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Supporting care-experienced children and young people to be active

Local Government Association have published a briefing that demonstrates how councillors can…

Designing streets, parks and neighbourhoods so that play is safe

If we want children in London to be more physically active, we…

One-third of children don’t play outside after school

New research by University of Exeter, which involved 2,568 children aged between…

Girls design kit to tackle drop-out

ASICS’ 2024 State of Mind Study found that being physically active in your…

Enjoyment is key to youth participation

A new report by UK Youth and SQW into the barriers and enablers to…

Review of Opening School Facilities

London Sport, on behalf of the Department for Education (DfE), distributed the…

New campaign to protect Playing Fields and Pitches

The Sport and Recreation Alliance have launched ‘Protect Where We Play’ to… …

Obesity costs the UK £126bn/year. Prevention must be a priority

A new Nesta report has laid bare the scale of the UK’s…

Majority of 10/11year olds obese or overweight in 9 areas by 2035

A new report by the Royal Society for Public Health entitled ‘Playground…

72% say Always Active School Uniforms are more appropriate

As part of National School Sport Week, Youth Sport Trust outline how…

Nearly 45,000 Fewer Hours of PE

A new report by Youth Sport Trust finds:

JU:MP pilot increases CYP activity by 70mins/week in Bradford

JU:MP (which stands for Join Us: Move Play) is one of 12…

Schools closing as pupil numbers fall

The numbers of school children in London is falling (see above). The…

It starts with Play

Play England have released their 10-year strategy alongside their interim state of…

Asics: Global State of Mind Study 2024

This study covered over 26,000 people from 22 countries, considering the relationship…

Sported: Community Pulse [October 2023]

This research provides insights into the sustainability, ambitions and needs of grassroots…

Barriers and Enablers for Cycling – Journal of Transport and Health – 2024

[Authors: Daniel T. Bishop, Prathiba Batley, Huma Waheed, Tamara S. Dkaidek, Gabriela Atanasova, and David P. Broadbent] This research used a survey approach…

Youth Sport Trust: PE and School Sport – The Annual Report 2023

This report provides insight into the lives of children and young people,…

StreetGames: 1000 Young Voices – Youth Insight Report 2023

Young people from low-income households and under-served communities often face more barriers…

UK Deaf Sport x Women in Sport: Supporting Deaf Girls To Stay Active In Their Teenage Years And Beyond [Published: October 2022]

Over half of girls aged 11-16 are missing out on the benefits…

Cost of living and its impact on sport and physical activity: An analysis into the behavioural changes and perceptions on exercise during the cost-of-living crisis

Following our London 2012 Anniversary report in summer 2022 which highlighted the…

Sported Community Pulse: Making neighbourhoods stronger and safer through community sport

The Community Pulse is a longitudinal study of Sported members on the…

Youth Sport Trust PE and School Sport: The Annual Report 2023

In 2022, as part of the development of their new strategy, the…

Young People’s Voice

In 2019, StreetGames secured a three-year funding award from the London Marathon…

The association of school-related active travel and active after-school clubs with children’s physical activity: A cross-sectional study in 11-year-old UK children.

This report by the School for Policy Studies at the University of…

Disrupting knife crime through sport

This report by Dr Holly Collison-Randall from Loughborough University London covers her…

Reframing Sport For Teenage Girls: Tackling teenage disengagement

This report by Women In Sport explores the barriers that teenage girls…

Child Abuse in Sport: European Statistics UK National Report

This report details the Child Abuse in Sport: European Statistics or CASES…

Online Harms Experienced By Children and Young People: ‘Acceptable Use’ and Regulation: Executive Summary

The Social Switch Project, supported by the Mayor of London and Catch22,…

Sport For Better Mental Health

This report by Street Games and Brunel University investigates youth sport and…

Promoting Health Eating in Lambeth- Focusing on the Impact on Health of Hot Takeaway Fast Food Outlets

This report by the Lambeth Public Health Team aims to provide evidence…

Surviving a Pandemic – Community Sports Groups and Covid-19

This research, conducted by Sported, aims to understand the experiences of community…

Life in Lockdown: The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Teenage Girls’ Lives and Physical Activity

The Covid-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on everyone’s lives, but…

Community Pulse 2021 – Sported

Between January and February 2021, Sported asked members to complete an online…

Parents want wellbeing prioritised in schools as pandemic hits home

As pupils return to school, 64% of parents believe that the wellbeing…

Majority Of Parents Say Their Children Are Less Active Than Before Lockdown

More than two in three parents say they have seen their children’s…

Youth Sport Trust 2020 Impact Report

This impact report covers 2019/20 — the second full academic year of the…

Impact of Covid-19 Among Members – Sported December 2020 Report

In December 2020, Sport sought to consult with members to understand their…

Back in Lockdown: Girls’ and Young Women’s Hopes and Fears for the Future

For over a decade, Girlguiding’s research has captured girls’ and young women’s…

Alliance of Sport 2019/20 Impact Report

The Alliance of Sport’s 2019 – 2020 Impact Report documents the organisation’s…

Learning From Local Authorities With Downward Trends in Childhood Obesity

The main aim of this research was to investigate local authorities (LAs)…

Sport and Serious Youth Violence – Literature Review

This literature review, conducted by Loughborough University in partnership with Street Games…

Tackling Racism At The Grassroots

Black, Asian and minority ethnic people working or volunteering in community sport…

In Sport We Trust

Published by Sported in 2019, this report finds that there are two…

The Wider Impacts of COVID-19 and Recovery of Population Health in London

This slide pack summarises interim findings of two projects looking at the…

Children Return to PE With Low Levels of Physical Fitness

New research released by the Youth Sport Trust has recorded teacher’s accounts…

Socially Distanced Sport: A Toolkit for Sport and Physical Activity Practitioners

This document summarises the learnings from a pilot of socially distanced sport…

School Sport and Activity Action Plan

Schools play an important role in young people’s lives, and it is…

The Power of Sport: Guidance on Strengthening Cohesion and Integration Through Sport

This guidance is aimed at those commissioning, designing, delivering and evaluating sport programmes with…

The Youth Violence Commission – Final Report

The Youth Violence Commission Final Report is the culmination of four years of work by commissioners,…