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.
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.
Tackling Inactivity in College Students Insight Pack
Jun 2023
This research pack aims to delve deeper into the challenges faced by young people in colleges and identify innovative ways the sport sector can revolutionize the promotion and delivery of physical activities to reduce inactivity among college students.
Surviving a Pandemic: Community sports groups and COVID-19
Mar 2021
Sported
Sported launched a series of surveys and focus groups to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on community sports groups.
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.
State of the nation 2021: children and young people’s wellbeing
Feb 2022
Department for Education
A report on the wellbeing of children and young people over the academic year 2020 to 2021.
State of Play
Mar 2022
Made By Sport
Made by Sport set about with the intention of painting a landscape of the scale of issues facing young people today. The picture is disheartening - issues facing young people before the pandemic have been exacerbated, and new ones have come to the forefront of their daily lives.
Spotlight on Volunteering & Gender: Active Lives Adult Survey
Jul 2018
This volunteering and gender report takes a look the gender profile in sport and physical activity volunteering, and the trend for women to be under-represented across the different volunteering roles. The report looks specifically at three life stages to help understand what might be driving this trend.
Spotlight on Older Adults: Active Lives Adult Survey
Jul 2018
The older adults report by Sport England looks at how activity levels change as we get older and explores the reasons behind the high levels of inactivity in older people.
Spotlight on Lower Socio-Economic Groups
Jul 2018
This report on lower socio-economic groups by Sport England focuses on the differences in activity levels across socio-economic groups and why, in particular, the lower group are more likely to be inactive.
Spotlight on Gender: Active Lives Adult Survey
Jul 2018
Sport England explore the reasons why women are less active than men. The latest statistics show that 63% of men are active compared to 59% of women, with men more likely to take part in higher intensity activities than women.
