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BHFNC physical activity and health updateScottish Sports Development Conference22-23 April 2013The Westerwood Hotel, CumbernauldPrice £150-£345 + VATThis conference aims to bring together delegates from all levels of sport development, fromgrassroots development officers to senior managers, from local authorities, the voluntarysector and national governing bodies within Scotland.This year’s theme is based on Our Sporting Communities – Investing in the future. Theconference is supported by sportscotland and is designed for professionals in sport and physicalactivity, working either in teams or independently throughout Scotland. It will focusspecifically on mainstream sport development in Scotland, although it will draw on the widerUK sport development experience.For further information visit www.ssdc.org.ukKeep up-to-date on physical activity and healthTo join the BHFNC database and receive our updatesstraight to you inbox click here and sign up to ourdatabaseIf you have any questions or would like us to consideryour news for our next update please email us onbhfnc@lboro.ac.uk or call 01509 226421You can also follow us on Twitter @BHFactivePage 20
BHFNC physical activity and health updateNewsActive People Survey 6 releasedThe latest release of data from Sport England’s Active PeopleSurvey shows a statistically significant increase in sportsparticipation. This equates to 15.5 million adults taking part insport at least once a week for 30 minutes at moderate intensity.Over 57% of those questioned had done no 30 minute sessions,of at least moderate intensity, in the previous 28 daysThe Active People Survey is Sport England’s main participationmeasure and is based on the percentage of adults (aged 16+)participating in at least 30 minutes of sport at moderate intensity at least once a week.The survey shows that sports that are growing in popularity are athletics, judo, tennis andswimming.For more information and detailed results visit the Sport England websiteCricket Foundation report on impact of OlympicsThis report, commissioned by the Cricket Foundation, analysesthe impact the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has had onschool sport in Britain.They surveyed 1,006 parents of children aged between 5-16about their child’s sporting habits post the 2012 Games.Over half of parents polled said the Olympics have inspired theirchildren to do more sport in some way; 15% said their child nowdoes more sport outside of school and 9% do more sport inschool.Nearly eight out of ten parents also said the amount of PE and games done in school has stayedthe same as before the Olympics, with half saying that their child did fewer than two hours aweek of PE or games lessons at school. One in ten parents said their child wanted to do moresport after the Olympics, but there were no opportunities for them to do so at school.Download: Being Active – The Cricket Foundation surveyFor further information on this report visit www.chancetoshine.orgPage 21
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