The Sport Environment and Climate Coalition (SECC) has created a ‘one-stop shop’ for key resources on sports sustainability.

The resources hub is aimed at supporting the sector to reduce its environmental impact and improve sustainability. With a range of advice, and guidance, and signposting to further information and training, the hub show how the sport and physical activity sector can engage with sustainability issues and make meaningful change.

Environmental Sustainability - advice and guidance for the physical activity Sector

Becoming more environmentally sustainable guide - Community Leisure UK, Club Matters and BASIS

A new guide to support organisations in the leisure, sport and physical activity sector to begin to review their environmental sustainability. It’s full of useful information to help organisations understand why this matters, and how they can embark on becoming more environmentally sustainable.

Sport England - Sustainability Advice

This guidance considers some of the principles to apply to effectively respond to climate change, create sustainable communities and drive industry innovation across the physical activity sector. Sustainability plays a key role in the design and management of sports recreation and leisure facilities. Promoting sustainability can help you drive down running costs and make a real contribution in the battle against climate change.

Environmental Sustainability - Buddle

Aimed at clubs and organisations delivering physical activity, Buddle has advice on how your group can go green, as well as case studies from other clubs and groups.

Energy Saving Advice

VSCE Energy Efficiency Scheme & Funding

The VCSE Energy Efficiency Scheme helps voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations (VCSEs) across England to deliver more efficient services for people and communities by saving money on their energy bills.

The scheme offers independent energy assessments to offer energy saving advice in your building. The scheme can also offer capital grants to implement findings from your assessment - the current round of funding closes at 12pm on 28th February.

Sport England Reducing Energy Costs

Guidance for clubs and organisations to take stock of their current situation and develop action plans to reduce their energy costs and impact on carbon zero agenda

England Rugby - Energy Bill Webinar

Watch this webinar to find out more about your renewable energy options, with expert advice from the Energy Saving Trust.

Football Foundation - Energy Saving Advice

The FA have lots of practical hints and tips to help your club or organisation to deal with rising energy costs by becoming more energy efficient.

For more energy saving advice, visit our Environmental Sustainability page.

Reducing Plastic Use

Sport Guidance on Preventing Plastic Pollution: Races

By leading the way in sustainability and setting a good example, sporting events can influence others to do the same at home, in their work place and at other events.

This guide produced by the Environment Agency’s Plastics and Sustainability Team focuses on ways to reduce plastic at running, cycling and triathlon events.

Preventing Plastic Pollution - Guidance for Community Sport Clubs

Useful advice and tips for identifying areas in your club where you could reduce the use of plastics.

Reducing plastic in sport : guidance for clubhouses - Preventing Plastic Pollution

Guidance to support clubs to think about how to reduce plastic use in their clubhouse.

Leisure Loop

Leisure Loop Recycle Scheme. Help join the campaign to divert 15 tons of Pool Waste from UK landfills in 2023.

Pool waste that would normally be discarded into landfills, can now be collected, recycled and reused into new products for the industry.

Jog On

Jog on removes 1m running shoes from landfill - encourage your participants or customers to recycle their running shoes.