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.

Andrew Anastasiou has joined the Alliance of Sport team as Strategic Development Consultant and brings with him 35 years of business wisdom and hugely diverse experience.

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.

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.