RIA News

Running Industry Alliance (RIA) Co-Lead Jonathan Midwood was at Outdoor Trade Show (OTS) today, thank you Andrew Denton of Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) for the warm welcome. Great to see RIA members at OTS including SCOTT, Mann Broadbent Insurance, CRAFT &...

Running Industry Alliance launches industry podcast in collaboration with supersonic  Running Industry Alliance (RIA) has announced the launch of its collaborative podcast “Running Industry Alliance Podcast in association with supersonic”. Working collaboratively, the...

How has runners’ participation changed over the last 12 months according to the latest Sport England Actives Lives data? The coronavirus pandemic had an unprecedented impact on the nation’s everyday activities including physical activity, event attendance, and...

  Funding for governing bodies to drive participation through innovation The £6.5m of National Lottery funding will be split between 21 organisations as part of our investment into the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Sports bodies are being helped to use...

Activity levels see partial recovery from Covid-19 People are returning to sport and physical activity but opportunities remain unequal, latest data finds. Sport England 28th April 2022  Activity levels are starting to recover following large drops caused by...

Ben Lee joins Running Industry Alliance Core Team Running Industry Alliance (RIA) has announced that Ben Lee has joined its core team as Project Development Manager. Ben becomes part of the team alongside Co-Leads Rebecca Richardson and Jonathan Midwood, RIA UK &...