Content TypeDatasets
TopicFacilities and Outdoor space
London Sport
Added 10 months ago

In November 2021, ukactive and the This Girl Can campaign collaborated to publish a practical guide, "How to improve your services for women and girls: As told by the 51%", based on research that was commissioned to better understand the experiences of women and girls using fitness and leisure facilities. The purpose of the guide was to help facilities create …

London Sport
Added a year ago

When women and girls feel unsafe, they are less likely to use, enjoy and benefit from parks, particularly when alone and after dark. This paper by the University of Leeds engages in a discussion about parks and play spaces and how they should be better designed and managed to be well-used, become sociable places that offer activities and facilities …

London Sport
Added 2 years ago

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 …

London Sport
Added 2 years ago

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 …

London Sport
Added 3 years ago

Good Parks for London is an annual report, now in its fourth year, compiled by Parks for London and sponsored by GL Hearn. It assesses each London borough’s parks service (from April 2019-March 2020) against ten criteria to enable comparison between them – it gives recognition for the great work that is happening across London, it helps improve performance …

London Sport
Updated 4 years ago

This report focuses on the usage of the Douglas Eyre Sports Centre (DESC) in Walthamstow between April 2014 - March 2015. The playing pitches at DESC have been owned and managed by London Playing Fields Foundation (LPFF), but are under threat of development and so this report was written to demonstrate the sporting value of the facility and playing pitches in …

London Sport
Updated 4 years ago

Traditionally, disabled people have been excluded from typical gym and leisure facility marketing. This guide provides support to attract disabled people, provide a more inclusive service and motivate them to want to come back to your facility. Organisations who have achieved the IFI mark invest a lot of time to do so, and this guide will ensure you are able …

London Sport
Updated 4 years ago

The Sport and Recreation Alliance has launched Reconomics Plus, an online resource to help sport and recreation organisations demonstrate the impact of their work on the economy, our health and local communities. This new resource brings together the latest research and statistics, produced in partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University, to highlight the contribution of outdoor recreation in England. Reconomics Plus …

London Sport
Updated 4 years ago

Walking in urban parks and green spaces is great for our physical and mental health and this new report from The Ramblers and the Town and Country Planning Association explores the ways it can be made easier for people of all ages and backgrounds in urban areas to take a walk in the park. People were surveyed about their attitudes …

London Sport
Updated 4 years ago

Three in four adults regularly use the outdoors to get active, making it Britain's favourite type of physical activity. Outdoor recreation encompasses a wide variety of activities, from walking to skydiving: activities with different motivations but which ultimately lead to enjoyment. Outdoor recreation contributes largely to the visitor economy, income which rural areas largely rely on. Furthermore, the industry …