Sport England have produced advice and guidance to help the sport and physical activity sector as it reopens and prepares for what comes next.

As restrictions ease and the sport and physical activity sector begins to reopen, they have produced several resources to help it do so.

In recent weeks they have been consulting with partners to get a sense of what would be helpful.

And while the government has not yet given the green light to the wider reopening of facilities and the restarting of recreational sport, Sport England believe it’s important to prepare for these changes now – as much as possible.

Information on

• Volunteering guidance – setting out some of the main considerations to help your volunteers return safely, well-informed and prepared.

• Managing liability and risk guidance – to give providers, be they clubs, governing bodies, community groups or regional associations, advice on what issues need considering and how they might tackle them in order to safely return to play.

• Social distancing guidance – this resource covers the different practices and considerations your club/organisation may need to introduce so that social distancing can be implemented in line with current government advice.

• Club Matters have produce re-opening toolkit - a guidance document that provides templates and information .

• Risk register template – this template, with a dedicated user guide, is designed to help your club/organisation introduce or update your practices regarding how you manage risks.

• Creating a risk assessment – this draws from the current Health and Safety Executive advice and provides step-by-step guidance to help organisations address risk, including coronavirus-specific considerations.

• Social distancing guidance – this resource covers the different practices and considerations your club/organisation may need to introduce so that social distancing can be implemented in line with current government advice.