Source: Black Swimming Association 07.03.22
The Black Swimming Association (BSA) has launched #OurSwimStory - an industry pioneering research project, aimed at exploring the barriers that Black and Asian communities face when it comes to participating and engaging in the world of swimming and aquatics.
#OurSwimStory aims to e
Source: Gov.uk 10.03.22
The Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed £20 million of funding for Bikeability which aims to promote active travel and provide cycle training to half a million children and their families. The scheme has trained over 3.6 million children since 2007 and DfT has now announced record funding to ensure even more are equipped with the s
Source: Activity Alliance 07.03.22
Activity Alliance is calling time on negative perceptions through its campaign,‘Who says?’. The charity wants disabled children and young people to have the same opportunities to be active as their non-disabled peers.
Research highlights that there is significant work to do for it to be a level playing field for disabled children and young peop
Source: Women in Sport March 2022
Ahead of International Women’s Day, Women in Sport surveyed 4,000 teenage girls and boys as part of its research work Reframing Sport for Teenage Girls, funded by Sport England. It has has found that more than one million teenage girls (43%) who once considered themselves ‘sporty’, disengage from sport following primary school. A fear of feeling judged by
Source: Sport England 01.03.22
https://www.sportengland.org/news/new-funding-school-games-reach-disadvantaged-young-people
As part of Sport England’s commitment to support the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, the organisation is investing £2m of National Lottery funds to help the 450 School Games Organisers reach 19,000 schools across the country.
The School Games will be delivering the United by Birmingham 2022’s mission to improve the health and wellbeing of young people, using inspiratio
Source: NHS March 2022
https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/equality/equality-hub/core20plus5/
Intro and data sections - Core20slides.pptx
core20plus5-online-engage-survey-supporting-document-v1.pdf
The most deprived 20% of the national population as identified by the national Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD). The IMD has seven domains with indicators accounting for a wide range of social determinants of health.
Source: Sustrans 23.02.22
The construction phase of the new Stockingfield bridge across the Forth & Clyde Canal in North Glasgow is now complete and is on track to open to the public in September.
Representatives from Scottish Canals, Glasgow City Council and Sustrans joined Active Travel Minister Patrick Harvie MSP, as well as, residents to be the first to cross Stockingfi
Source: Youth Sport Trust 22.02.22
https://www.youthsporttrust.org/news-insight/news/charity-releases-annual-impact-report
https://www.youthsporttrust.org/news-insight/research/impact-report-2021
Young people reported feeling happier, more confident, and more physically active after participating in programmes run by the Youth Sport Trust, last year. The charity’s 2021 annual Impact Report also shows the positive impact its programmes had on young people’s communication, teamworking and leader
Source: Sport England 22.02.22
https://www.sportengland.org/news/girl-can-teams-parkrun-again
The second ever This Girl Can parkrun will celebrate International Women's Day. The first event, back in 2020, saw more than 15,000 additional women and girls taking part as walkers, joggers, runners or volunteers. The gender gap in activity levels persists, though, with women less likely than men to take part in parkrun events - despite registering for the weekly 5km activity in higher numbers.
This
Source: NCSEM 24.02.22
Researchers from Loughborough University's Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour (CLiMB), led by Dr Victoria Kettle, has found that exercise interventions delivered in primary care boost levels of moderate to vigorous intensity activity in adults by an average of 14 minutes a week. While this seems modest, even small increases
Source: Sport and recreation alliance 16.02.22
https://www.sportandrecreation.org.uk/news/industry/alliance-and-archery-gb-to-assess-impact-of-g
The Sport and Recreation Alliance has announced that it is working with Archery GB to assess the impact of Project Rimaya, an archery initiative set up with funding from SportsAid to introduce the sport to young Muslims, especially girls.
Project Rimaya – meaning ‘archery’ in Arabic – started in 2018 as a way of giving young Muslim girls the opportuni
Source: Activity Alliance 15.02.22
https://www.activityalliance.org.uk/news/6895-sense-active-launch-sensory-footbal
Sense Active has launched the Sensory Football programme improve the quality of football provision for people with complex disabilities. The programme includes a practical workshop, local mentoring, a toolkit, and on-demand videos and is aimed to provide a better understanding of sensory Football and how to plan, deliver and evaluate sensory football activities with a person-cen
Source: Activity Alliance 16.02.22
Special Olympics GB is set to return to full-scale competition, with the largest celebration of intellectual disability sport in Great Britain in a brand-new format called The Special Olympics GB Summer Series of Sport, following the pandemic.
The competition will consist of single and multi-sport events over a minimum of 12 sports, including athletics, sw
Source: Sustrans 16.02.22
https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/news/2022/february/paths-for-everyone-three-years-on/
sustrans-p4e-three-years-on-eng-digital.pdf
A new report Paths for everyone: Three years on, provides an update on the work of Sustrans across the UK to improve the access, safety and public appeal of the National Cycle Network across the UK's nations and regions.
Key statistics from the report show that 72% of users stated the Network is their best option for transport, with 95
Source: Activity Alliance 17.02.22
The Activity Alliance and partners have released a series of inclusive PE activity cards for teachers and school staff. The cards are jam-packed with fun games and activities, and support teachers to ensure their PE sessions are inclusive and accessible for all school pupils.
Created with the PE curriculum in mind, the games and activities are de
Source: Sport England 17.02.22
https://www.sportengland.org/news/movement-all-evaluation-report-published
https://richmondgroupofcharities.org.uk/publications
A new report is calling on organisations to work collectively in using existing insight to develop opportunities for people with long-term health conditions to be active. Produced by the Richmond Group of Charities, the report is an evaluation of its Movement for All project that began in 2018.
It was funded by an initial £1.3 million inve
Source: Ramblers.org 21.02.22
https://www.ramblers.org.uk/news/latest-news/2022/february/nature-for-everyone.aspx
The over 60 organisations, including experts in nature, public health, access and equality, have joined forces to launch a new ‘nature for everyone’ campaign. The campaign is calling for access to nature to be a key part of the UK Government’s Levelling Up reforms.
The joy of walking in nature is a simple, universal pleasure. But, for millions of people, it’s still out of reach. N
Source: Gov.uk 16.02.22
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-guidelines-to-support-disabled-children-to-be-more-active
Disabled children and young people will be supported to be more physically active following the publication of new guidelines from the UK Chief Medical Officers. The guidance, which recommends daily levels of physical activity, will support disabled children and young people to improve their physical and mental health throughout their lives.
The guidelines are underpinned by
Source: NCSEM 15.02.22
https://www.ncsem-em.org.uk/2022/02/15/your-help-is-needed-to-update-key-exercise-referral-resource/
Loughborough University is looking for people who are working in, or have previously worked in, exercise referral schemes to complete a short questionnaire. This is to help gain an understanding of the needs of people working in this area and what can be done to support.
In 2010, the British Heart Foundation National Centre for Physical Activity and Health, led on the dev
Source:Gov.uk 16.02.22
infographic-physical-activity-for-disabled-children-and-disabled-young-people.pdf
The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) has published the UK Chief Medical Officers’ physical activity guidelines for disabled ch
