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.

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Physical Activity and Wellbeing Residents' Survey 2024

Sep 2024

A summary report of the findings from the Physical Activity and Wellbeing Residents' Survey 2024.

Active Together Annual Review 23/24 Case Study - Active Rutland

Aug 2024

The Get Rutland Walking programme, developed in conjunction with local organisations and skilled volunteers, provides a variety of walking activities available to all different demographics in the community. The programme supports the recruitment and training of volunteers to utilise individual skills, empower people and keep all sessions safe and sustainable.

Active Together Annual Review 23/24 Case Study - Oadby & Wigston Borough Council

Aug 2024

The community Ladies Softball Cricket session has been run in partnership with Leicestershire County Cricket Club on a weekly basis in Oadby. It is a female only session delivered by a female coach who is from an ethnic minority group.

Active Together Annual Review 23/24 Case Study - North West Leicestershire District Council

Aug 2024

North West Leicestershire District Council (NWLDC) provides a Seated Exercise Class every Thursday afternoon at Castle Donnington Community Hub.

Active Together Annual Review 23/24 Case Study - Melton Sport and Health Alliance

Aug 2024

The Let's Get Moving Melton Day event encouraged residents to 'move more, more often' and enabled them to take part in up to 30 beginner physical activity taster sessions throughout the day.

Active Together Annual Review 23/24 Case Study - Leicestershire County Council

Aug 2024

Supporting children in their early years can help build healthy habits for life. Physical development contributes to cognitive development and as children move and explore their surroundings they learn about the properties of objectives and their own capabilities.

Active Together Annual Review 23/24 Case Study - Active Leicester

Aug 2024

Since the end of 2023, Active Leicester welcomed a new audience of young people participating in the Holiday Activities and Food programme (HAF) running at their leisure centres. The HAF scheme gives eligible children the opportunity to access free activities and food over the Easter, summer and winter school holidays.

Active Together Annual Review 23/24 Case Study - Active Hinckley & Bosworth

Aug 2024

The UK Shared Prosperity Fund offered exciting opportunities for Cultural Services to bid for funding to support the development of health and wellbeing schemes across the borough.

Active Together Annual Review 23/24 Case Study - Active Harborough

Aug 2024

Time has been allocated for Community Health and Wellbeing Officers (CHWO) from the Active Harborough team to get out into the community and deliver interventions including a weekly Parkfit fitness class at Welland Park in Market Harborough.

Active Together Annual Review 23/24 Case Study - Active Charnwood

Aug 2024

The Guided Walks Programme is Active Charnwood's most popular and impactful programme. Almost 500 individual walks are delivered each year and in 2023, the programme had 12,019 attendances from 2,902 individuals.