This report by the Sport Industry Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam University gathers data and analysis to collate an overview of the research that exists across the UK regarding racism and racial inequalities in sport. The key findings include the fact that people from ethnically diverse backgrounds in England are disproportionately more likely to live in areas with higher levels...
This report explores the issue of mental health and illness in the UK sport and physical activity workforce using data from 202 UK coaches. They found that 44% of the workforce were currently dealing with mental illness, with coaches in community settings being the most vulnerable. The report utilises testimonies from both males and females on their experiences to highlight...
This report by CIMPSA details intelligence about physical activity and sport as well as its trends, distribution, and prospects. By understanding the sport and physical activity industry before the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns, CIMPSA offers the best intelligence they have to think about the future. The report investigates the changing sport and physical activity labour market covering...
This report, commissioned by UK Sport and the City of London Corporation focuses on how major sport events (MSE) can drive soft power, trade and investment impacts. The study focused on engaging stakeholders who play an active role in organising and funding MSE, as well as helping to form partnerships with MSE. The report details how MSE drive impact, the...
This report by Women In Sport discusses the impact of a workplace culture that negatively impacts women. This covers topics such as discrimination, a negative workplace culture, and under-represented women in senior roles in the sector. Women In Sport found evidence demonstrating the clear gap between how men and women feel in the workplace. The report promotes a change in workplace...
This report seeks to understand how diets have changed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the implications that this may have for reducing obesity levels and improving the populations diet. By May 2020 total calories were, on average, 15% above normal levels, and they remained higher than normal for the rest of 2020. Although the pandemic has led...
This report investigates the impact of an intervention project named re:fresh, which works in providing universal free access to leisure facilities alongside outreach and marketing activities in a deprived local authority area in the northwest of England. The project was introduced in Blackburn with Darwen, a deprived LA in the northwest of England in 2008, that provided free access to...
This report, supported by Sport England, includes a partnership collaboration study between Manchester Metropolitan University and five Active Partnerships (AP) in the north of England. The project reviews existing literature and information surrounding Covid-19 and the effect this had on motivation changes, behaviours and societal challenges facing the sport and physical activity sector. One of the aims of the research...
This report by InFocus evaluates the Sport Unites investment programme and Major Events Engagement Fund (MEEF) commissioned by the Mayor of London’s Community Sport team in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. The aim being to ensure that the challenges faced by the community sport sector are captured and that the impact is measured. Additionally, learnings by the sector in responding...
This report focuses on strategy and policy aimed at tackling obesity, which includes expert discussion and scientific research about how biology, genetics and the consequences of excessive weight can impact individuals and the wider population. Making healthy weight maintenance treatment and environments universally accessible and the introduction of a broader policy approach is the focus of this report. The necessary steps...