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young athletes being coached at Houghton Harriers

How Houghton Harriers and AC have turned around their junior athletics

Like many athletics clubs, Houghton Harriers and Athletics Club had started to struggle for junior members over the past few years. The club tried a number of initiatives to try and get involved with the local schools, but what they tended to find was by the club’s minimum entry age of 8, children were already committed to other sports. To encourage under-8s, the club developed a short taster course that ran once a term.
East Volunteer Awards 2025 - group photo

Volunteer Awards evening 2025: East

The final England Athletics Regional Awards celebration evening was for the East Region and was held at the The Ravenswood Hotel near Bury St Edmunds. 20 outstanding volunteers, clubs and projects were recognised and celebrated to an audience of over 90 people.
East Midlands Regional Volunteer Award 2025 winners group photo

Volunteer Awards evening 2025: East Midlands

This weekend it was the turn of the East Midlands for the latest instalment of the Regional Volunteer Awards. It was a wonderful ceremony held at the Hilton Hotel in Nottingham, celebrating the outstanding contributions volunteers from across the region. A huge congratulations to all of the nominees and winners.

Volunteer Awards evening 2025: North West

We were privileged to welcome nominees and award winners from across the North West to Leigh Sports Village, to celebrate their vital contributions to athletics and running in the region. Let's meet the runners-up and award winners!
West mids RVA group

Volunteer Awards evening 2025: West Midlands

This weekend it was the turn of the West Midlands for the next instalment of the Regional Volunteer Awards. It was a fantastic evening held at Alexander Stadium, celebrating the amazing contributions from volunteers across the region. A huge congratulations to all of the nominees and winners - let's meet them!
Tessa Sanderson with perry mascot at Birmingham 2022

Podcast #79: Glasgow 2026 - three-time Commonwealth champion Tessa Sanderson reminisces

The latest England Athletics Podcast, featuring three-time Commonwealth champion Tessa Sanderson, is the first of a series of episodes building up to the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. In conversation with host Alex Seftel, coinciding with Black History Month, she discusses her battles with great rivals like Fatima Whitbread and how she excelled at major championships when it mattered.
Senior women at Roeselare cross country 2024

Team announced for Roeselare CrossCup

With winter fast approaching, England open the cross country season by travelling to Belgium to compete in the Lotto Cross Cup in Roeselare on 26 October. Roeselare is the first meeting in this season’s England Cross Country programme. Traditionally England have taken teams away at the beginning of the cross country season to help athletes prepare for the European trials which once again take place in Liverpool’s Sefton Park in November.
Chris Jones toalking to London Clubs at 2025 Forum

CEO Blog: Marking World Mental Health Day

Hopefully by shining a spotlight on the importance of mental health and wellbeing, we can help people who may be struggling to realise that they are not alone, that this is not something to be defined by. That we are all on that journey, feeling sometimes that sadly we are doing our best just to get through the day. Hopefully within our sport we can signpost more people to our wonderful Mental Health Champions and run leaders who offer their expertise and humanity to help individuals, families and communities across England through the #RunAndTalk initiative.
Woodford Green with Essex Ladies representatives

Club spirit and friendliness are the key factors for London Club of the Year

Woodford Green AC with Essex Ladies (WGEL) won London Region Club of the year at our recent volunteer awards. We spoke to the club secretary David Hollingworth and a number of other club representatives during the awards evening – to find out more about the club and what makes it so great.
Regional Volunteer Award winners 2025 in the South East

Volunteer Awards evening 2025: South East

This weekend, it was also the turn of the South East for the latest instalment of the Regional Volunteer Awards.