Children’s activity levels are on the rise, according to Sport England’s second annual Active Lives Children and Young People Survey. The report, covering the academic year 2018/19, showed an increase of 3.6% in the number of children in England doing an average of 60 minutes or more of physical activity a day. That means that 46.8% of the nation’s children and young...
In 2016, Sport England stated in their new strategy that they wanted to “encourage others to invest and innovate in markets with the greatest potential by making insight freely available, creating data standards, requiring those we fund to share their data and working with the Open Data Institute to promote the principles of shared data”. This statement was built on...
England Netball has announced the launch of its new Disability Strategy. In this the governing body outlines its plans to increase participation numbers in deaf and disabled women and girls. The strategy was introduced off the back of Sport England’s Active Lives 2017/18 report, which found that disabled people are twice as likely to be physically inactive than non-disabled people. In...
British Blind Sport has announced the launch of the BBS Activity Finder in January 2020. The Finder is a new and innovative way for blind and partially sighted people, family members and professionals to search for visually impaired friendly clubs and community groups across the United Kingdom. Over the last year, British Blind Sport has worked to ensure that the database...
Activity Alliance’s Annual Disability and Activity Survey is supported by Sport England. It gives an in-depth comparison of disabled and non-disabled adults’ experiences of sport and activity. Statistics continue to show disabled people are twice as likely to be inactive as non-disabled people. This new report helps readers to understand the motivations, barriers and scope for improvement in more detail. It...
'Sport for All' highlights ethnicity gap in sport; people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are far less likely to be physically active. This report is the most comprehensive ever picture of how people from BAME communities are taking part in sport and physical activity. The report considers: · Overall levels of activity and the significant differences between different ethnic groups · The types...
This report outlines the importance of physical activity for children aged under five. It highlights that children who do meet the Chief Medical Officers guidelines for physical activity during these formative years are more likely to participate in physical activity as they get older.
Presentation detailing levels of physical activities dependent on age, gender, social income, class and region. Currently only 20% of children meet government recommendations, with physical activity trends over the last four years decreasing.
The World Health Organisation sets out voluntary targets to decrease the prevalence of physical inactivity by 2025. Targets are set specifically for: 1. A 25% relative reduction in the risk of premature mortality from cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory diseases; 2. A 25% relative reduction in the prevalence of raised blood pressure or containment of the prevalence of raised blood pressure, according to...
This study explores the use of direct-to-consumer activity trackers (ie Fitbit) to aid self-monitoring and goal setting with the aim of to increasing physical activity among 25 postmenopausal women. The participants were tasked with achieving 150 minutes of activity per week as well as a daily goal of 10000 steps. The results were largely positive, with physical activity rates increasing and...