Registration is now open for the first Southeast Asia Sport and Youth Crime Prevention (SYCP) Conference, which is being held in collaboration with UNODC and will take place in Bangkok.

The full potential of sport’s role in crime prevention is being held back by “many of the same challenges” being experienced simultaneously in different locations, according to our Chief Executive.

The Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice (AoS) has responded to the Independent Prison Capacity Review, and recommended a series of strengths-based approaches by the sport for development sector.

This summer saw the announcement of the Serious Change Funders Partnership. In this blog, Alliance of Sport CEO James Mapstone explains why this approach matters now more than ever.

Effective practice developed by Newport Live Positives Futures, which formed a key part of the ‘Levelling the Playing Field’ (LtPF) project, has been showcased at an influential YJB meeting.

Run For Your Life CIC marks the end of its first full year of a groundbreaking reciprocal mentoring project bringing multiple benefits for prisoners, prison staff and supportive corporate partners.

We are proud to announce the launch of the Southeast Asia Sport and Youth Crime Prevention Initiative, a new programme which aims to build safer and more resilient communities through sport.

The first ‘Football Works’ tournament to be held in the UK recently took place at HMP & YOI Feltham.

The Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice (AoS) was proud to contribute to the first Olympism365 Summit: Sport for a Better World in Lausanne, Switzerland.

An evaluation of the 100&First Foundation’s ‘For Time’ programme has been published, outlining its potential to become a more sustainable and effective model for collaboration.

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System has completed its independent inquiry into physical activity within prisons.

The Chair of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales has hailed the ‘Levelling the Playing Field’ (LtPF) project as a “beacon of hope” for vulnerable young people.

The Alliance of Sport’s annual survey for 2025 has revealed how a strong voice of lived and learned experience is helping to inform and drive the network forward.

Argyle Community Trust, the official charity of Plymouth Argyle FC, recently won the Best Championship Community Project at the EFL Awards for its ACTing with Children programme.

This year’s International Day of Sport for Development and Peace – which takes place on 6th April each year – holds special relevance for the Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice.

Active Essex Foundation has revealed the growing impact of its innovative BoxSmart ‘On The Ropes’ programme, and called for more combat sport providers to get involved.

The inaugural AGM and first meeting of the new APPG on Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System has taken place at the House of Lords, with a firm focus on how interventions can more

A key member of the Alliance of Sport working across Scotland has revealed how participants are nine times less likely to become involved in the Criminal Justice System after joining its programmes.

The Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice (AoS) has bolstered its core team ahead of an exciting new phase of global growth and development.

HMPPS launches Small Grants Scheme and is seeking sports organisations to deliver rehabilitation-focused activities.

The Secret Sauce of Desistance: A Reflection on the Past and Where We Are Today. (Justin Coleman, COO at Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice)

We are pleased to announce that the Framework for Integrated Care has now been published. Both Alliance of Sport CEO, James Mapstone and COO, Justin Coleman contributed to this important piece of work

James was delighted to present to the next cohort of 30 inductees on the Sport Industry Group NextGen programme.

Pipedream tells the incredible story of Paul, a former offender who rebuilt his life with the support of Active Lancashire.

The Charity Commission has unveiled a refreshed suite of guidance to help trustees protect their charities from fraud and cyber crime. Read our summary of the article from the gov.uk website.

In this guest piece Dr Haydn Morgan from the University of Bath reviews a recent paper published in the journal Youth Justice.

Key findings from a piece of research published in the Journal of Forensic Practice, focusing on women in custody and their experience of parkrun.

On the seventh anniversary of the first prison parkrun event in the UK, discover why these events change lives.

Participate in this review of online knife sales from the National Police Chiefs Council and Home Office by the 9th December deadline to make a difference to future legislation, policy and practice.

James Mapstone, Alliance of Sport CEO discusses the essential role of physical activity in reducing reoffending rates.

Alliance of Sport COO, Justin Coleman, is thrilled to be returning to Include Summit, alongside Dr. Hannah Hammond, for the third year in a row.

A reflection from Alliance of Sport COO Justin Coleman on his visit the Street Football Wales Impact launch and tournament.

Groundbreaking inquiry launched to examine physical activity levels in England and Wales’ secure estate

The Alliance of Sport are delighted to have been given a boost to their Get Well Stay Well initiative with a £30,000 grant from the Peter Harrison Foundation.

Levelling the Playing Field has released a new report: "PINBALL SYSTEMS, SNAKES AND LADDERS OR PERSON-CENTRED PROVISION" written by Prof. Amanda Kirby.

The APPG is issuing this public call for evidence, have your say by scanning the QR code or clicking on the link within the article.

Download a copy of the LtPF "Leadership Development Through Action Learning" toolkit to develop leadership, knowledge, skills, behaviours and habits.

Political parties must prioritise the contribution of sport and physical activity if they are genuinely committed to tackling crime and anti-social behaviour, according to new research published today

Seventeen-year-old Dylan is set to complete a remarkable journey from serving a sentence inside HMP & YOI Parc to returning through the gates as a trainee rugby coach. 

The Alliance of Sport has added immense experience and expertise to its Board with the appointment of former Metropolitan Police Chief Superintendent Sally Benatar as a Trustee. 

New research from StreetGames paints an alarming picture of a "physical and mental health timebomb" for young people.

The Alliance of Sport has produced a report for the Thailand Institute of Justice which will be a key component in advancing sport as a positive force in combating youth crime across South East Asia.

The Alliance of Sport is backing Right to Sport - a new plan from the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) which would guarantee all secondary school pupils two hours of extra-curricular sport every week.

Young people, role models, leaders and dignitaries were united in celebration at Saturday’s 2023 Levelling the Playing Field National Awards at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham.

The custodial estate will join in with 'parkrun for the NHS' celebrations this weekend to mark the NHS's 75th anniversary.

June's meeting of the APPG on Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System reviewed the impact of the Ministry of Justice's Youth Justice Sport Fund.

The Alliance of Sport took young leaders from organisations in the Levelling the Playing Field project to represent the voice of young people at last week’s YJB Youth Justice Leaders’ Summit.

Over 50 leaders from across government, health, sport, justice and the secure estate gathered at the House of Lords for the parliamentary launch of the Get Well, Stay Well Agreement.

Are you passionate about financial and operational excellence? We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Finance & Operations Manager.

The Alliance of Sport has opened the door for Leeds Rhinos Foundation to deliver a sport and education programme with children and young people inside HMPYOI Wetherby. 

The Deputy Prime Minister has hailed the vital role that sport and physical activity can play in “turning young lives around” following the launch of the ground-breaking Youth Justice Sport Fund.

There has “never been a better time” for sport and physical activity to play a greater role in preventing children and young people entering into the welfare and justice systems. 

The Alliance of Sport's Taskforce on Physical Activity and Sport in the Criminal Justice System has launched The Get Well, Stay Well Agreement.

More than 200 community sport organisations across England and Wales have been awarded new public funding aimed at using sport and physical activity to prevent youth crime and anti-social behaviour. 

The Alliance of Sport has released a ground-breaking report which outlines a model for effective partnership working in sport and criminal justice. 

The ground-breaking Levelling the Playing Field project was the subject of the 10th meeting of the APPG on Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System. 

A group of Sport for Development charities have launched a Ministry of Justice-funded initiative providing £5million for sports programmes focused on preventing youth crime and anti-social behaviour.

An interim report has highlighted the many successes of the ground-breaking national £1.7m Levelling the Playing Field project managed by the Alliance of Sport and Youth Justice Board.

The Alliance of Sport has launched leadership training for community Sport for Development organisations - using a learning process that focuses on ‘real life’ daily issues faced in the sector. 

Alliance of Sport CEO and Co-Founder, James Mapstone, recounts his experience from the recent third ASEAN Conference on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.

Bright Star Boxing Club in Shropshire uses a trauma-informed approach to support the 450 young people on its programmes and improve their life chances.

The potential of boxing to prevent crime and violence and turn lives around is being under-exploited within the criminal justice sector. 

The Alliance of Sport has gained three new Board members thanks to ASPIRE, a pioneering programme by BeOnBoard which aims to increase the diversity of third-sector boardrooms in Bristol.

Advantage Mentoring have partnered with football club community organisations (CCOs) and the NHS to engage 14-21-year-olds in mental health support to prevent their lives heading down the wrong path. 

Alliance of Sport’s comms lead Mike Dale explores how some Sport for Development organisations are innovating in how they record and demonstrate their impact. 

Opportunities for tackling youth crime and violence through sport and physical activity was the subject of the ninth meeting of the APPG on Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System.

Juan Lopez has achieved remarkably rapid success in using calisthenics in prisons and community settings to activate, motivate and guide people towards better life outcomes.

Levelling the Playing Field, the project managed by Alliance of Sport in partnership with the Youth Justice Board, has appointed its first Regional Coordinator.

As part of our support for the Sport for Development Coalition’s #OpenGoal campaign – which coincides with International Day of Sport for Development and Peace - we profile Kameron's journey.

Alliance of Sport's comms lead Mike Dale on why Levelling the Playing Field (managed by AoS and the Youth Justice Board) aligns so closely with Government's topical 'Levelling Up' agenda.

Alliance of Sport will mark the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP) on April 6 by supporting the launch of the ‘Open Goal’ campaign.

The Alliance of Sport has been named one of the most exciting new businesses in the South West of England after being shortlisted as part of a brand new awards programme.

The eighth meeting of the APPG on Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System focused on outstanding examples of engaging women and girls in the community and secure estate.

England Netball has partnered with the Metropolitan Police to launch ‘Beyond the Court’, a project using netball to engage girls who are at risk of becoming involved in the Criminal Justice System.

Alliance of Sport ambassador David Haze is taking his next paddleboarding challenge to even further extremes as he attempts to traverse the longest lakes in 33 European countries in 66 days. 

An organisation in Nottingham that effects positive change in the community and custody through the power of football is being backed by the daughter of one of the city's most iconic figures.

A pilot sport and fitness course for prison leavers is achieving “quite incredible” impact with its first cohort of men serving probation.

The seventh meeting of the APPG on Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System heard how Birmingham 2022 can “re-set, re-engage and re-empower" young people.

Slave-Free Alliance is calling on football clubs to work with them to reduce the risk of modern slavery in their day-to-day operations and supply chains.

The Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice has published its Impact Report for 2020/21.

The Alliance of Sport was delighted to contribute to the December 10 report from the House of Lords Committee on a National Plan for Sport and Recreation.

Football’s positive impact on crime, violence and reoffending was the subject of the sixth meeting of the APPG on Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System.

Marvin King hopes to guide young people through adversity towards success through a new project with The Ring Boxing Club Foundation.

Alliance of Sport Ambassador David Haze has smashed his fundraising target and set another stand-up paddleboarding world record!

The Alliance of Sport is proud to announce the launch of the Taskforce on Physical Activity and Sport in the Criminal Justice System.

The Alliance of Sport has secured funding for three innovative sport-based initiatives in youth custody that form part of the Levelling the Playing Field project.

Alliance of Sport Ambassador David Haze is setting off on another world record-chasing adventure to raise funds to support our work. 

The APPG on Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System has called for more ambition and coordination in gathering the evidence to prove sport and physical activity's impact on crime.

Pro boxer Joe Maphosa has become an Ambassador for the Alliance of Sport and the Levelling the Playing Field project.

Our Ambassador David Haze has described his latest world record-breaking fundraising feat as "the hardest thing I've ever done".

Alliance of Sport Ambassador David Haze is about to embark on his next ambitious fundraising adventure – stand-up paddleboarding 208km along the River Thames! 

3Pillars Project has launched a plan to change the lives of over 100 young men in prison through a revolutionary sports-based mentoring initiative.

New research on how to form effective partnerships in sport and criminal justice has been published by Dr Haydn Morgan and Dr Colin Baker from the University of Gloucestershire. 

A football festival to divert young people away from gangs and petty crime is to be held on Nottingham’s Clifton estate, supported by Ministers and the local tram network.

The Alliance of Sport has named David Haze as an Ambassador after his recent multi-world record-breaking feats to raise money for the charity.

Minister for Safeguarding Victoria Atkins has challenged the APPG on Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System to build an evidence base to prove sport's impact on crime and violence.

The Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice is offering its Community of Practice the chance to get involved in a new initiative to deliver personal wellbeing support to prison leavers.

The benefits of surfing for people with mental health issues are well documented, and now one coach in South Wales is using the waves to help resettle former prison residents back in the community.

Alex Chalk, Under Secretary of State for Justice, pledged his full support for strengthening the use of sport in criminal justice at Monday night’s (May 17) All Party Parliamentary Group meeting.

David Haze’s world record-breaking paddle boarding attempt to raise money for the Alliance of Sport is just the start of a summer of epic personal sporting adventures.

Sports Connect’s work with Novus and HMPPS at Cookham Wood YOI in Kent offers an exciting blueprint for how sport and community partnerships can positively impact on reoffending.

Ahead of his epic four-day world record attempt to raise money to support the Alliance of Sport, David Haze explains how time in prison sparked a passion for sport in criminal justice.

DIVERT Lancashire, a project to cut reoffending rates which involves the community trusts of Lancashire's professional football clubs, is set to kick off in earnest.

An innovative partnership between Pete Bell’s ‘Step Out Stay Out’ football-based rehabilitation programme and HMP Lowdham Grange looks set to benefit prison leavers and a deprived Nottingham estate.

A new All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System was launched on Monday (March 8), with the Alliance of Sport as its Secretariat.

Alliance of Sport Co-Founder and Chief Executive, James Mapstone, will be speaking on Monday morning at the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.

Unicef UK has praised the "innovative blueprint" offered by our Levelling the Playing Field project in efforts to tackle over-representation in the Youth Justice System.

The Alliance of Sport was instrumental in producing evidence for a new book detailing the impact of Covid-19 on sport across the world. 

Criminal Defence Barrister Joe Tarbert offers a personal view on how sport could be embedded into the legal system to help reduce reoffending.

David Haze aims to set four world records in four days and raise money for the Alliance of Sport in an epic paddleboarding adventure.

The Alliance of Sport is proud to launch our 2019 - 2020 Impact Report, documenting some outstanding achievement and progress over a challenging year.

The Growth Project, which seeks to transform organisational culture in prisons, is set to expand into HMP Hewell and HMP Foston Hall in 2021.

Pete Bell, founder of the Step Out Stay Out football-based rehabilitation project, is planning a resettlement programme to help reduce reoffending among prison leavers.

Two former prison residents and two prison officers are planning to climb Mount Everest together in a bid to raise awareness of reform and rehabilitation.

“A team effort” is how Jamie Grundy describes the successful campaign to get Prescoed FC – the only prison football team in Wales – reinstated into the Gwent League. 

The positive effects of yoga within criminal justice are being recognised by practitioners and researchers on both sides of the Atlantic.

The Alliance of Sport is delighted to have secured a grant of £90,048 from Sport England which we will distribute to frontline organisations involved in our Levelling the Playing Field project.

The Alliance of Sport and Professor Rosie Meek are to lead a new research project with the Thailand Institute of Justice compiling best practice for using sport in youth crime prevention.

Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice, and the Levelling the Playing Field (LtPF) project, are delighted to be supported by the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Support Hub.

CEO James Mapstone talks about how Alliance of Sport is already playing a strong role in the drive for equality with the Levelling the Playing Field project.

Levelling the Playing Field (LtPF), the new Alliance of Sport-led project funded by the London Marathon Charitable Trust, has received a major honour by being endorsed by United by Birmingham 2022.

Novus teamed up with England Squash to deliver a highly successful new initiative at Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre in Warwickshire.

Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice was delighted to have its Levelling the Playing Field project mentioned in the Youth Justice Board’s 2020-21 business plan.

Active Lancashire’s Challenge Through Sport Initiative (CSI) has moved into an exciting new area with the formation of a partnership with Lancashire United.

Levelling the Playing Field - the new Alliance of Sport-led project, has moved onto its next stage with the appointment of Dr Hannah Baumer.

Aston Villa have highlighted the value of Leadership and teamwork by collaborating with HMP Birmingham to support a cohort of men who are approaching release back into the community.

Andy Mouncey has taken his ‘Run For Your Life’ mantra into prison to deliver a string of successful fitness-first programmes at HMP Wymott.

When the opportunity came along to take rugby union into prisons, Dragons Rugby picked up the ball and ran with it. Five years later, they’re still running. 

The Alliance of Sport would like to congratulate Keith Fraser, new Chair of the Youth Justice Board. Keith will start today, 14 April 2020, for a period of three years.

During these difficult times, we know our Community of Practice is busy finding ways to continue engaging with their beneficiaries who may be missing out on vital support whilst in lockdown.

HMPPS’s European Social Fund (ESF) Co-Financing Organisation has set out delivery requirements for a number of new Activity Hubs designed to provide safe places for people in the CJS.

As more and more prisons across the world introduce weekly parkruns, stories are emerging of the enriching impact that events are having on hundreds of detainees.

Levelling the Playing Field, our project with the Youth Justice Board, has been highlighted as a “significant action” in a new Ministry of Justice report into tackling racial disparity in the CJS.

Four prominent members of the Alliance of Sport’s Community of Practice are to lead debate on partnerships in sport and criminal justice at the first of a series of events taking place across England.

Find out how residents and staff at two women’s prisons in England have experienced positive changes in health and wellbeing thanks to the innovative Wellbeing Champions programme: The Human 5.

London’s biggest climbing wall is an appropriate place for prison leavers who are helped to overcome huge obstacles in their lives by the Reasons Why Foundation. Find out how they do it.

The Alliance of Sport was honoured to travel to Thailand to participate in the Expert Group meeting of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

On the second anniversary of its first foray into the custodial estate, parkrun has thanked the Alliance of Sport for its role in helping to establish events in prisons across the world.

Wassenberg Squirrels baseball club in Heinsberg, Germany, is setting the perfect example for how partnerships with community sport can be a powerful force for rehabilitation in criminal justice.

The Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice has received a record £1,000,000 grant from the London Marathon Charitable Trust to deliver a major new project with the Youth Justice Board.

Sadiq Khan is investing in sport to combat the serious youth violence epidemic in London. But what about the rest of the UK? The Alliance of Sport found out the state of play...

When Nick Burke finished his second spell in prison he was determined never to return, and to help people in his underprivileged area of Salford avoid the pitfalls of crime. Read how he did it.

Training offenders to be Football Association futsal Level 1 coaches is just the latest of Pete Bell’s pioneering initiatives using sport to improve the prospects of people in prison.

The Alliance of Sport’s Theory of Change (ToC) has been analysed by experts in the field of sport and criminal justice to open it up to academic critique and debate.

The Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice won the ‘Collaboration Award’ at Tuesday night’s Legal & General Not A Red Card Awards at the Kia Oval in London.

90 Minutes of Freedom is the self-published debut book by Jamie Grundy which tells the unique story of HMP Prescoed FC, the only prisoner football team in Wales.

Rowing is proving to be a highly effective engagement tool with young people at risk of offending - thanks to London Youth Rowing’s Life Skills programme.

Find out how the Streetbase programme combines sport, young volunteers and an innovative ‘activity map’ to support young people at-risk of crime in Waltham Forest, East London.

Sport is at the heart of vital support for asylum seekers and refugees in Newport, South Wales – boosting wellbeing and social inclusion, and providing a diversion from the temptations of crime.

Pete Bell, founder of football-based offender mentoring programme Step Out Stay Out, reveals what he learned from the innovative Football Works Festival held inside a Dutch jail.

More than 3,000 young people will be given places at sport and activity programmes this summer to help keep them away from possible violence and crime, Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has announced.

Serving offenders from HMP Thorn Cross have begun working with young people at risk of school exclusions on a boxing programme in Cheshire – with immediate results for both parties. 

Sport and physical activity are at the heart of an innovative project aimed at helping rehabilitate young people held at Medway Secure Training Centre in Kent. 

Edgework Consulting , based in Boston, USA, has published a report offering fresh perspective into how sport provides a pathway to healing from the psychological trauma caused by ACEs.

Janet Sylvester from Leeds Rhinos Foundation reflects on how they've overcome many hurdles in setting up two sport-based prison projects working with offenders.

Read how HFE's partnership with the Prisoners' Education Trust is offering incarcerated offenders a priceless chance of rehabilitation and employment in the health and fitness industry.

The 'Alternative Lives’ prison programme delivered by Exeter City, Plymouth Argyle and Cardiff City FC community trusts has hugely benefited participants, coaches and prison staff.

When it comes to working with people caught up in crime, ‘collaboration’ and ‘multi-agency approach’ are modern buzz words. No-one embodies those philosophies better than the Met's PC Jason Hill.

The Alliance of Sport is delighted to see recognition in the Youth Justice Board’s 2019-20 business plan of the role sport plays in supporting young people in the criminal justice system. 

The charity Crimestoppers is rapidly expanding its Fearless programme in Wales to encourage young people to report crime – and they are using sport as a vehicle to get the message across.

The Burngreave area of Sheffield may be top and bottom of all the “wrong lists” but it has recently become a showcase for the power of sport to empower and unite local communities.

The Alliance of Sport is proud to have contributed to the new DCMS Committee report, ‘Changing Lives: the social impact of participation in culture and sport’.

Alliance of Sport Trustee Professor Rosie Meek introduces a new Ministry of Justice toolkit that measures the effectiveness of programmes supporting desistance from crime.

Sport and physical activity’s power as a catalyst for change in the criminal justice system will be among the topics of discussion at Elevate – a free event at ExCel London on Wednesday May 8. 

The Alliance of Sport is delighted that the UK's successful prison parkrun programme has now expanded to Australia.

The outstanding work of Positive Futures in using sport as a tool to reduce crime is expanding across south-east Wales, with new partnerships and collaborations boosting their impact.

Alliance of Sport members Boxing Futures have showcased their ever-growing impact with a powerful video depicting one young person's transformation through sport.

The Alliance of Sport were among the speakers in London’s Soho on Thursday night (March 28) as major players in the Sport for Development sector came together at Twitter’s UK headquarters.

The Alliance of Sport has completed a Sport England-funded pilot project in two secure establishments in Kent which tested the effectiveness of sports clubs on reducing offending. 

Helen Arnold-Richardson, Business Director at Do-It Profiler, explains why their new glossary of prison language will support both offenders and staff within the criminal justice system.

Pete Bell is using the knowledge and experience from his ‘Step Out, Stay Out’ prison football programme to organise a sports event to foster community cohesion on the Clifton estate in Nottingham.

Our Steering Group member Dr Haydn Morgan, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise at the University of Gloucestershire, needs your help in a fascinating new research project.

Professor Rosie Meek, an Alliance of Sport advisor, recently spoke to Radio New Zealand about her research into the benefits of sport and physical activity in prisons. Listen to it here.

Jason McKoy is experienced enough to know what works - and what doesn’t - in Sport for Development. His years of delivering programmes with offenders and at-risk young people give his opinion clout...

Professor Rosie Meek gives some honest thoughts on the progress achieved in the six months since the publication of her landmark ‘Review of Sport in Youth and Adult Prisons’.

Inside Workout, a free fitness and wellbeing magazine designed specifically for inmates, is about to launch in prisons across the UK.

Organisations using sport for positive social impact can benefit from new income streams thanks to Sporting Capital – England's first investor focused solely on Sport for Development.

Read all about a new prison rugby project in Hong Kong, set up with the Alliance of Sport's help, that aims to link young offenders with training, education and employment post-release.

Exeter City, Cardiff City and Plymouth Argyle are working with local prisons to develop life skills and opportunities for offenders as part of a ground-breaking initiative called Alternative Lives.

The Leeds Rhinos Foundation has extended its successful 'Onside' prison programme to launch 'Tackle It' - a project focusing on perpetrators and victims of domestic abuse.

The Alliance of Sport's James Mapstone led a 'Twitter takeover' in partnership with the Sport for Development Coalition and ConnectSport on Monday December 17.

Sport for Development organisations could benefit from Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award (iDEA) - a free online tool to develop digital and employability skills.

Premiership Rugby's flagship education and employability programme HITZ is celebrating its tenth anniversary.

3Pillars has expanded its offering to adults and young people in the criminal justice system to include qualifications and employment in the fitness and wellbeing industry.

The Alliance of Sport has started working with Homeless Rugby CIC to discover how rugby can provide support for people in, or exiting, the criminal justice system.

A football league is being launched for young people in Banbury to raise awareness of the dangers of county lines – set up by two men with lived experience of its devastating effects.

The Alliance of Sport congratulates David Dein on the launch of the Twinning Project on Wednesday at Wembley Stadium.

HM Prison High Down in Banstead has seen a reduction in violence among inmates who are taking part in sessions run by Brighton Table Tennis Club.

Read how going to an Alliance of Sport Positive Action Group meeting led to Jamie Grundy successfully applying to research the impact of football at HMP & YOI Prescoed in south Wales.

The impact of Fundacion Espartanos' rugby programme at a Buenos Aires jail has been remarkable. We speak to Director Pablo Gloggler who is now spreading its positive effects across the world.

Read how the award-winning charity Boxing Futures use the sport to tackle mental health, wellbeing and social isolation with people in and around the criminal justice system.

Justin Coleman explains the role the Alliance of Sport is playing in training delivery staff for an exciting EFL Trust-funded prison project led by Exeter City FC Community Trust.

Read exclusive extracts from a The Rugby Journal article after they visited a 3 Pillars Project rugby session inside Cookham Wood YOI.

Gloves Not Gunz is an organisation with all the ingredients that go into a successful sport-based intervention – and yet another example of the power of boxing to reduce crime.

The Alliance of Sport visits Saracens Sport Foundation's Get Onside project which uses rugby and mentoring to build resilience, discipline, ambition and life skills with offenders in Feltham YOI.

The Alliance of Sport welcomes the long-awaited publication of the Review of Sport in Youth and Adult Prisons and looks forward to supporting its recommendations. Read our full statement.

Former inmate Pete Bell's football and mentoring programme in custody is achieving notable results. We spoke to him as the Ministry of Justice launched its Review of Sport in Prisons.

Alliance of Sport Chair and Co-Founder, James Mapstone, gives a passionate personal response to the Government's rejection of proposals to pilot boxing programmes in prisons.

Sport's full potential in reducing crime will only be unlocked with a joined-up approach and more risk-taking across criminal justice, a DCMS Committee has been told.

In his latest blog, Alliance of Sport Co-Founder and Secretariat, Justin Coleman, gives guidance on setting goals and the importance of considering ACEs in achieving sustainable behaviour change.

The Alliance of Sport's "sports club" project is giving incarcerated young offenders the opportunity to develop "physically, behaviourally and psychologically," says researcher Dr Juliette Stebbings.

Nottingham Forest FC have become the first professional football club to partner with the charity Clean Sheet and offer employment opportunities to people with criminal convictions.

Fight for Peace has been awarded a National Lottery grant to train community organisations in how to use sport to prevent youth violence.

In the last of our features to highlight #GreatCoaching during Coaching Week, we speak to Matt Airey from the Leeds Rhinos Foundation's Onside project, which has now expanded into four prisons.

We visit Chance To Shine's Crime Awareness Programme - the latest example of #GreatCoaching by those using sport to engage young people caught up in the cycle of crime and imprisonment.

As part of our celebration of #greatcoaching throughout Coaching Week, we speak to Marlon Boateng of AIR Sports Network, who use sport to engage hard-to-reach individuals in the community and prisons.

As part of our week celebrating #GreatCoaching, we speak to the award-winning Marcellus Baz about his incredible journey from gang member to founder of Nottingham School of Boxing.

To celebrate Coaching Week we're showcasing #greatcoaching in and around the criminal justice system. First up, it's Positive Futures Gwent, who use sport to enrich troubled lives in south-east Wales.

Nina Champion, Alliance of Sport Steering Group member and Head of Policy at the Prisoners' Education Trust, explains why there never been a better time for sports organisations to work in prisons.

Football saved Pete Bell following his release from prison. He's now determined to use the game to help current inmates break the damaging cycle of offending.

The Alliance of Sport's Tanayah Sam explains the link between young people's media consumption and the shocking rise in gang violence – and how sport may be able to intervene.

We discover how Street Soccer Scotland is spreading its impact by taking its award-winning community work through the prison gate.

Find out how police have positively engaged with youngsters in an anti-social behaviour hotspot in Bristol by organising bike races and maintenance workshops.

In his latest blog on engaging participants in sport, Alliance of Sport Co-Founder and Secretariat, Justin Coleman, discusses the crucial final stages – getting them active and 'sticking with it'.

Alliance of Sport Co-Founder, Justin Coleman, shares more highlights from our recent Review of Community Sport, with insights on engaging those who are still "thinking about it".

Alliance of Sport Co-Founder, Justin Coleman, picks out some of the highlights from our recent review of community sport, with some priceless insights on engagement from those on the front line.

Read how Sport4Life use sport as an engagement 'hook' to develop the confidence, life skills and employability of at-risk young people, many of whom have been through the criminal justice system.

We visit AIR Sports Network, who have worked with over 13,000 hard-to-reach and disadvantaged men and women across London, Kent and Essex since 2007.

We visited Charlton Athletic Community Trust and discovered an organisation deeply embedded in its local community, using sport as a vehicle to improve lives and fight crime.

Read how TSA Projects and Chance to Shine joined forces to steer at-risk young people in Birmingham away from drugs, gangs and knife crime.

If you're a young person in need of support in Coventry, it's fair to say that the Positive Youth Foundation has got your back. Read about their incredible work.

Founded on the troubled streets of Rio's favelas, Fight For Peace (FFP) has now spread to 26 countries. Its distinctive philosophy for reducing youth violence is intriguing and highly effective.

Streets Revolution is a 'social franchise' that uses football as a tool to help improve the lives of some of society's most vulnerable people.

Read how Pause & Engage uses sport and mentoring to help at-risk youngsters in north Somerset hit back from tough starts in life.

Based in one of the UK's most deprived communities, Sporting Chance North East combines sport and education to throw a lifeline to some of the area's most hard-to-reach young people.

Read how Anfield North Liverpool Boxing Club acts as a hub for fighting knife crime, anti-social behaviour and substance abuse in the local community.

Read how the 3 Pillars Project uses the power of sport and positive role models to achieve life-changing personal development with inmates at two London prisons.

Led by the inspirational Sunny Dhadley, SUIT (Service User Involvement Team) have been using sport to support Wolverhampton's most vulnerable and marginalised people for over a decade.

We visited Positive Futures Gwent to see how the project uses sport to make a real impact on the most disadvantaged communities in south-east Wales.

The Alliance of Sport's Tanayah Sam played a major role as the Commission on Gangs and Violence launched its report at Villa Park last week.

Read how the Leeds Rhinos Foundation uses the power of sport, alongside personal development, to prepare offenders for release back into society.

The UDOIT! Dance Foundation uses StreetDance to reduce youth offending and boost physical activity. They have now reached a critical phase in their growth – and have called on the Alliance's help.

We ask PhD researcher Dave Woods what his new systemic review tells us about sport's psychological impact on people in prison.

The Alliance of Sport is to lead a major review of the use of sport across the youth justice system in England and Wales.

We are proud to have played a part in the launch of the world's first prison parkrun, taking place at HMP Haverigg in Cumbria.

The Alliance of Sport is immensely proud to announce John McAvoy as our first Sporting Ambassador.

The story of how an ex-offender from east London influences the Argentinian justice system may prove to be the best example yet of the power of the NASDC network.

The Sport West Midlands Project is well worth sharing across the sector. By harnessing the power of sport, they are making communities safer and achieving tangible outcomes for young people.

Stuart Felce, Strategic Lead in Community Safety at StreetGames, outlines how membership of the NASDC has benefitted the doorstep sport charity.

NASDC Co-Founder and Director of Operations, Justin Coleman, reflects on an unforgettable trip to New York which saw the Alliance recognised with a prestigious Beyond Sport Global Award.

We are immensely proud and honoured to have won the Beyond Sport global award for 'Best Partnership or Collaboration' in New York City!

Kickboxing is playing a big part in tackling crime and healing community divisions in Derry/Londonderry, as post-conflict tensions continue to damage young people's lives in the city.

In his second blog, James Mapstone talks about the importance of building a robust evidence base and how our new Positive Action Group will help make the case for future policy and practice.

Public Health England's influence has already proved hugely beneficial to the Alliance of Sport. PHE's Jackie Roberts explains why the Alliance is having a 'real impact' on health, wellbeing and crime

LJ Flanders is only 27, but his life experiences already include a spell in prison, qualifying as a fitness trainer, writing a best-selling book and meeting Prince Charles.

Tanayah Sam is living proof that the destructive cycle of re-offending can be broken. His experiences - both harrowing and uplifting - are an asset to the Alliance's body of expertise.

Ultramarathon runner Andy Mouncey is taking his brand of physical and mental training into prisons in a pioneering rehabilitation project for offenders and their families.

The Alliance of Sport has launched its new Theory of Change – a vision for how sport can work together with the development and criminal justice sectors to achieve maximum impact.