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How agility and ingenuity has conquered Covid
As a return to sport and physical activity draws closer, Levelling the Playing Field takes a look at some of the ingenious ideas that our Local Delivery Partners are using to stay connected with children during lockdown.

LtPF plants the seed for new Diversionary Action groups
Levelling the Playing Field is set to benefit at-risk children in Coventry in a way that organisers of the project could never have foreseen.

New training offer for LtPF delivery partners
Levelling the Playing Field is delighted to offer FREE Compassion Integrity Training (C.I.T) for staff at our local delivery partners.

Unicef UK praises LtPF in key Youth Justice report
The United Kingdom Committee for Unicef (Unicef UK) has praised the "innovative blueprint" offered by Levelling the Playing Field in efforts to tackle over-representation in the Youth Justice System.

LtPF’s delivery partners all set for mentoring training
Levelling the Playing Field’s upcoming mentoring training programme will be hugely beneficial to the staff and participants of our Local Delivery Partners and will help achieve the project’s common goals.

Welcome to Levelling the Playing Field’s mentoring month!
Throughout February, we’ll be finding out what mentoring means to you and gaining insights into how our local delivery partners in London, Gwent, the West Midlands and South Yorkshire go about it.

TIF funding a lifeline through dark times of Covid lockdown
Levelling the Playing Field’s local delivery partners say Sport England's Tackling Inequalities Fund has helped them provide a lifeline for participants through the ravages of Covid-19 lockdowns.

BTEG launch Inclusive Employers Toolkit
Our Levelling the Playing Field strategic partners, the Black Training and Enterprise Group (BTEG), have produced an Inclusive Employers Toolkit to help businesses increase the recruitment, retention and progression of young black men.

Research Fellow wanted for Levelling the Playing Field
The University of Birmingham is seeking a Part-time Research Fellow (Grade 7) who will join the Monitoring + Evaluation Team in the School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation Sciences currently working on Levelling the Playing Field.

LTPF's funders hail its potential to bring “major social change”
Levelling the Playing Field’s funders have revealed the reasons behind their record £1million grant and highlighted the project’s potential to have “a major impact on social change”.

How we're supporting participants through lockdown
Local Delivery Partners on our Levelling the Playing Field project are showing great agility and ingenuity to continue engaging with participants during England’s second Covid-19 lockdown.

Updated NYA Guidance on Covid-19
The National Youth Agency has updated its Covid Guidance after the announcement of a second national lockdown saw the youth sector move to RED in the Readiness Framework.

LTPF boosted by generous tech donation
Darrel Arjoon says “a passion for helping young people” was behind his decision to donate free laptops to all the mentors working on Levelling the Playing Field.

Why does the playing field need levelling?
As Levelling the Playing Field gets under way, the project's lead researcher Dr Hannah Baumer outlines our starting point with BAME children's under-representation in sport and physical activity and over-representation in the youth justice system.

Rotherham ready to roll
Rotherham United Community Sports Trust are set to be the first of our Local Delivery Partners nationwide to start delivering Levelling the Playing Field as part of their weekly sport and physical activity programme.

Alliance of Sport secures funding for LtPF delivery partners
The Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice has secured a grant of £90,048 from Sport England which will be immediately distributed to frontline organisations involved in the Levelling the Playing Field project.

YJB's 'Racial Disparity' report shows urgent need for action
New figures published by the Youth Justice Board show that the need to address disproportionality in youth justice is more acute than ever.

YJB business plan shows full support for LtPF
The Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice was delighted to see its Levelling the Playing Field project highlighted in the Youth Justice Board’s 2020-21 business plan.

LtPF team strengthens as University of Birmingham appoints Dr. Hannah Baumer
The appointment of Dr. Hannah Baumer has significantly strengthened the University of Birmingham's research team working on the Levelling the Playing Field project.

LtPF boosted by endorsement from United by Birmingham 2022
Levelling the Playing Field has received a major honour after being endorsed by United by Birmingham 2022, the community programme of the Commonwealth Games.

BBC puts spotlight on Sport England report
The BBC’s Newsround has spotlighted the report from Sport England which shows that children from a BAME background are less likely to take part in sport

Lockdown has increased inequalities gap, research shows
The COVID-19 lockdown has seen children