Where and how has COVID-19 impacted children’s access to recreational sports across Scotland?
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
Governments warned of soaring health costs from inactivity
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
Children’s physical activity levels fall below guidelines in wake of pandemic
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 research reveals damaging Covid impact
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
Can Scotland grasp Olympic inspiration?
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
Annual deaths due to physical inactivity still outstrip Covid
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
Business and sport aligning for social impact
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
Covid-19 has made life more difficult for people with disabilities
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
R&A investigates how golf improves your health
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
The Covid impact on your jogging – good or bad?
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