Tagged with: Physical Activity

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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What roles does physical activity play following the death of a parent as a young person? A qualitative investigation

Jan 2023

BMC

This research article looks at the benefits of physical activity in helping children and young people deal with parental loss, with research undertaken using qualitative methods.

Get Yourself Active- Social Care Activity Pack

Nov 2022

Sport England, Disability Rights UK

An interactive pack aimed at people working in social care to help you to support more disabled people to be active.

activity alliance and Britainthinks (2022) Inclusive recovery report: "Include me as we return to activity"

Oct 2022

Activity Alliance

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.

Activity Check-in: Focus on-the impact of cost of living

Jul 2022

Sport England

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.

Girls Active- National Report for Girls' data

Jun 2022

Youth Sport Trust

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.

Secondary Teacher Training Programmes- What we're learning about inequalities

Jun 2022

Sport England

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.

Leicestershire JSNA 2018-2021: Obesity: Physical Activity, Healthy Weight and Nutrition

Sep 2019

Leicestershire County Council

Obesity is a complex, systems problem, not simply a result of people choosing to over eat or be sedentary. Our choices are significantly influenced by the ‘obesogenic environment’; that is the layout of our environment, the range of choices available to us and our culture, values and social interactions.