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Fewer than half of young Londoners are doing enough physical activity

The Active Lives Children and Young People (CYP) Survey provides insight on…

Youth Sport Trust warns of escalating health crisis for the ‘Class of 2035’

New analysis from the Youth Sport Trust highlights the long-term consequences of…

ukactive aim for 1m more active CYP by 2030

In November ukactive released research figures showing that around half (49%) of…

Residents care about Parks

A recently published report from More In Common looked at how green spaces…

More evidence needed around Place

A new report from Place & Evidence emphasises the need for better evidence…

Augmented Reality opportunities

Augmented Reality (AR) is creating exciting new ways to exercise that could complement or…

Rethinking active spaces amid housing and planning policy shifts

A number of news pieces have emerged reporting that councils will lose the…

£4.38 benefit for every £1 invested

The latest research from Sport England in partnership with State of Life,…

Prioritise long-term investment into communities

The new report from a research programme by the British Academy and…

Manchester University NFT promote physical activity after successful pilot

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (NFT) has committed to promoting physical activity…

Physical Activity in an Ageing Society

The CMO, Professor Sir Chris Whitty, gave evidence to the Health &…

NHS: With satisfaction at record low, will people go private?

The good folks at Trajectory have published their latest ‘Slow Futures’ blog…

Updated Indicies of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) for England 2025

An update to the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) has recently been…

Swim benefits beyond the pool

New research supporting Swim England’s #LoveSwimming campaign concludes that swimming lessons help…

London’s £4 billion funding gap:

The slow unravelling of the city’s community heart London’s councils are facing…

Economic snapshot of S&PA in London

The graphs above give us a picture of how London is spending…

Climate  change directly impacts activity and wellbeing

Research from University of Oxford available at NDORMS combined data from 90,000…

£1 on Free Bikes Generates £12 Return

Sport England and Active Wellbeing Society have launched the research findings on…

‘Waiting Well’ benefits patients and NHS (Prehab case studies)

We have recently created an internal LS document that pulls together multiple…

New community health model aims to put wellbeing at the heart of every neighbourhood

The Government will roll out first neighbourhood health services in 43 places…