New age group changes drop-in sessions added

Ahead of the age group changes coming into effect on 1 April 2026, England Athletics has been hosting a series of online drop-in sessions over the coming months, to allow those within the sport to get any remaining questions answered, or queries clarified. Two new dates for these sessions have been added in for Tuesday 27 January 2026 and Wednesday 25 February 2026.

You can watch back any of our previous drop-in sessions by clicking here, including a hurdles-specific and a combined events-specific session.

Following UK Athletics’ approval of the changes in January 2024, England Athletics and the other Home Country Athletics Federations have worked to ensure that issues ahead of the April 2026 implementation are identified, rectified and understood.

These online sessions are a continuation of that process, and we encourage stakeholders to submit their questions in advance where possible, so that full and comprehensive information can be shared during the sessions.

Book your place

We invite anyone involved in the sport to attend, and submit the questions which relate to the practicalities that they will face when these changes come into effect on 1 April 2026.

To submit a question in advance, please email (trackandfieldproject@englandathletics.org) specifying which session that you are planning to attend. 

We recently published top tips for athletes and parents to prepare for the changes, as well as top tips for clubs to prepare for the changes.