Moving for mental health (Jan 2022)
The Sport for Development Coalition worked with the national mental health charity Mind, Edge Hill University and Loughborough University to produce a policy brief and research report to highlight the role of physical activity, sport and sport for development in promoting movement and mental health following Covid-19.
Submission to the 2021 Comprehensive Spending Review (Oct 2021)
Submission from the Sport for Development Coalition to the Government's 2021 Comprehensive Spending Review, call on the Chancellor to capitalise on the potential of sport and physical activity to act as a 'team player' in levelling up communities, tackling deprivation and building back better from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Submission to the DCMS Committee 'Sport in our Communities' inquiry (July 2021)
This submission sets out eight key policy considerations in response to the questions posed by the DCMS Select Committee Sport in our Communities Inquiry. They primarily focus on sustaining and enhancing the positive social impact of the community sport and physical activity, which is estimated to provide £85billion of social and economic value to the country.
Coalition submission to the House of Lord's National Plan for Sport and Recreation Committee (Feb 2021)
This submission to the House of Lord's National Plan for Sport and Recreation Committee supports the development of coherent national policy and plans for sport and recreation. It sets out an argument for policy direction to be ambitious and transformative such that it is a catalyst for ‘a new social contract for sport and physical activity’.