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.
Best foot forward: Exploring the barriers and enablers to active travel among 50-70 year olds
Oct 2021
Centre for Ageing Better
This report summarises the findings of The Centre for Ageing Better's work on active travel and, for the first time, sets out the factors that govern active travel behaviours in people aged 50 to 70.
Putting it into practice: Tools to support tackling inactivity through system change
Oct 2021
Are you working in a place trying to influence and activate change that will support communities to live active, healthier lives? Are you looking for practical approaches, models and tools that can help to support this change?
The Children’s People and Nature Survey for England: Summer Holidays 2021
Oct 2021
UK Government
The Children’s People and Nature Survey ran between the 10th and 31st August 2021 (Wave 1), to understand how children and young people aged 8-15 are engaging with the natural environment in England during the school holidays.
Sector Profile: Sport and Physical Activity in Leicester and Leicestershire
Sep 2021
Leicester & Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP)
LLEP have conducted research on 15 key sectors of interest to the local economy, to better understand the impact of both Covid-19 and EU Exit across our sectors and what the future could look like in the short, medium and longer term.
Physical Activity and Wellbeing Resident Survey 2021: Least Active Summary Report
Sep 2021
Headline findings from the Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland (LLR) resident survey 2021: least active residents
Physical Activity and Sport’s Contribution to Wellbeing, Health, Economic Recovery and Growth
Sep 2021
This report commissioned by Active Together, formerly Leicester-Shire and Rutland Sport, highlights the impact of physical activity & sport on health & wellbeing and, in turn, on the economy.
Guidance for Transgender Inclusion in Domestic Sport
Sep 2021
The Sport's Councils Equality Group
The Sports Councils’ Equality Group (SCEG), made up of representatives from each of the UK’s sports councils, commissioned a review of its existing guidance (2013/15) for the inclusion of transgender people in sport last year, recognising that sport at every level required more practical advice and support.
Keep on moving: Understanding physical inactivity among 50-70 year olds
Sep 2021
Centre for Ageing Better
This report explores the experiences, barriers and motivations for physical activity among people in their 50s and 60s.
Physical activity: promotion within primary and secondary care
Sep 2021
Public Health England
This report provides practitioners, commissioners, and policy makers with an understanding of the factors that influence successful integration and implementation of physical activity promotion in primary and secondary care.
Class of 2035
Sep 2021
The Class of 2035 is a landmark policy and research report which explores the role that PE, sport and physical activity can and should play in young people’s education and development.
