
This toolkit from UK Coaching will equip coaches with the knowledge and skills to provide great coaching experiences to others, as well as support coaches to begin to better look after themselves.
+ Read moreThis toolkit from UK Coaching will equip coaches with the knowledge and skills to provide great coaching experiences to others, as well as support coaches to begin to better look after themselves.
+ Read moreThis open-access article by Mark Norman from McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada makes a novel argument for increasing the depth of research into sport in prisons and confinement settings.
+ Read moreThe Mayor of London has produced a toolkit for Sport and Physical Activity professionals for delivering sport safely in the post-Covid-19 environment.
+ Read moreStatistics published by the Youth Justice Board reveal that disproportionality in the youth justice system remains an acute problem.
+ Read moreBeyond Acronyms: Gypsies, Roma and Travellers in the Criminal Justice System is a useful resource for anyone working with this cohort, including those in Sport for Development.
+ Read moreFergus McNeill, Professor of Criminology and Social Work, Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research at the University of Glasgow, provides an alternative perspective on offender rehabilitation.
+ Read moreThis review looks at the literature on how and why poverty and crime influence one another, and the implications for practical policy and strategy.
+ Read moreDownload and digest Lord Farmer's report in which he identifies family ties as the "golden thread" running through the processes of all prisons.
+ Read moreThe Youth Justice Board’s 2019-20 business plan recognises the role sport plays in supporting young people in the criminal justice system.
+ Read moreThis new Ministry of Justice toolkit helps organisations measures the effectiveness of programmes that support individuals’ desistance from crime.
+ Read moreSport was recognised as an enabler of sustainable development by a United Nations resolution in December 2018. Take a look at the full UN draft resolution.
+ Read moreThis guide, produced by Skills for Care, provides advice on employing people with criminal convictions in social care.
+ Read moreThe All-Party Parliamentary Group on Youth Affairs has published its inquiry into the role, issues, challenges and needs of youth work to adequately serve young people today.
+ Read moreThe October 2018 issue of Health Club Management magazine asked what role sport and physical activity can play in preventing crime and anti-social behaviour.
+ Read moreThis report provides the key findings from the Commonwealth’s consultation on the contribution Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) can make to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
+ Read moreThe World Health Organisation's global action plan was developed through a worldwide consultation process involving governments and key stakeholders across multiple sectors.
+ Read moreSocial justice charity Nacro have produced this useful briefing on the regulations around use of criminal offence data in employment and education.
+ Read moreRead 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 moreRead 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.
+ Read moreThis evaluation of three boxing academies in New Zealand, led by Dr. Barrie Gordon of Wellington University, outlines their positive effect across many areas of participants' lives.
+ Read moreNew research highlights protective factors for psychotic experiences amongst adolescents exposed to multiple forms of victimization - in particular the role of physical activity.
+ Read morestreetfootballworld and Sport4Life have helped produce a new EU-wide toolkit for anyone delivering sports-themed employability programmes for young people.
+ Read moreHow can the Sport for Development sector survive in the era of austerity? Read the new study by Cath Walker and Dr John Hayton.
+ Read moreThis Project Oracle synthesis study by Dr Simon McMahon and Dr Jyoti Belur explores the effect of sport-based interventions on youth crime and violence in London.
+ Read moreChildren in England will be able to access mental health support at school or college under Government proposals to transform services for young people.
+ Read moreHow can sport-based interventions in prisons maximise their impact on psychological wellbeing? Researcher Dave Woods has published an in-depth study.
+ Read moreThe NASDC Theory of Change is our vision for how sport can work together with the development and criminal justice sectors to achieve maximum impact.
+ Read moreThis report identifies some of our achievements since launching National Alliance of Sport for the Desistance of Crime in 2015.
+ Read moreThis StreetGames publication reviews the most effective ways to maximise the value of appropriately designed sport-based interventions to policing and youth crime reduction initiatives.
+ Read moreA new study from England Boxing has revealed how and why the sport is so successful in helping to combat anti-social behavioural problems in young people facing disadvantage.
+ Read moreRead the government response to the Charlie Taylor review of the Youth Justice System.
+ Access NowThe long anticipated Review of the Youth Justice System in England and Wales by Charlie Taylor has been published.
+ Read moreWritten by HM Inspectorate of Prisons, this resource is an analysis of 12-18-year-olds’ perceptions of their experiences in secure training centres and young offender institutions.
+ Access NowWhite Paper on Prison Safety and Reform published 3rd November 2016
+ Read moreThe new 2016 - 2021 strategy is now available for download. It is a bold and dynamic strategy aimed at engaging the most inactive and is a new approach for Sport England and its partners
+ Access NowCheck out this insightful briefing about homelessness and its link to mental health, criminal justice and substance misuse.
+ Access NowAre you using the power of sport for the prevention of crime? If so, download the recently published Home Office Crime Prevention Strategy to find out about the six key drivers of crime.
+ Read moreThis research, funded from the Culture and Sport Evidence (CASE) programme, reviews the current evidence base on the social impacts of sport and culture.
+ Read moreThis is the first white paper for culture in more than 50 years and only the second ever published. It is the latest contribution to the Governments approach to public support for art and culture.
+ Read moreEUCPN (2012). Sport, science and art in the prevention of crime among children and youth. EUCPN Thematic Paper No. 1. European Crime Prevention Network: Brussels.
+ Access NowResearch on Sport as a Means of Crime Prevention in a Swedish Welfare Context. This is a Literature Review by David Ekholm, Linköping University, Sweden.
+ Access NowThis synthesis study by Project Oracle of sport based interventions in London asks: can sport based interventions have a positive impact on levels of youth violence?
+ Access NowThe Clearinghouse for Sport (Clearinghouse) is an Australian Sports Commission led information and knowledge sharing initiative and recently published some useful information prepared by Chris Hume.
+ Access NowForeword by Ian Blakeman, Director of Commissioning, NOMS. I am once again delighted to introduce the latest edition of the Prisoner Funder Directory.
+ Read moreWritten by Professor Rosie Meek, this is the first book to explore the role of sport in prisons and its subsequent impact on rehabilitation and behavioural change.
+ Read moreWritten by Professor Andrew Parker this book explores the various ways in which young people experience sport, physical activity and play as part of their everyday lives...
+ Read moreThis report assesses the economic value of three sports projects aimed at tackling gang violence and youth crime in the UK.
+ Read moreDeveloped by Health Education England, a new Health Careers website is now live.
+ Read moreThrough this strategy, government is redefining what success in sport means, with a new focus on five key outcomes.
+ Access NowPromoting Well-Being and Desistance Through Sport and Physical Activity: The Opportunities and Barriers Experienced by Women in English Prisons
+ Access NowEver wondered how to promote your organisation or present information about what you do? Here is a great example from one of our strategic partners, Active Communities Network.
+ Read moreThis report is the result of an 18-month research project exploring how the Urban Stars initiative works with young people in community and custody.
+ Read morePrisoner Education Trust have produced this Fit for Release report which identifies how sports-based learning can help prisoners engage in education, gain employment and desist from crime.
+ Read moreThis report summarises the evaluation findings of the 2nd Chance Project football and rugby acadamy, a two year initiative at HMYOI Portland.
+ Read moreThe Prisoner Education Trust have created this video demonstrating the impact of embedded learning and partnerships on rehabilitating offenders.
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