payments - getting access support with your application - the new opening dates for Incentivising Touring and Supporting Grassroots Music artscouncil.org.uk/applying-fundi…

Join us for next month's webinar to hear the revisions we’re making to the Archive Service Accreditation Standard. We’ll reflect on how this will impact your service and future applications! Monday 6 October (11am – 12.45pm) Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-th…

We have extended the deadline to submit evidence for our inquiry into Major events by two weeks. Let us know your views and experiences by 11.59pm on Thursday 18 September. Find out more ⬇️

£4 million DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund 2025-27 is now open. gov.uk/guidance/dcmsw…

Register to attend our free, interactive, entry-level Carbon Literacy training course! Over two sessions, we’ll explore the science of climate change, how this can affect archives, and give examples of actions archives have taken to lower their carbon emissions. See dates 👇(1/2)

"This exciting new phase of This Girl Can celebrates women who are finding their own ways to move - on their terms, in their everyday lives - showing that every way of getting active counts."

Great discussion between Cllr Julie Jones-Evans, CTS Chair, and Stephanie Peacock MP, Minister for Sport today, on how best to support communities with the £400 million announced for grassroots sport, alongside coalition partners ukactive swimengland CLOA Solace .

New report calls for better access to physical activity for children publicsectorexecutive.com/articles/new-r…

Today, we’ve published a new report with Creative Industries Council Health & Wellbeing forum 📖 With stories from The RSC, darts, and more, it finds growing evidence that using creativity in healthcare is an effective and affordable way to tackle health and wellbeing challenges in the UK.

First meeting of the new CLOA Executive today, where we welcomed 7 new members to the committee. Hosted The Roman Baths we talked about strategic relationships, our new Aspiring Leader award (launching soon) planned roundtables and signed off a review of membership.

Today is #NationalFitnessDay! Thousands of gyms, leisure centres and sports clubs are taking part. Use our location finder to see what’s happening near you: nationalfitnessday.com/finder/

The Libraries Connected Awards 2026 are now open for nominations! We want to hear about, and celebrate, the individuals and teams working in public #Libraries who change the lives of people in their communities. librariesconnected.org.uk/libraries-conn…

Over the next six days we want you #Librarians to take a photo - or several - showing what your library service looks like today. This snapshot of library life in 2025 is part of our celebrations of the 175th anniversary of the Public Libraries Act. librariesconnected.org.uk/projects/libra…

Heritage Debate 2025 Closer to Home: Is Local Decision-Making the Future of Heritage? 6 Nov - 12-2pm. Hosted by The Heritage Alliance theheritagealliance.org.uk/heritage-debat…

We are pleased to support the National Year of Reading 2026. 'Go All In' encourages people to read into anything that excites them. There is no better place to begin this journey than public #Libraries.