Physical Activity Research & Learning
Step Change: Working together towards an active society
A report by Spirit of 2012 looking at what works when it comes to getting people to participate more in physical activity.
Sport & Physical Activity
Continuing the legacy of the London 2012 games by funding inclusive sport and reaching inactive people
Physical inactivity is one of the largest public health challenges in the UK, with over a quarter of the population classed as physically inactive.
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Get Set
All of the insights from Spirit’s grants to the British Olympic Foundation
Physical Activity Project evaluations
Changing Lives Through Sport And Physical Activity Fund Report
The Changing Lives Fund demonstrated that sport and physical activity can play a powerful role in reaching inactive people and helping them feel healthier, improve their mental wellbeing, feel included, develop skills and create community cohesion.
Physical Activity Research & Learning Wellbeing Women & Girls
ScotGov: Sporting Equality Fund
Working with the Scottish Government, our Sporting Equality Fund supported no fewer than 12 projects targeting women and girls to participate in sport and physical activity.
Cohesion Connected Communities Inclusion Integration Research & Learning
Grassroots participation in sport and physical activity
Research from British Future looking at how club football can be a force for social cohesion, connection and shared local identities.
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Youth Sport Trust & Sporting Equals: Breaking Boundaries
Evaluation reports from Breaking Boundaries, a community project which used sport to unite people across divides.
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City to Sea Evaluation
The full evaluation and summary from a surf therapy project that set out to transform the mental health and wellbeing of young people in inner-city London.
Disability Inclusion Legacy of Events Project evaluations
National Paralympic Day Evaluation
Learnings from an annual celebration of the London 2012 Paralympic legacy and disability inclusion in sports.
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Open Ceremonies Evaluation
The Changing Lives Fund demonstrated that sport and physical activity can play a powerful role in reaching inactive people and helping them feel healthier, improve their mental wellbeing, feel included, develop skills and create community cohesion.
Disabled people Sport and physical activity
Get Out Get Active
Nationwide
Get Out, Get Active is an initiative to get people active in locations across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Sport and physical activity Wellbeing Women and girls
Sporting Equality Fund
Scotland
Working with the Scottish Government, our Sporting Equality Fund supported no fewer than 12 projects targeting women and girls to participate in sport and physical activity.
Wellbeing
Sporting Memories
Nationwide
Sporting Memories Network brought generations of sports fans together to celebrate memories of London 2012 in a ground-breaking project that aimed to improve the mental and physical wellbeing of older people.
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My Sport, My Voice!
Nationwide
My Sport, My Voice! is raising the profile of the UK’s elite athletes with learning disability by providing a platform to showcase their sporting achievements and inspire others to succeed.
Arts
All Roads Lead To Alexander
Birmingham England
£200,000 has been awarded to the north Staffordshire charity Caudwell Children to create a new art and culture project linked to the Commonwealth Games, following a collaboration between Spirit of 2012 and Birmingham 2022.
Young people
Camp Glasgow & Pop Up Games
Nationwide
The nationwide programme aimed to bring the values, opportunities and spirit of the Commonwealth Games to 14-25 year olds from disadvantaged areas in partnership between StreetGames and Spirit of 2012
Sport and physical activity
Legacy 2014 Physical Activity Fund
Scotland
Spirit of 2012 is a legacy partner of the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and was awarded £1.3 million by the Scottish Government to get the least active people in Scotland more active and generate learning for the benefit of the rest of Scotland.
Disabled people Sport and physical activity
National Paralympic Day
Nationwide
National Paralympic Day is a celebration of the Paralympic movement and an opportunity for people in the UK to come together to relive the wonder of London 2012.
Sport and physical activity Women and girls
Sirens For Success
Glasgow Scotland
Netball Scotland’s Sirens for Success programme Sirens for Success is a six-week programme, delivered in schools by ambassadors who are either current Sirens or national players.
Young people
Spirit of Rugby
Nationwide
Spirit of Rugby was a nationwide project spread across two years and 15 communities inspired by the England 2015 Rugby World Cup and the 2016 adoption of Rugby 7s as an Olympic Sport in Rio.
Disabled people Sport and physical activity
Flyerz Hockey
England
Access Sport’s Flyerz project targeted young disabled people in England and Wales who face the additional challenge of growing up in poverty, providing them with inclusive hockey activity.
Young people
City to Sea
Cornwall England London
The Wave Project created inclusive surfing communities amongst vulnerable young people in Cornwall and inner-city London
Sport and physical activity
Get Set
Nationwide
Get Set’s Road to Rio, Travel to Tokyo and Bound for Beijing uses the power of events to inspire young people and their families to get active wherever they are.
Sport and physical activity
Breaking Boundaries
Birmingham Bradford England London Manchester
Breaking Boundaries is a £1.8 million project bringing together young people, their families and communities through regular engagement in cricket: playing, spectating and volunteering.
Sport and physical activity
Changing Lives Through Sport And Physical Activity Fund
Scotland
The Changing Lives Fund was a partnership between the Scottish Government, sportscotland, the Robertson Trust and Spirit of 2012.
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With a focus on people and targeted, sustained investment, the legacy from major sporting events can deliver participation
This summer marks ten years since the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and last week the National Audit Office (NAO) published a report Grassroots participation in sports and physical…
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An active legacy: Celebrating 7 years of GOGA reaching inactive people
Spirit of 2012 is very proud to have funded GOGA for the last 7 years and to have committed £7.5m to the programme – being the founding funder in Phase…
Learning wellbeing
“Life-changing” approaches to activity can increase wellbeing
Renaisi’s new report, Understanding, Supporting, and Measuring Wellbeing presents wellbeing outcomes data of Spirit grants between 2019 to 2022, and looks at some of the activities and approaches that were…
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Sporting events can boost participation and reduce inactivity, but the key is in the approach
The Public Accounts Committee has been critical of DCMS and Sport England over the weekend for making insufficient progress at reducing inactivity. It’s something we’ve thought a lot about at…
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Breaking Boundaries: What we’ve learnt about cricket and social cohesion
Today, Sporting Equals, the Youth Sport Trust and Spirit of 2012 have submitted evidence to the Independent Commission on Equity in Cricket (ICEC). Launched in March 2021 in response to…
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Celebrating Scottish Women and Girls in Sport Week
For the last 4 years, Active Scotland have used Scottish Women And Girls Week to shine a light on the participation of women and girls in sport and physical activity….
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Reaching inactive people through inclusion – the GOGA way
As someone who runs, plays football and likes to get a sweat on, I understand the benefits of being active on people’s physical, mental and social wellbeing. But I know…
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Hollingsworth is right: hosting major sporting events can have long-term benefits, but only with a clear plan for what’s next
Chief Executive of Sport England, Tim Hollingsworth, has come out in strong defence of major events, following the abrupt and disappointing decision of Victoria State Premier Daniel Andrews to pull…
Funding Scotland sport and physical activity Sporting Equality Fund women and girls
On International Women’s Day we reveal new research on how we got girls & women active
Their joint £325,000 investment into a Sporting Equality Fund (the Fund), which was launched in July 2017, resulted in more than 2,800 girls and women taking part in sport and…
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Path to Paris: The Get Set story so far
With the starting gun fired for 6 months to go, yesterday I was delighted to head to Salford to meet young people and athlete ambassadors involved in the latest Get…