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This week is Children’s Mental Health Awareness week

This week (5-11 February), England Athletics will be marking the annual Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week, an awareness event designed to empower and give a voice to all children and young people in the UK. As an organisation, we are determined to ensure both that athletics and running is utilised to the greatest possible extent to improve the mental health of children and young people, and that those children and young people within our sport are given comprehensive, thorough and exceptional support in this area. All this week we will be sharing the different ways in which we are striving to make a difference.
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Julian Emery: Keeping motivated as a coach and preventing teenage drop off at North Somerset AC

Starting as a coach twelve years ago, Julian Emery from North Somerset Athletics Club has seen his training group go from strength to strength throughout the last decade.
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England Athletics welcomes approval of amended age groups proposal

UK Athletics has today confirmed an amendment to age groups as part of the Rule Change Proposals for the 2024 – 2026 Rule Book has been approved at a recent UKA Board meeting. The rule change will come into effect from 1 April 2026
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New Year's Honours for athletes and volunteers

Inspirational figures from across athletics and the running community led the New Year Honours List for 2024 with recognition for Olympians, and those driving the sport forward at grassroots level as coaches and officials - and we’d like to offer a huge congratulations to all!
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Our year in pictures

As the new year edges ever closer, it’s time to pause and take a look back at some of the fantastic athletics and running moments of the last twelve months. Take a look at our 2023 photo album!
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Athletics and running achievements in 2023

2023 has been another highly successful year of athletics achievements. We have seen athletes and runners receive awards and be placed in podium positions at international sporting events. We have shared progress against the England Athletics Strategic Plan and once again our Regional Volunteer Awards highlighted the huge contributions volunteer individuals and teams make to the success and enjoyment of our sport. 
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Inspirational moments of 2023 - from our Athletics and Running family members

For many, 2023 was a great year of athletics. We spoke to a few of our club volunteers, coaches and officials about what was the most inspirational moment of 2023 for them. We are sure this reflects the thoughts of many of our athletics and running family!
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A big THANK YOU from all at England Athletics

As we look towards 2024, we would first like to pause and say huge thank you to everyone in the athletics and running family who make our sport fantastic. Whether you are a coach, volunteer, official, athlete, organiser, committee member, runner or leader, we couldn’t do it without you and thank you for your vital contributions throughout the year.
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Young Athlete Grant Scheme – applications open for 2024

The AAA has a fund which is able to support English Athletes under the age of 23 who are in full time education and active in athletics. Registered charity Athletics for the Young are particularly interested in helping genuine hardship cases for promising young athletes. Over recent years, it has been the policy of the Charity to award small grants of the order of £50 to £200. It is possible to apply for funds for costs including equipment and travel.
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The benefits of coaching athletics with funetics Leader Amelia Griffiths

There is no question that 15-year-old Amelia Griffiths is passionate about athletics and running! So much so that in addition to her own training, she now a qualified funetics Leader and coaches the younger children at her club, Vale of York Athletic Community. Hear from Amelia as she explains what she loves most about being a funetics Leader.