A study completed by Kings College London, in partnership with the British Heart Foundation and Tommy's charity, explored the effects that antenatal diet and physical activity intervention could have on pregnant women. The study examined pregnant women with obesity, assessing whether this intervention had a positive influence on the health of women and their children three years after birth. Those given...
Reports and publications released over the last 3 months have covered a range of topics relating to Covid-19 and its devastating impact on individuals and organisations both within and outside the sport sector. Presented here is a brief but important collection of quotes (gathered from relevant reports over the previous 3 months) pertaining specifically to the effects of Covid-19 on the mental health and wellbeing of different groups. The presentation was formed...
Working with Sheffield Hallam University’s Sport Industry Research Centre (SIRC), Sport England commissioned a project to assess and understand the social and economic impact of community sport and physical activity in England. There are two complementary parts to the research. Part one measures the social impact (including physical and mental health) of sport and physical activity while part two measures the economic...
British Blind Sport (BBS) has released its 2019 Impact Report, focusing on the developments and results the charity saw throughout last year. The report details the developments made in British Blind Sport over the previous year with insight into the successful projects, case studies and partnerships that have taken place, alongside volunteering, governance, membership and other logistical developments. The report shows that,...
This document summarises the learnings from a pilot of socially distanced sport funded by the Mayor of London and delivered by BADU Sports and Salaam Peace. It is important to note that it is intended as a practical toolkit, not official guidance. Participants were children aged 8-12 years and young people aged 15-19 years who were all able bodied and...
Sedentary behaviour (SB) has been identified as an important mortality risk factor. Health organizations have recognised SB as a public health challenge with major health, social, and economic consequences. Researchers have alerted the need to develop specific strategies, to monitor, prevent, and reduce SB. However, there is no systematic analysis of the SB changes in European Union adults. This study...
This statistical release presents information on walking and cycling in England using two main sources: the National Travel Survey (NTS) and the Active Lives Survey (ALS). Some key uses of the data include: describing patterns in walking and cycling, monitoring trends and contributing to evaluation of policies. The report summarises figures in walking and cycling throughout England, as well as trends, local authority figures and...
This guidance is aimed at those commissioning, designing, delivering and evaluating sport programmes with more cohesive and integrated communities as their goal. It does two main things: 1. Explains how sport and physical activity can lead to greater cohesion and integration. 2. Provides a practical guide to support organisations in the design and evaluation of these activities. This summary is structured around sequenced steps, based...
Much of the debate around the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, our responses to it, and the longer-term legacy that it will leave has quickly become a discussion about various forms of inequality. The purpose of this report is to bring together what has emerged so far about the impacts of the crisis on inequalities across several key domains of life. The report seeks to identify the various ways in which this...
The APPG (All Party Parliamentary Group) is a cross-party group of parliamentarians who meet to look for policy solutions that break down barriers to integration and which create opportunities for people from all walks of life to connect with each other and build bonds of trust. The COVID-19 crisis has the potential to disrupt social integration. But the generous response of so many...