Current estimates suggest that nearly a third of children aged 2 to 15 are overweight or obese in the UK and younger generations are becoming obese at earlier ages and staying obese for longer. Obesity rates are highest for children from the most deprived areas and this situation is getting worse. Children aged 5 and from the poorest income groups...
Data released by children’s charity the Youth Sport Trust (YST) shows a confidence crisis in girls is stopping them from getting active from as young as the age of seven. The research involved 5,454 boys and girls aged 7 to 11-years-old across England. It showed that even in primary school, almost twice as many girls as boys report that a...
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, club and societal level. Created by IMAS, the Mixed Ability Sport...
A study of inactivity levels in school children, which suggest that the current generation is the least active generation in history. It highlights the benefits of children being active and how little understanding we have of the current scale of inactivity. Key results: 1. 10% of schools use indirect measures 2. 1% of schools formally measure physical literacy 3. 91% of schools track...
This report examines the impact of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games on grassroots sports participation in London and compares London's participation with England, other English cities and other countries in Europe. Uses Sport England APS data 1x30 and 3x30 minutes data as a benchmark. Findings indicate that participation did increase in the year of the Olympics across both able-bodied and...
The research took place between November and December 2014. Research sample: girls and women aged 11 to 57 years-old, with different sporting interests and at different life stages. Women’s participation is influenced in a multitude of ways: positively and negatively, directly and indirectly, externally and internally and intentionally and unknowingly. By only focusing on ‘role models’ rather than ‘influencers’, there is the...
This report presetns four opposing visions of what the Class of 2035 might look like based on current long term trends and drivers. It highlights that although sport and physical activity are extremely attractive to young people, PE lessons in school, for many, represent the extent of physical activity. And, whilst there is no singular sporting context for children, practitioners...
A 50 page insight document exploring our current understanding of women and how to close the gender gap in sport. The report details 7 key principles that need to be kept in mind when delivering exercise to this target group. It then details the main barriers, motivations and triggers that need to be covered in order to understand and engage...
Sport England presentation that provides insight into understanding young people (14-25) via the context of their environment and their attitudes and behaviours and, how that impacts on their motivations and relationships with sport. It further outlines key information on how to engage, deliver to and retain young people in sport with case studies of successful activites.
Research involving consultation with young disabled people to explore their experience of sport and physical activity during their transition from education to adulthood. The findings highlight a range of reasons why disabled people do or do not engage in sport and physical activity as they move on from education. These cover internal factors, such as having the motivation as well...