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.
Active Together Annual Review 21/22 Case Study - Active Charnwood
Aug 2022
This case study highlights the achievement of Active Charnwood in providing activities for a women's group from the Loughborough College Community ESOL group (English for Speakers of Other Languages).
Active Together Annual Review 21/22 Case Study - Active Blaby
Aug 2022
A case study on the 'Back To It' intervention.
Active Together Annual Review 21/22 case study- Better Health
Aug 2022
This case study highlight the achievements made in the better health campaign concerning the early years conference, targeted weight management physical activity project and beat the street campaign.
Active Together Annual Review 2021/22
Aug 2022
The document provides a snapshot of the work of the Active Together Board, team and partners and what we have done in partnership to encourage the communities in Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland to be physically active and move more.
Grassroots participation in sport and physical activity
Jul 2022
National Audit Office
This report examines how far the Department and Sport England have achieved value for money in their spending on grassroots sport and physical activity amongst those aged 16 and over, and have supported value for money in the system-wide spending across government.
Annual Disability and Activity Survey
Jun 2022
Now in its third year, the Activity Alliance' Annual Disability and Activity Survey continues to track disabled people’s perceptions and experience of sport and activity.
The Business of Health Equity: The Marmot Review for Industry
May 2022
Institute of Health Equity, Legal and General
This major new report from the UCL Institute of Health Equity, produced in partnership with Legal & General, examines the evidence of how businesses affect our health, and what they can do to improve health equity.
Disrupting knife crime through sport
Apr 2022
This report portrays insights that hold a key for successful intervention of sports programmes to tackle violent knife crime.
Easier to be Active- Research Summary and Recommendations
Mar 2022
National Centre for Sport & Exercise Medicine & The Centre for Sport & Exercise Science, Sheffield Hallam University, Sport England
This report is for physical activity professionals, health professionals, those with long-term health conditions and their carers, to help them understand what inclusive physical activity looks like and how we can strengthen the system to support people with long-term health conditions more effectively.
A Level Playing Field- PE Research Review
Mar 2022
Ofsted
Ofsted has published its research review into Physical Education (PE), the latest in a series of reviews into different subjects across the curriculum.
