Scottish Governing Bodies (SGBs) Governance Framework
SportScotlandPublished: 2015This SportScotland document provides a framework to help Scottish Governing Bodies (SGBs) improve their governance and achieve their aims to be high performing organisations.…
Tom Rowe1 June 2020
‘Schools, PE and sport key to COVID-19 recovery’
Nearly 1,000 people from across Scotland and further afield joined the latest OSS webinar, on 'School Sport and PE', and many took confidence from hearing…
David Ferguson27 May 2020
Scottish sport to return from lockdown – the guidelines
SPORT is on its way back ... but still with 'physical' distancing as part of activity. The Scottish Government (Thursday 28 May) confirmed plans to…
David Ferguson21 May 2020
The ‘new normal’ for school sport & PE
The Scottish Government has brought clarity to the return of schools across Scotland with an August 11, 2020 return date, and in the next OSS…
David Ferguson20 May 2020
Ofcom’s Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report
The increase in online gaming and social media usage will be of concern to some in the health sector, believing it may be substituting for…
Lesley Duncan18 May 2020
Football and Refugees: A collection of good practices shared by UEFA member associations
This report contains input from 14 national football associations, including Scotland (pages 19, 28, and 36), outlining their experiences with refugees and providing recommendations and…
Lesley Duncan18 May 2020
Physical activity and depression in men
Men are less likely to use mental health services so alternative interventions like physical activity could be highly valuable. This study seeks to determine what…
Lesley Duncan18 May 2020
Physical activity and anxiety: a perspective from the World Health Survey
This study explores the global prevalence of anxiety and its association with physical activity.
Lesley Duncan18 May 2020
Scottish Government Debate: Changing lives through sport and physical activity
This briefing from the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) outlines the important benefits of sport and physical activity on mental health and calls for…
Lesley Duncan18 May 2020
Scottish Health Survey 2018 (amended Feb 2020) – Chapter 1 – Mental Health
The survey is commissioned by the Scottish Government Health Directorates and undertaken by ScotCen for Social Research and the Office of National Statistics. It provides…
Lesley Duncan18 May 2020