May 23, 20241 min read

Founder of The Daily Mile wins lifetime achievement award.

The award recognises Elaine’s contributions to the health and wellbeing of children in the UK as part of The Daily Mile Foundation.

February 12, 20242 min read

WE MUST GIVE CHILDREN ACCESS TO DAILY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.

A message from Gordon Banks, Director of The Daily Mile

February 10, 20242 min read

The Daily Mile Foundation and Place2Be join forces to champion better…

This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week theme, ‘Moving more for our mental health,’ highlights the fundamental connection between physical activity and mental wellbeing.

February 08, 20242 min read

5 million children now taking part in The Daily Mile world wide.

Phenomenal growth from 30 children in a single school in Scotland in 2012 to 5 million children across 20,000 schools in 96 countries today.

February 06, 20241 min read

The Daily Mile is proudly supporting the launch of Children’s Mental …

Our joint effort focuses on the importance of providing daily physical activity to improve the health and wellbein

November 15, 20231 min read

Local Glasgow primary school collectively achieves goal of running ar…

The school started completing The Daily Mile in October 2021 and to increase motivation and excitement, decided to turn the activity into a challenge.

October 10, 20232 min read

On World Mental Health Day, leading sporting organisations from acros…

Federations, event providers and campaigning groups are asking political leaders to ‘unlock the power of sport’

September 27, 20232 min read

ITV, STV, SKY AND INEOS come together to tackle low levels of physica…

Backing a national TV campaign they are encouraging schools to sign up to The Daily Mile, to give more children a healthy start in life and support improved attainment in class.

April 13, 20232 min read

Milestone Smashed! One million children now taking part in The Daily …

One million children in all 50 states and Washington DC are taking part in the health and wellbeing initiative.

January 12, 20232 min read

Milstone Smashed: 4M children now taking part in The Daily Mile - dou…

2 million children are taking part in England alone.

October 28, 20223 min read

Scotland is world’s first Daily Mile Nation.

188,000 primary school children active every day in more than half of schools across Scotland.

October 03, 20222 min read

Be Active Be Well Campaign launch.

We are delighted to mark International Day of People with Disabilities 2022 by launching the new Be Active Be Well campaign.