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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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.
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.
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.
Unlocking The Potential
Jul 2022
How sport, recreation and physical activity can help improve the health and wellbeing of the nation.
Promoting Physical Activity through Schools: Policy Brief
May 2022
This policy brief describes the importance of integrating physical activity into primary and secondary schools so that all children and young people can be physically active on a regular basis.
LRS Annual Review 2020-21
Jun 2021
This review document highlights our key achievements over the past year through our strategic outcomes; Better Health, More People, Stronger Communities.
LRS Annual Review 2019-20
Jun 2020
This review document highlights our key achievements over the past year through our strategic outcomes; Better Health, More People, Stronger Communities.
Fit for the Future: The Health Value of Wellbeing and Leisure Services
May 2022
District Council's Network
The report makes a compelling case for the critical role that the wellbeing and leisure services provided by DCN member councils can play in tackling health inequalities.
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.
Impact of Covid-19 on older people’s mental and physical health: one year on
Jul 2021
Age UK have published a new report about the appalling impact of the pandemic on millions of older people aged 60 plus in the UK in the early part of 2021.