The Alliance of Sport’s 2019 – 2020 Impact Report documents the organisation's achievements and progress. Some of the headlines include: Launching the Levelling the Playing Field project alongside the Youth Justice Board, thanks to record funding from the London Marathon Charitable Trust Launching and co-chairing the National Sports Forum for Reducing Reoffending in partnership with HMPPS Leading a...
The number of children and young people who were physically active fell during the 2019/20 academic year in England, as first storms and then the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic restricted the type of activities available. The figures, published today in Sport England's latest Active Lives Children and Young People Survey covering the 2019/20 academic year, show 44.9% of children and young people (3.2...
In this report, the Centre for Social Justice argues that the time is right for a more radical reform of physical education and sport provision for young people; there is a looming health crisis due to inactivity during lockdown and due to illnesses other than coronavirus going untreated. Given the UK’s existing obesity crisis, the CSJ is calling upon the government for bold action.
This THiNK Active report sets out to understand the extent that gyms, fitness clubs and leisure centres - during the COVID-19 pandemic - provide individuals with a safe environment in which to be physically active. The data finds that the self-reported incidence rate of positive COVID-19 cases was 1.12 cases per 100,000 visits for the combined SafeACTiVE and ukactive data sets....
Covid-19 poses a significant threat to the health and wellbeing of older people. Moreover, measures to lessen the risk of suffering from Covid-19 such as lockdowns and shielding can make it harder for older people to stay active. Physical activity is an important factor in staying healthy and is likely to play a role in Covid-19 resilience. The Physiological Society...
The UK government has committed to improving the nation’s health, including the ‘grand challenge’ of ensuring people are able to live an extra 5 years of healthy life by 2035 while ‘narrowing the gap between the experience of the richest and poorest’. Improving health should also be an important part of the government’s commitment to ‘level up’ the poorest parts of...
Good Parks for London is an annual report, now in its fourth year, compiled by Parks for London and sponsored by GL Hearn. It assesses each London borough’s parks service (from April 2019-March 2020) against ten criteria to enable comparison between them – it gives recognition for the great work that is happening across London, it helps improve performance and...
Tackling obesity and helping people achieve or maintain a healthier weight is complex. Most of the adult population in England is living with overweight or obesity and whilst the majority of the younger generation remain a healthy weight, it is not the case for every child, and particularly so for those living in our more deprived areas. We all have...
The main aim of this research was to investigate local authorities (LAs) in England who were identified to have significant downward trends in childhood obesity from 2006/07 to 2015/16, in order to identify common approaches or interventions that may have contributed to reductions in childhood obesity. Further aims were to highlight where future research would be beneficial to increase the...
Published by UK Coaching in October 2020, Volume 6 of the Applied Coaching Research Journal is aimed at everyone interested in extending their knowledge through coaching research and insights. The theme for volume 6 is transforming lives through coaching and it includes an article on learning and development environments. Within the report are a series are engaging articles, opinion pieces, top...