Insight, Research & Toolkits

We all know that regular sport and physical activity plays a key part in a healthy lifestyle, and research supporting this is extensive and well documented. Factors affected include physical and psychological health, productivity at work, and engagement and attainment in education.

Get Berkshire Active have an impressive set of tools and processes to help gather and make sense of data. We utilise the data internally to help with decision making and also we use these tools and processes to help and support our partners.

We have extensive expertise in understanding the needs and issues of the local areas in Berkshire, the level of inactivity and the barriers to accepting active lifestyle of certain audiences.

Key Themes

There are a number of key organisations (listed below) that have produced reports and documents outlining benefits associated with being more active, the current picture regarding our nation's inactivity and valuable information and insight that can be utilised to shape future work in this area.

Economic

Education and Young People

Health - Physical and Psychological wellbeing

Disability and Long Term Health Conditions

Key National Organisations

Key Local Organisations

If you are attempting to source some insight regarding a local population, need or facility one of these organisations might be able to help.

Local Public Health teams - JSNA's provide a valuable source of information; Bracknell, Reading, Slough, Windsor & Maidenhead, West Berkshire, Wokingham.

Office for National Statistics

Open Data Communities

Active Places Power

Insights, Reports & Case Studies created by Get Berkshire Active

Local Area Profiles

GBA have put together a profile on each of the 6 Local Authorities within Berkshire: