29/09/2023
Check out our celebration of Sporting Heritage Day and the wonderful work of the Keep Fit Association, and it's community in this video.
Find out more30/03/2023
This online exhibition, created in support of the new London Museum outlines the key themes, types of stories and objects the people of London would like reflected within a new museum.
Find out more25/05/2022
We catch up with our newest Sporting Ambassador, Joanie Evans to discusses her personal sporting heritage and why it’s important to celebrate diversity and work towards better representation in sport.
Find out more24/05/2022
Watch some of the highlights from the Inaugural Sporting Heritage Awards!
Find out more04/03/2022
We're delighted to be joined by our Ambassador, Dana Abdulkarim for this episode of In Conversation. Dana is acknowledged as being the first ever Hijabi Muslim to represent England at any sport, with 67 caps for Rounders England.
Find out more31/01/2022
As part of the Art of Sporting Heritage Month 2022, we were delighted to be joined by "The Olympic Picasso", Roald Bradstock.
Find out more07/12/2021
British wheelchair racer; seven-time Paralympic gold-medallist, and world record holder, Hannah Cockroft MBE is our special guest in this episode of 'In Conversation'
Find out more15/09/2021
Olympic gold medal-winning, GB Hockey player, Helen Richardson-Walsh MBE joins our founding director, Dr Justine Reilly in the latest of our 'In Conversation series'.
Find out more06/09/2021
This year the South Wales Police Heritage Centre has led a research project to tell the story of former Glamorgan police officer and sportsman, Billy Spiller.
Find out more23/08/2021
Ian talks about why sport and culture matter, how much he's missed being part of the Barnsley FC matchday experience during lockdown, and discusses his exciting plans for National Sporting Heritage Day this 30th September.
Find out more29/07/2021
World and European 800m medallist, Jenny Meadows joins our founding Director, Dr Justine Reilly in the latest episode of our 'In Conversation' series.
Find out more15/06/2021
Joining us for our very first 'In Conversation With...' is 5x Olympian and World Champion Rower, Frances Houghton, MBE.
Find out more03/10/2020
While serving as a constable in Glamorgan, Thomas played a role in two Grand Slam winning Welsh rugby sides and became a champion boxer. Along with 9 other police officers of south Wales, Thomas is recognised as a member of Wales’ first golden generation of rugby [1900-1911].
Find out more24/08/2020
One of the sports participating in our Sport England funded collections project is Stoolball. Anita Broad from Stoolball England gives us a whistle stop history and highlights some of the collections of this fascinating, largely female, sport.
Find out more09/07/2020
As part of our project's scoping survey, we caught up with the Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC). Celebrating their centenary in 2021, the CSSC were very happy to take a look back through their archives for us, including those highlighting the early sporting success of women and disabled employees.
Find out more29/06/2020
This year, Purton Cricket Club will be celebrating its 200th anniversary. It is said to be the oldest cricket club in Wiltshire. An early member was the famed E. H. Budd, the first man to score a century at Marylebone Cricket Club ground (`Lords`) in 1816.
Find out more29/06/2020
Local Tennis Leagues Ltd was originally set up around a fledgling league on Highbury Fields, London in May 2005. Since then, many hundreds of people have taken part, made friends and improved their game. We caught up with Paul Cudmore and Charlotte Mills from LTL to tell us more about their sporting story.
Find out more07/12/2017
This journal is aimed at anyone with an interest in sport, health, education, or heritage. It sets out why and how sporting ...
Find out more21/04/2020
History of the Park Coate Water County Park is the main green space in Swindon. It started life in the 1820s ...
Find out more17/12/2019
After a start at Harrow School in the 1850s, squash is now played on around 50,000 courts in 185 countries, ...
Find out more20/06/2018
The 2018 FIFA World Cup is well under way and what better way to celebrate than by looking back at ...
Find out more28/02/2018
Roberta Cowell’s Story: An Autobiography, was published by Heinemann in Melbourne, Toronto and London in 1954. It was an important ...
Find out more04/11/2017
England entered the 1950 finals as winners of the Home Nations. England started a habit of a lifetime and struggled ...
Find out more03/11/2017
With his striking feathered headdress, his jewelled and embroidered attire and his signature cry of ‘I gotta horse!’, Ras Prince Monolulu ...
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