The OSS has launched an ambitious year-long research project with the Data for Children Collaborative, UNICEF, Abertay University, Mulier Institute and private data companies to…
Ryan Brown26 October 2022
A new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed the growing global costs of the other pandemic - physical inactivity - and warned…
Ryan Brown24 October 2022
NEW UK research suggests the Covid-19 pandemic may have forced the decline in children’s participation in sport and physical activity to kick in at a…
David Ferguson6 July 2022
SPORT England are the latest organisation to put some numbers to the Covid impact on activity lives by revealing stark statistics on the accelerated levels…
David Ferguson22 October 2021
AFTER the fears that encircled a 'Covid Games', the 32nd Olympic Games brought a stirring blend of Japanese colour and excitement, and more unique stories…
David Ferguson9 August 2021
Worldwide progress to improve physical activity has stalled; overall deaths associated with inactivity remain at more than 5 million people per year (1m more than…
David Ferguson23 July 2021
The OSS encourages articles from a wide range of comentators and thought leaders on how and where community sport can have an impact across health,…
David Ferguson2 July 2021
New research has revealed Covid's negative impact on the mental health of people with disabilities, with many people also reporting that they have felt more…
Ryan Brown30 March 2021
By THOMAS ROWE (OSS Research Assistant) GOLF has been in a league of its own through the coronavirus pandemic as a sport that even the…
David Ferguson6 February 2021
How has the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown changed the nation's enthusiasm for and attitude to jogging? That is the question being asked by University of…
David Ferguson11 January 2021