Sport England has launched an Autumn and Winter Activity Toolkit to help sports and physical activity providers to assist more people to stay active over the next six months. The toolkit, which is packed with resources and insight that’ll support both individuals and organisations, has been produced on the back of some new and worrying figures that show a decline in the nation’s activity levels.
It’s designed to help with the major difficulties that activity providers are facing due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, such as the ongoing tightening of restrictions, financial constraints and the annual seasonal challenge winter brings.
Sport England research has shown that, before the pandemic, activity levels across England had hit record highs, and though stubborn inequalities still existed, the upward trajectory gave much cause for optimism that sport and physical activity was becoming truly embedded in people’s daily lives.
While the early months of lockdown saw activity levels broadly hold up, as people turned to different activities like running, cycling and working out at home, recent analysis suggests that motivation has waned, with less than a third of adults in England now doing at least 30 minutes of activity on at least five days a week.
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Posted on 9th October 2020