Welcome to the Research and Evidence Portal. Here you will find a catalogue of relevant national and local physical activity and sport literature made up of reports and case studies that allows users to search by key themes, location, date and age. You can also find a number of practical toolkits and guidance documents to support the marketing and promotion of your programmes and campaigns.
Stride with Pride- Project Case Study
Nov 2021
This case study outlines the Stride with Pride project and gets thoughts and reflections from Active Together Running and Walking Activator and Leicester's LGBT+ Funding and Development manager.
Class of 2035
Sep 2021
The Class of 2035 is a landmark policy and research report which explores the role that PE, sport and physical activity can and should play in young people’s education and development.
Moving Medicine Consensus Statement- It’s safer for people with long-term conditions to be physically active
Nov 2021
Moving Medicine
It’s safer for people with long-term conditions to be physically active. Findings from the development of a consensus statement by Moving Medicine.
The Children’s People and Nature Survey for England: Summer Holidays 2021
Oct 2021
UK Government
The Children’s People and Nature Survey ran between the 10th and 31st August 2021 (Wave 1), to understand how children and young people aged 8-15 are engaging with the natural environment in England during the school holidays.
Putting it into practice: Tools to support tackling inactivity through system change
Oct 2021
Are you working in a place trying to influence and activate change that will support communities to live active, healthier lives? Are you looking for practical approaches, models and tools that can help to support this change?
Active Lives Adult Survey - May 2020/21 (LLR Headlines)
Oct 2021
Local headline findings from Sport England's Active Lives Adult Survey (five years of data), providing an updated overview of adults’ (age 16+) sport and physical activity levels and loneliness data.
Active Lives Adult Survey - May 2020/21 Report
Oct 2021
This report provides an update on the sport and physical activity behaviours of adults (aged 16+) in England. The period includes 12 months of restrictions in response to the coronavirus pandemic, including three months of full national lockdown, six months of significant restrictions and three months of easing restrictions.
Physical activity: promotion within primary and secondary care
Sep 2021
Public Health England
This report provides practitioners, commissioners, and policy makers with an understanding of the factors that influence successful integration and implementation of physical activity promotion in primary and secondary care.
Keep on moving: Understanding physical inactivity among 50-70 year olds
Sep 2021
Centre for Ageing Better
This report explores the experiences, barriers and motivations for physical activity among people in their 50s and 60s.
Best foot forward: Exploring the barriers and enablers to active travel among 50-70 year olds
Oct 2021
Centre for Ageing Better
This report summarises the findings of The Centre for Ageing Better's work on active travel and, for the first time, sets out the factors that govern active travel behaviours in people aged 50 to 70.
