Come and join us in Birmingham for an evening of networking with your peers in the sector.
Our 2025 conference will be taking place online and in-person at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Thursday 13 November 2025.
We will also be hosting a networking event in the area the night before.
Our online community forum has returned
Become part of a network that spans the sector and puts you in touch with colleagues and friends who share your interest in sports governance.
We are undertaking our second annual impact assessment and we need your help.
The process helps us to better understand our reach; whether we are meeting the needs of the SGA community; the effectiveness of our services; and the SGA’s wider impacts.
Please take 10 minutes to complete the survey, the first part of the wider evaluation process.
The Sports Governance Academy is the governance support hub for the sports and physical activity sector across the UK. We help everyone leading, working and volunteering in sports organisations to develop good governance in order to achieve their goals.
This interactive tool lets you explore how you can interact with us and the wider UK Sports Governance Community to excel in your role and advance your professional development.
The SGA provides a trusted set of free resources that support all areas of governance activity. Our guidance, templates, checklists, webinars and blogs are designed to help you get to grips with governance and drive success in your organisation.
Our practical training will build your governance skills and confidence.
Our community is an active network of like-minded people who are facing similar governance challenges and opportunities in the sport sector. Being part of it enables you to draw upon the support and experience of others and creates new opportunities for collaboration.
We see governance not as a burden, but as an enabler of your organisation's performance.
Done well, governance can help you to thrive and meet your goals, be open and accountable and build trust with your stakeholders. Done poorly, it leaves organisations, those who work in them and those they serve, vulnerable and at risk.
So, what does good sports governance look like?
In the first of a regular insights column, Gurpreet Dulay and Max Armstrong from BDO share their thoughts on risk and risk management in the sports sector, drawing on the work they routinely engage in with bodies, large and small.
Bradley Busch, chartered psychologist and Director at InnerDrive, shares insights from his experience and upcoming book which can help all of us improve the decision making in our organisations.
One to Watch winner 2024, Jessica Melling, tells us about her career, route into the profession and her work at British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS).
Sean Yue, Psychology Research Assistant at InnerDrive, provides tips on building resilience in individuals and teams.
Sam Little, from workplace relationship specialists, CMP, provides some helpful approaches to establishing an effective mechanism for voicing concerns about behaviours, conduct or practices within an organisation.
Zak Mohammed from Databloom Partners gives us an introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI), Generative AI and AI Governance
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