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Because people will die

All charities should be able to articulate in a few words what makes them indispensable otherwise...

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B of the Bang

When Substance decided to stage the Whole New Ball Game Conference we committed to: ‘advocate for...

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Sport and Mental Health Promotion

Consider these rather sobering but vitally important observations from the UK: 1 in 4 people will...

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It’s not all about the sport

I am in the lucky position of managing the Sport for Development portfolio for Scotland’s biggest...

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Behind the Baseline

Fresh from my first visit to Wimbledon and motivated by the heroic performance of Heather Watson,...

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This girl can…well she tried

The This Girl Can campaign recently returned to screens, billboards and news feeds. The campaign...

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London Playing Fields – a space to play sport forever

If someone asked you to name something that will last forever my guess is that it would be...

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The Substance National Conference: Sport for Development: A Whole New Ball Game?

The London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games were acknowledged as being successful, inclusive and...

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