UKAD and CASES announce renewed clean sport partnership

• UK Anti-Doping and CASES renew strategic partnership to further protect the integrity of sport
• Enhanced collaboration will support in the region of 1,500 professional members, including CASES High Performance Sport Accredited Sport & Exercise Scientists, as well as those working towards becoming Athlete Support Personnel
• Updated agreement focuses on education, training and professional development initiatives 

Sports practitioners across the UK will benefit from strengthened anti-doping support following a renewed partnership between UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) and the Chartered Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (CASES).  

After being first established in 2018, the now updated Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) enhances collaboration between both organisations and directly supports sports scientists, coaches and athlete support personnel who play crucial roles in maintaining integrity across sport in the UK. 

The strategic partnership defines clear roles for each organisation in increasing clean sport awareness, providing education opportunities, events and development amongst practitioners. 

Tony Josiah, Director of Education, Insight and Global Engagement at UKAD, said:  

“We’re delighted to be continuing our work with CASES to ensure this vitally important group of Athlete Support Personnel have the resources and support they need to help athletes on their clean sport journeys. 

“This collaboration with CASES helps to ensure athletes receive support from properly educated and trained professionals who understand their responsibilities in maintaining sporting integrity.” 

CASES manages clean sport initiatives through its Integrity Advisory Group (IAG), which advises on safeguarding, ethics, clean sport education and whistleblowing procedures. The group supports policy development and member education on anti-doping matters. 

Prof Sue Backhouse Honorary Fellow of CASES, is a member of the IAG, with a Clean Sport focus, and has been involved in the review of the Agreement, said: 

“This renewed strategic partnership between UKAD and CASES represents a vital step forward in ensuring that clean sport efforts are not only evidence-informed but also embedded within a broader framework of integrity, education, and practitioner development.  

“Through the CASES Integrity Advisory Group, we are well positioned to co-create impactful interventions that resonate with the lived realities of practitioners. It takes collective action to foster a culture of integrity across the UK sporting landscape, and such partnerships are critical to achieving that goal.”