This report by Women in Sport explores the reasons why women in midlife are less physically active and makes a series of recommendations to try and change this moving forward. The findings of the report show that a third of women aged 41 to 60 are not meeting the Chief Medical Officer’s guidelines of 150 minutes per week of exercise...

This report by Women In Sport explores the barriers that teenage girls face that prevent them from being more physically active. Their key findings show that teenage girls are far more disengaged from sport than their male counterparts. This is due to a wide range of factors such as lower levels of self-belief, capability and body image concerns. The findings...

This report by Loughborough University London explores Covid-19’s impact on sports and what this means for the future of the sports industry. The wider impact of Covid-19 on sports such as the effect on event management and community sport is discussed in this report. Alongside this, the report covers the economic impact of Covid-19 on sports including financial losses for...

This report by Activity Alliance explores non-disabled people’s experiences and perceptions of taking part in sport and active recreation with their disabled peers. It focuses on the concept of inclusive activity, in which disabled and non-disabled people take part together. Using an online survey utilising ‘implicit association testing’, Activity Alliance sought to understand underlying, deep rooted perceptions. The results of the...

This report by the Richmond Group of Charities provides an executive summary of Movement for All, which was a project aimed at helping people to become more active in a way that suits them and improve awareness of the benefits of and barriers to physical activity. The summary shares their key learnings, such as how to shift attitudes and behaviours towards...

This report from the Centre for Better Ageing summarises the findings of their research project to understand the personal and environmental barriers and enablers of active travel in people aged 50 to 70 and sets out the factors that govern active travel behaviours within this target group. These factors include things as infrastructure; confidence; having suitable role models; and enjoyment...

This report evaluates the London i-Tree Eco Project- a project dedicated to the millions of trees and shrubs in London’s parks, gardens, woodlands, and open spaces are collectively described as London’s ‘urban forest’. The methodology behind the i-Tree Eco is designed to use standardised field data from randomly located plots across the whole study area. This field data is combined...

This report by the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine and Loughborough University discusses eating disorders and disordered eating in athletes. Their research shows that eating disorders and disordered eating is common in athletes, impacting 1 in 5 female athletes and around 1 in 12 male athletes. This has a negative effect on athletes’ physical performance as well as...

This report by the Sport for Development Coalition, Mind, Loughborough University and Edge Hill University sets out clear recommendations for future policy and practice surrounding physical activity and mental health. The report explores how physical activity, sport and sport for development can transform lives after COVID-19. Recommendations include the introduction of a cross-government public mental health strategy, recognising the promotion of...

This report by the Royal Society seeks to understand how the internet shapes people’s engagement with scientific information. Information about Covid-19 is spread rapidly online, which can be great to inform people of current news surrounding the virus- however this report highlights the dangers that come alongside this. This includes the spread of misinformation surrounding Covid-19 that arises from the competition for...