News for the South East

• 30 Jul
  SkillsActive meet with Department for Education to discuss playwork sector issues
  Yesterday SkillsActive and Play England had an extremely positive joint meeting with Dame Clare Tickell and the Department for Education to raise key issues from the playwork sector.
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• 27 Jul
  Personal Best leads the skills legacy for 2012
  With two years until the start of London 2012, the excitement and buzz created in the build up to the Games is being used as a motivating force to help those furthest from the labour market find sustainable employment.
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• 27 Jul
  Red tape review for sports clubs
  Sports Minister wants ‘bonfire of costly bureaucracy’ to help increase participation for sports clubs.
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• 27 Jul
  London 2012 celebrates two years to go to the Games
  Today marks exactly two years to go until the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games and organisers are calling on the UK public to start planning their Games to ensure they don’t miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime event.
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• 26 Jul
  DCMS plans merger of UK sporting bodies
  The Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media, Sport, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP has announced plans to merge a number of bodies reporting to the DCMS including UK Sport, Sport England and the Youth Sport Trust.
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• 21 Jul
  Playwork survey highlights trends in sector
  A brand new report, released today, shows that many playwork employers cannot find the staff with the skills they need.
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• 19 Jul
  Last chance: fill out fitness survey, be in to win £250 in training
  People working in the health and fitness sector now have until 6 August to express their views on the industry in the seventh annual Working in Fitness Survey.
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• 14 Jul
  Half a million kids inspired to play sport by London 2012
  Half a million young people who don’t normally play sport outside of school lessons have made a change and completed 10-week sports courses in their own time, new figures released today reveal.
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• 12 Jul
  Have you got what it takes to be a games maker?
  London 2012 announces plans to recruit passionate and inspirational volunteers for the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
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