The Creating Healthy Environments Toolkit presents a suite of practical tools that help local authorities to improve the walkability of our villages, towns and cities, and to tackle health inequalities and barriers to active lifestyles within the built environment.
This report provides a concise overview of basic information about 13 characteristics or groups of the population of Scotland, linking users to sources of further information.
The Chief Medical Officer for England 2009 annual report draws attention to major health challenges requiring immediate action and details progress made in key areas identified in previous annual reports.
Designing Streets is the first policy statement in Scotland for street design and marks a change in the emphasis of guidance on street design towards place-making and away from a system focused upon the dominance of motor vehicles.
A presentation by Professor Nanette Mutrie, University of Strathclyde, Director of SPARColl on the develpoemnt of the first UK Physical Activity Guidelines for Adults.
This review of research literature on evaluations of large-scale sport and physical activity programmes was commissioned by sportscotland as part of a larger evaluation of Active Schools.
This detailed report by Professor Celia Brackenridge reviews research on participation in sport and other physical activity by women, particularly mid-life women, and draws out policy implications.
This policy-related research review was commissioned to see to what extent we can answer an apparently simple question:Do sporting success or sporting role models promote sports participation?
In order to improve and develop their policy advice, the sports councils in the UK commissioned a review of what is known about sexual orientation in sport and to draw out implications and practical recommendations.
Schools throughout Scotland provide a critically important resource to support local community cultural and sporting activities of every level and type.
This overview hughlights the key statistics on participation in sport and physical recreation within Scotland by adults (16+) and children (8-15) living in Scotland.
