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Sport and Health Unite aims to enrich the lives of children and young people by providing families and organisations with sport and health solutions. Here their Director Dr Andy Williamson writes the first in a series of blogs. There is growing public health concern over the effects that sedentary lifestyles are having on the health of children and young people. Current Government...

Congratulations to @davethefell for winning our rugby competition on Twitter . He sent us this lovely photo of his girls enjoying the ball in their garden. We are so glad it is being put to good use and delighted to hear that his eldest daughter is now very keen on rugby

Run Fun Starz is a London Based sports programme that aims to get kids and adults into sport and encourages them to achieve their personal best. Their Blog is a great resource for coaches and parents. The following article helps coaches to engage with younger people. The first step to engage young people in activities, sports and programmes is to involve them...

Without wanting to wish away our lives, we are very excited about next year and London 2012 in particular. There was huge publicity and demand Olympic tickets. Here at Little Big Sports we were lucky to get our hands on tickets for the hockey, so the whole family will be able to enjoy the Olympic experience. I can safely predict that my...

Just returned from the most amazing holiday in the French Alps. Spent a blissful 2 weeks (the longest break since the children came along) enjoying glorious weather and scenery. The first week of our French adventure was staying with friends not far from Lake Geneva. Having hosts that lived there meant we were straight into the swing of things. Swimming in the...

We are so excited at Little Big Sports Towers. Jacqueline Gold, Chief Executive of Ann Summers and Knickerbox has selected us as winners of her weekly "Women On Wednesday" (#wow) on Twitter. She described this week as the "Toughest week yet for judging #WOW entries." so we are extra happy we have won.

Hats off to Rory McIlroy for a spectacular victory in the 2011 US Open. A victory all the more remarkable for the composure and maturity he showed after he fell apart whilst leading the pack at the 2011 US Masters. What struck me more than anything was what a superb role model he is for kids playing sport. Clearly he is an...

Great to see England v Sri Lanka at Lords. Sri-Lanka gave England a thumping yesterday which was good to see after the collapse in Cardiff. Great time to look at cricket sets and bats for your kids. Our Gray Nicolls kit is superb quality and the brand is used by the likes of Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook.

We are really excited at Little Big Sports this Sunday evening (8th May 2011). Theo Paphitis has awarded us one of the winners of his "Small Business Sunday" (#SBS) on Twitter. Thanks Theo.