Useful Resources, Links & Downloads
Birmingham is a diverse and dynamic city. As such, organisations that operate within the City need to draw from a range of sources when trying to understand the needs, challenges and opportunities within different areas.
Below we have listed some useful national, regional and local research and resources from across the sector and beyond.
National Insight
Here's a list of key strategic documents to be aware of:
- Social and Economic Value of Community Sport and Physical Activity
- Sport England: Towards an Active Nation Strategy 2016-2021
- Active Live Adult November 19-20 Report
- Active Lives Children Survey Academic year 18-19
- Active Lives Adult Survey: Coronavirus (March - May 2020)
Birmingham Insight
Here's a list of key strategic documents to be aware of:
- Labour Market Update: Q2 2020
- Deprivation in Birmingham
- Brum Youth Trends 2019
- Birmingham Update: Q4 2019
- Employment update 2019
- Birmingham Economic Review 2019
- Birmingham health profile 2019
- Economic Output in Birmingham
- Young Brum Talk Sport, 2018
- Birmingham New Wards Map 2018
- Birmingham Wards Factsheets
- Local Economic Assessment for Birmingham
- Information in graphics about Birmingham's population
Clubs, Community and Workforce
Here's a list of key strategic documents to be aware of:
- Sport England Volunteering in an Active Nation Strategy 2017-2021
- Sport England Coaching in an Active Nation Strategy 2017-2021
- Sport England Working in an Active Nation
- UK Coaching: Coaching in the UK, 2019
- UK Coaching: Duty of Care Toolkit and Digital Badge
COVID-19
- Sport England: Autumn and Winter Activity Toolkit
- West Midlands – local lockdown rules
- New coronavirus restrictions in Birmingham FAQs
- Guidance from PHE
- Guidance from Sport England
- Return to Play – current government guidance
- Return to Play guidance
- Return to Play – Clubs Toolkit
- Sport England COVID-19 Activity Levels Research
- The Prince's Trust and YouGov Young People in Lockdown report May 2020
- UK Youth: The impact of COVID-19 on young people & the youth sector
- Children's experience of physical activity in lockdown, July 2020
