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

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. 

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

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’.

Funding Touch Rugby training, refereeing and coaching qualifications in prisons to reduce reoffending is just one element to the ambitious plans of a new CIC - Koi Sports.

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

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.

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.