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.
Defining Wellness Policy 2022 Report
Nov 2022
This is the first-ever study to define wellness policy and argue for why it is needed. Using GWI’s wellness economy data, the report provides, for the first time, a quantitative analysis showing the positive relationship between wellness spending, happiness, and health outcomes across countries.
activity alliance and Britainthinks (2022) Inclusive recovery report: "Include me as we return to activity"
Oct 2022
This research report is released by Activity Alliance in partnership with BritainThinks. It explores how disabled people's motivations and barriers to be active have changed since the COVID-19 pandemic, and how providers can support and include disabled people better in the future.
Urban design for health: inspiration for the use of urban design to promote physical activity and healthy diets in the WHO European Region
Aug 2022
Various approaches and tools are presented for supporting healthy diets and physical activity on different scales, ranging from policy level to concrete design of the built environment.
Helping people through the cost-of-living crisis and growing our economy: The role of walking, wheeling and cycling.
Oct 2022
Sustrans
The UK is facing the worst cost of living crisis for many years. Inflation is increasing with the UK on the tip of entering a recession. There are many measures that can simultaneously help promote growth and support people during the cost-of-living crisis, including walking, wheeling and cycling.
Secondary Teacher Training Programmes- What we're learning about inequalities
Jun 2022
The Covid-19 pandemic has further highlighted some of the stubborn and deep-rooted inequalities in our society, including activity levels. Research shows that some young people consistently feel excluded from opportunities to be active, whether that be PE, school sport or physical activity.
Girls Active- National Report for Girls' data
Jun 2022
This report summarises responses to the Girls Active Pre-Intervention Questionnaire that female pupils completed in June 2022. Overall, this study received 6653 responses from female pupils in school years 7 to 13, from all schools. This report only contains responses from female pupils. Male pupils' responses are in a separate report.
Ethnographic Stories- CoronaVirus Stories
Sep 2022
Ipsos, commissioned by Sport England, conducted five ethnographies with participants across England. Ethnographers spent a day with each participant and their household capturing everything on film to immerse us into their worlds and the context of their lives.
Physical Activity and Wellbeing Resident Survey 2022: Headline Summary for LLR
Sep 2022
A summary of the data collected from the Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Residents' Survey which ran between June and July 2022. The survey captured an updated picture on the attitudes, behaviours and intentions of our local community in relation to physical activity and sport.
Activity Check-in: Focus on-the impact of cost of living
Jul 2022
This document is for those who work in the sport and physical activity sector. It explores our current, collective understanding and shares some ideas on how to help people get, or remain active at low or no cost.
Activity Alliance- Leisure Factsheets
Aug 2022
A series of leisure factsheets that cover a range of top topics from developing inclusive strategies to workforce development and measuring impact. They support leaders in the leisure sector to strengthen their inclusion work and engage more disabled people.
