StreetGames is keen to meet the communication needs of all and is happy to provide this policy in the format of your choosing, where practicable. Please note that the most relevant and cost-effective, means of communicating the policy’s key messages may be sought.

Please contact jane [dot] ashworth [at] streetgames [dot] org (Jane Ashworth), StreetGames CEO, for further assistance

StreetGames research

StreetGames commissioned a research study to explore the concept of ‘sporting capital’ and the role it can play in terms of influencing the likelihood of sustained participation in sport. 

Sporting capital is defined as: 

The stock of physical, social and psychological attributes and competencies that support and motivate an individual to participate in sport and to sustain that participation over time.  

paul [dot] jarvis [at] streetgames [dot] org (Paul Jarvis), StreetGames' Strategic Lead for Sport and Health, gave a presentation on how StreetGames is improving health and wellbeing in disadvantaged communities to the Public Service Improving Public Health conference.

View the presentation on YouTube here »

StreetGames briefing paper 

This paper sets out the rationale for our work, given the disparities in sports participation which exist between the highest and lowest socio-economic groups. It also provides an overview of our work and includes some case study examples.

It was presented at the WHO European Healthy Cities Networks Annual Business and Technical Conference, Liège, Belgium on the 15th – 18th June 2011.

StreetGames research

The briefing paper provides an overview how doorstep sport is being used to encourage physical activity within areas of high deprivation, including case study examples from projects in Birmingham and Cornwall. Doorstep sport – sport at the right time, in the right place, for the right price and in the right style - is about getting more young people involved, keeping them coming back and supporting them on a pathway to sustained behaviour change.