The Active Recovery Hub, which has been funded by the National Lottery, provides schools, local authorities, and families with access to free resources to help more children reach the Chief Medical Officer's target of taking part in 60 minutes of physical activity a day.

The resource follow’s government’s School Sport and Activity Action Plan, which promised to extend the School Games website to help teachers and parents find opportunities for young people to compete and get active.

The new hub sits on the School Games website. Schools and users can search for activities by age and the time of day they want to get active.

More than 18,800 schools already take part in the School Games, while 38 sports organisations have provided content for the new hub that includes a diverse range of inclusive activities.

Ali Oliver, chief executive of the Youth Sport Trust, said the Active Recovery Hub will make it easy for schools to access age-appropriate content so children can be helped to be active, recover their wellbeing after the pandemic and re-engage in school.

“Teachers have told us they recognise the importance of physical activity and the outdoors in children’s recovery, but they have so much on their plate at the moment, we want to make it simple for them. The hub will support schools to find easy-to-use and engaging content all in one place, removing some of the barriers currently faced,” she said.