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BWL is delighted to announce that it has achieved the Equality Standard for Sport at Intermediate Level.

John Lear - 1935 - 2020

The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis has sparked a global protest against racism and injustice towards black people. In support of this, we respected the silence of #BlackOutTuesday across our social media channels.

This week it is National Volunteers’ Week and we wanted to highlight some of the amazing work that is going on throughout the British Weight Lifting Community.

June is celebrated as pride month. Pride is a fantastic and colourful celebration of the sexual diversity of people. And while it is the festival of the LGBT+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) community, it’s a wonderful time for people from all backgrounds to join together and celebrate sexual diversity and support their LGBT+ friends and colleagues. As well as being a month-long celebration, Pride month is also an opportunity to raise political awareness of current issues facing the community.

British Weight Lifting are delighted to announce the winners of the 2019 Annual Achievement Awards.

To keep the nation moving Sport England are encouraging everyone to use the hashtag #StayInWorkOut to share what people have been doing to keep active at home.

British Weight Lifting are delighted to announce a new commercial partnership with SBD Apparel.

Blue Monday is the name given to the third Monday of January that is claimed to be the most depressing day of the year. Below we detail what it is and how a barbell can be utilised in the battle against the winter blues.

The Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation have released their end of year rankings and records as of the 31st December 2019.