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.
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.
Reframing Sport for Teenage Girls: Tackling teenage disengagement
Mar 2022
Women in Sport
Women in Sport carried out a nationally representative survey of over 4,000[3] adolescent girls and boys age 11-18 years old to explore their engagement in and attitudes towards sport and exercise. The findings are outlined in this report.
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.
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.
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.
Physical activity guidelines: disabled children and disabled young people
Feb 2022
UK Government
Infographic explaining the physical activity needed for general health benefits for disabled children and disabled young people.
Physical activity in disabled children and disabled young people: evidence review
Feb 2022
UK Government
Findings of a rapid evidence review into the health benefits and potential risks of physical activity for children and young people who have disabilities.
Understanding the physical activity needs of families who have children with complex disabilities
Feb 2022
This report highlights key findings and recommendations for all sports providers to consider when delivering sport and physical activity for children with complex disabilities.
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.
