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This study covered over 26,000 people from 22 countries, considering the relationship between exercise and state of mind across the world. There is a positive link between the mind and physical activity, and a direct link between exercise as a teenager and people’s state of mind as adults. The more
This report provides some insight on the impact of Wild Swimming on Wellbeing. It discusses impact; covering social value and social prescribing. It also includes a number of case studies.
This report shows there is still work to be done to combat the inequalities affecting disabled people and their ability to take part in physical activity. Concerns include loneliness and the rising cost of living. This research included 998 disabled people, alongside 976 non-disabled people (16+). Seven themes were developed
This report by the National Sectors Partners group explores their current, collective understanding of how sport, recreation and physical activity can help improve the health and wellbeing of the nation. It also shares some statistics on the current state of the nation based on levels of physical activity and reasons
This report by Women in Sport explores the reasons why women in midlife are less physically active and makes a series of recommendations to try and change this moving forward. The findings of the report show that a third of women aged 41 to 60 are not meeting the Chief
This report by the Richmond Group of Charities provides an executive summary of Movement for All, which was a project aimed at helping people to become more active in a way that suits them and improve awareness of the benefits of and barriers to physical activity. The summary shares their
This report provides a summary of adult’s physical activity levels from May 2019-2020. Activity levels were on track for record highs before a national lockdown was introduced in March 2020. This report, which covers the 12 months including lockdown, should be read in conjunction with Sport England’s Active Lives Covid-19
British Blind Sport has announced the launch of the BBS Activity Finder in January 2020. The Finder is a new and innovative way for blind and partially sighted people, family members and professionals to search for visually impaired friendly clubs and community groups across the United Kingdom. Over the last
The highest ever levels of activity have been recorded by Sport England’s latest Active Lives Adult Survey, with 1 million more people physically active than when the survey began. Based on data gathered from 180,000 respondents (aged 16+) in the 12 months from May 2018 to May 2019, 1,015,700 more
The Physical Activity and Retirement Transitions Study (PARTS) was undertaken by Active Norfolk in partnership with UEA and funded by Sport England. The study set out to explore how retirement impacts on physical activity as well as the personal experiences, barriers and facilitators to being and keeping active whilst transitioning
A report on the impact of mixed ability sport has been released by International Mixed Ability Sports (IMAS) as part of their Sport England funded Mixed Ability Sports Development Programme (MASDP). Key findings highlight that mixed activity (with disabled and non-disabled people) can have a positive impact at an individual,
A new study of college students from not-for-profit health body ukactive and AoC Sport has found that physical activity could be a major tool in battling rising levels of loneliness among younger people, with active students 21% less likely to report feeling lonely all the time. The research also found
