We are a proud contributor to this book which examines the use of sport and physical activity-based interventions as a means by which to address crime and antisocial behaviour.

As Secretariat, we were proud to support the inquiry and launch of this report, helping to elevate sport and physical activity as a core priority for rehabilitation in prisons.

The Get Well, Stay Well Agreement launched in Dec 2022 as a framework to increase collaboration, health promotion and the use of physical activity and sport across the welfare and justice systems.

A co-designed regional Theory of Change sits at the heart of SYCP - aligning partners, guiding investment, and ensuring sport effectively prevents youth crime.

In April 2025, the University of Birmingham published its final evaluation of the Levelling the Playing Field Project, which was overseen by the Alliance of Sport and partners between 2020 and 2023.

This report is a must-read for anyone working with or supporting young people and looking to create more inclusive and equitable systems.

This preliminary copy of the report follows a period of research undertaken by AoS looking at how sport is being used to prevent youth crime and build a more resilient ASEAN.

Read this academic exploration of our co-designed Theory of Change underpinning the role of sport in the desistance from crime.

This 2014 paper comprises a small-scale, qualitative study of one such intervention in a Young Offender Institution (YOI) in the South of England.

The Alliance of Sport was instrumental in producing evidence for a new book detailing the impact of Covid-19 on sport across the world. 

The Alliance of Sport’s sector wide Theory of Change (ToC) has been analysed by experts in the field of sport and criminal justice to open it up to academic critique and debate

New research on how to form effective partnerships in sport and criminal justice has been published by Dr Haydn Morgan and Dr Colin Baker from the University of Gloucestershire.

A Unicef UK report examining youth justice issues which offers a series of recommended changes to ensure rights of children in contact with the law are properly protected and upheld.

Read the Government's response addressing each of the recommendations made in "A Sporting Chance: an independent review of sport in youth and adult prisons."

Read the much-anticipated review of sport in criminal justice, published by the Ministry of Justice and Edward Argar MP and authored by Rosie Meek in association with Clinks and the Alliance of Sport.

This Theory of Change is a vision for how sport can work together with the development and criminal justice sectors to achieve maximum impact.

Proud to support this first book by Professor Rosie Meek, exploring the role of sport in prisons and its contribution to rehabilitation and behavioural change.

This report assesses the economic value of three sports projects aimed at tackling gang violence and youth crime in the UK.

This report is the result of an 18-month research project exploring how the Urban Stars initiative works with young people in community and custody.

This report summarises the evaluation findings of the 2nd Chance Project football and rugby acadamy, a two year initiative at HMYOI Portland.