SPORT FOR LIFE Summary of progress April 2019 – March 2020

#SportForLife20 MINISTER’S FOREWORD

I am writing this foreword during unusual times. While the Coronavirus feel more connected to the community they live in and helping to reduce (COVID-19) pandemic has had a major impact on how we all live our loneliness. These are issues that are likely to be of increased importance lives, it has highlighted the importance of being physically active and that as restrictions are lifted following the Coronavirus outbreak. Sport and this is essential for both a healthy mind and body. physical activity will continue to have an important role in people’s lives and in helping to bring communities back together. I have been delighted with the way sportscotland and the whole sporting system has responded to help people remain physically active during I commend sportscotland for their progress so far and look forward to Joe FitzPatrick MSP this period. I have also been pleased with sportscotland’s clear and working with them in the coming year to bring positive change to people’s Minister for Sport, Public supportive communication with the sector, as well as their focus on lives through sport and physical activity. Health and Wellbeing supporting people’s mental health through the #WeAreHere campaign.

This report marks the first year ofsport ’s new corporate strategy, Sport For Life. The case studies and data in this report help to evidence the inherent benefits gained from participation in sport, such as feeling healthier and fitter, developing skills and improving confidence. The report also highlights the wider benefits it can bring, such as making people OVERVIEW

A sporting system for everyone sportscotland is the Sport For Life 2019-20 is our annual national agency for sport. SCOTLAND PERFORMS review. It covers the first year of Our vision is an active our new corporate strategy April

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HEAL OUR COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION UNDERPINS EVERYTHING WE DO CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S REVIEW

In May 2019, sportscotland unveiled a new corporate strategy, Sport I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to this annual For Life, built around our vision for an active Scotland where everyone review, either by answering a survey or sharing their personal benefits from sport. experiences through a case study. Without you, it would not be possible for us to measure the impact of sport across every community Working with our partners, we embedded the Active Scotland Outcomes in Scotland and promote how we play our part, through partnership across schools and education, clubs and communities and performance work and investment through both the Scottish Government and sport, giving people the opportunity to take part at all levels. The National Lottery. Stewart Harris Chief executive Towards the end of our first year of implementing Sport For Life, the vast I am very proud of the vital work being done by the people who sportscotland majority of sporting activity came to a standstill due to the Coronavirus underpin our sporting system, never more so than at this time of crisis. (COVID-19) pandemic and the vital measures put in place by the This first Sport For Life Summary of Progress is your story. I hope government to halt its spread. The aim of this summary of progress is you will find it uplifting and inspiring. to highlight the work that was done between April 2019 and March 2020 to help the people of Scotland get the most from the sporting system – a mission we will all look forward to resuming when the time is right. WE IMPROVE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE, PROGRESS AND ACHIEVE IN SPORT

people taking part in the programmes 940,169 we invest in

feel they are achieving their goal 89% in sport and physical activity

Scottish 159 athletes supported by UK Sport World Class Podium and Podium Potential funded 55% 45% programmes MALE FEMALE KIRKWALL GRAMMAR SCHOOL CAROLYNN LESLIE, ACTIVE SCHOOLS COORDINATOR

Sport is now firmly embedded as part Kirkwall native Carolynn, 27, said: “The In becoming the fourth school in Orkney of the culture and ethos of Kirkwall PE Department decided at the beginning to achieve the Gold Award, Kirkwall Grammar School – and it’s all thanks to a of the academic year to aim for a Grammar reaffirmed the commitment commitment to continuous improvement. Gold Award. Together, we started the to sport that has been established as a application early and news soon spread priority by the Department of Education The Orkney school was awarded Gold around the school. We were overwhelmed at Orkney Islands Council. status in sportscotland’s National with the support that we received from Lottery-funded School Sport Award management, teachers and school staff. Carolynn, who also worked at schools programme in January 2020, completing in Moray before returning home, added: its journey through Bronze and Silver “THE AWARD BECAME MORE “I’m always amazed at the number of to the top of the podium. THAN A COLLABORATION pupils who want to take part in sport BETWEEN PE AND ACTIVE and physical activity, at school and in In her role as Active Schools coordinator, SCHOOLS – IT WAS A WHOLE the community. It’s overwhelming when Carolynn Leslie works hard to provide SCHOOL EFFORT. you think about how much sport goes more and better opportunities for pupils on and the positive impact it can have to participate and progress in sport. Using “Teachers offered to run additional on people’s lives. the School Sport Award structure to extracurricular clubs, take school trips, continually improve, she worked closely organise school sport competitions and “There’s endless opportunities for pupils with the PE department at Kirkwall more. This increased opportunities for and adults to get involved in a huge Grammar on the Gold Award application. pupils to get involved in sport and variety of clubs and we have some physical activity.” amazing facilities too.” CALLUM HAWKINS RUNNER

World class athlete Callum Hawkins then do well enough to get pre-selection “Going to Doha with the heat … it was broke the Scottish record at the for Tokyo, so to achieve both took good to work with the sports scientists Marathon in April 2019. the weight off my shoulders.” and work out plans and see what I could do in the heat and how I could handle it.” He then finished fourth at the IAAF One thing that contributed to this World Championships in Doha to earn double success was the support Callum Institute expertise was also key in pre-selection for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic received from the sportscotland institute preventing a recurring hamstring injury. Games, now due to take place in 2021. of sport, working in collaboration with It was an emotional return for the physical preparation coach Barry Jones Callum said: “Towards the end of 2018 28-year-old, who had collapsed with as well as the performance physiology I was getting a few recurring hamstring heat exhaustion while leading the and physiotherapy teams. issues so we put a plan together to marathon at the Gold Coast 2018 target that in the treatment room and the Commonwealth Games. Callum, a lifetime member of Kilbarchan gym. It was hard work but it has worked, AAC, said: “Before, I probably dipped I’m more robust and feel a lot stronger. Callum said: “It was good to break the in and out of strength and conditioning, record and show what I’m still capable but Barry made me fully buy into it and it “HAVING A GOOD YEAR OF of. Doha was a bit tough as I wanted seems to have worked. I now train twice CONSISTENT TRAINING HAS a medal, but one of my main goals for a week where possible while also getting MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.” 2019 was to run quick in London and a lot of massage and physiotherapy. WE SUPPORT WELLBEING AND RESILIENCE IN COMMUNITIES THROUGH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SPORT

of adults and children feel 94% healthier

of children have made 88% friends

of adults feel close to 76% other people

of adults feel more involved in 69% their community WELLBEING AMBASSADORS CHLOE LAWSON

Chloe Lawson knows first-hand that Chloe said: “A lot of young people tell us between sportscotland, Scottish Government, getting involved with sport can change they don’t want to open up about mental The Robertson Trust and Spirit of 2012. your life. Now she is helping to raise health because they’re scared of being awareness among other young people judged. But when they see other young Award-winning Chloe, the 2020 SSF Ambassador across Scotland. people like us talking about the same of the Year, believes that becoming a Wellbeing things, it really hits home and has a Ambassador and engaging with SSF for several The 18-year-old from is a kind of ripple effect. years has helped with her own self-esteem driving force behind the Wellbeing and resilience. Ambassadors project, in which 20 “LINKING SPORT WITH THE volunteers explain to their peers how MENTAL HEALTH WORKSHOPS She said: “I was about 13 when I went to physical activity can support their WORKS REALLY WELL – THE an Active East session with a friend. At the mental health and help them TEAM FEELING YOU GET FROM time I was struggling with my mental health, become more resilient. SPORT IS A HUGE LIFT.” didn’t really have any friends and didn’t enjoy school. Yet as soon as I walked in, I thought, Built around the Shell Twilight initiative, The project is a joint initiative between ‘I’ve finally found something I want to be the inclusive project has reached more Scottish Sport Futures (SSF) and the a part of’. than 2,300 people in 16 communities Scottish Association for Mental Health around Scotland thanks to the 65 (SAMH) and received investment via “Since then I’ve grown, become more confident workshops delivered by Chloe and Changing Lives through Sport and and can manage my own mental health better. her fellow ambassadors. Physical Activity Fund, a partnership I’ve also got a lot more friends now.” WE ENCOURAGE AND ENABLE THE ACTIVE TO STAY ACTIVE THROUGHOUT LIFE

of all club members have been a member of their club 54% for more than 5 years

of those aged under 18 have <18 been a member of their club 35% for more than 5 years

of those aged over 55 have 55+ been a member of their club 74% for more than 5 years

AGE OF CLUB MEMBERS 36% 38% 26% Under-18 18-55 Over-55 COMMUNITY SPORT HUB ST MADOES ACTIVE SPORTS HUB

A thriving sports hub in Perthshire Retired police officer Dorian Marshall, in organised exercise activities. Now enables people in nearby communities 53, said: “My wife and I are heavily more than 60 participants in this age to take part in sport and physical involved in the Madoch Centre. Before group are taking part in activity each activity throughout their lives. it opened, we were thinking about week. There were 876 sessions in moving away from the village but 2019/20 with an average of 10.5 The purpose-built Madoch Centre, set it’s been life-changing. participants, two-thirds of them female. up by St Madoes and Kinfauns Parish Church and home to the St Madoes “I play badminton and table tennis and Although the hub has received funding Active Sports Hub (SMASH), opens take part in exercise classes. I also for a full-time sports outreach worker, its doors in Carse of Gowrie to more volunteer at the centre, as does my volunteering has been central to its than 400 people every week. 72-year-old mum. She helps out with the success along with close collaboration dementia group who take part in seated between the church, St Madoes Primary From pre-school children and their exercises and boccia. School, three local sports clubs and parents to older adults including people Live Active Leisure. with dementia, there is something for “MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY AND everyone. Sports on offer include SOCIALLY, WE ALL BENEFIT SO Twelve volunteers have recently mini-tennis, badminton and netball, MUCH FROM THE CENTRE.” achieved badminton leader awards, seated yoga, social aerobics 14 completed in-house boccia training, and Zumba. Prior to the hub opening, 40 adults aged five passed a boccia leader’s course 70 and over said they were not participating and two passed the jog leader course. WE IMPROVE OUR ACTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE – PEOPLE AND PLACES

people accessing portscotland learning and 8,301 development opportunities ro 27 external projects

facilities awards 24 in 2019-20...

ieti ei ietet of £1.23m £7.72m CHARLOTTE WATSON HOCKEY PLAYER

World class facilities like Dundee’s She said: “The RPC is a fantastic facility She gained her 50th cap for Scotland, Regional Performance Centre (RPC) and I’ve used it a lot. The whole place scored in the Women’s FIH Series Finals help Scotland’s high-performance is brilliantly kitted out, with plenty of in Banbridge, received her first call-up athletes stay on top of their game. gym racks and other equipment, which for Great Britain and was selected for means you can train properly. The better the provisional GB squad for the Having enjoyed high-quality coaching the facilities, the more it supports you Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. throughout her career, Scotland and and helps you improve. Great Britain hockey striker Charlotte The 22-year-old also scored the winning Watson has been able to access “HAVING THE RPC REALLY goal for Scotland against Italy in the sportscotland institute of sport HELPS ME KEEP FIT WHEN I final of the Women’s EuroHockey expertise at the £32 million facility COME HOME, USING THE HALL Championship II in Glasgow. since it opened in 2019. AND ATHLETICS TRACK FOR RUNNING SESSIONS AND IN Charlotte said: “It was an amazing year Charlotte uses the RPC when she THE GYM WITH A COACH FROM – I couldn’t have imagined everything returns to her home city from THE INSTITUTE.” that happened. It’s everyone’s dream England, where she currently plays to go to the Olympics but I never for Loughborough University in the Charlotte’s journey, which began thought I could potentially get picked EHL Premier Division, and she sees when she took up the sport aged for Tokyo.” it as a vital asset for all performance five at Dundee Wanderers Hockey athletes in Tayside and Fife. Club, culminated in a spectacular 2019 season. WE ENCOURAGE AND ENABLE THE INACTIVE TO BE MORE ACTIVE 10% of people who took part in programmes have gone from being inactive to active

After Before Active 56% Active 86% Some activity 31% Some activity 11% Inactive 13% Inactive 3%

Child physical activity Active - average 60+ mins per day Some activity - average 30-59 mins per day Inactive - Average <30 mins per day

Adult physical activity Active - average 150 mins per week Some activity - average 30-149 mins per week Inactive - average <30 mins per week COMMUNITY STRIDES NASREEN CHOUDHRY

Mother-of-three Nasreen Choudhry “I wanted to be fitter and to feel like people across Scotland to become has never looked back since she took I was part of a group. I think when more active. She admits she was “very part in organised sport for the first time. you’re from an ethnic minority you feel apprehensive” ahead of her first run, but the more comfortable going out in pairs team from jogscotland – the recreational After a gentle nudge from her sister, and or a group. running arm of scottishathletics – provided with a growing feeling that she wanted to an inclusive and person-centred improve her physical and mental health, “I’d been suffering from an underactive environment that put her at ease. she attended an introductory running thyroid for five or six years and the session in Dundee. weight was coming on. At the end of Nasreen added: “The group is amazing. the day I would feel completely floored. We talk about work and family and children, Nasreen, 50, now runs regularly with the But with the running, I’ve managed to everything. I can’t praise the ladies enough. Tayside Smilers group and is enjoying cope better with it.” I love the social aspect and the feeling the many benefits of being more active. that I’ve achieved something for myself. Nasreen’s introductory session at the She recalled: “I had tried gyms, but Dundee International Women’s Centre “I THINK THE BEST PART OF BEING I found it to be quite a lonely experience. was part of Community Strides – a ACTIVE IS THAT YOU FEEL GOOD Working full time and with all my family collaboration between jogscotland ABOUT YOURSELF. WHEN YOU’RE commitments, I found it difficult to and the Scottish Association for Mental HAPPY IN YOURSELF IT HAS A POSITIVE get motivated. Health (SAMH) that supports inactive IMPACT ON YOUR FAMILY LIFE, TOO.” WE DEVELOP PHYSICAL CONFIDENCE AND COMPETENCE FROM THE EARLIEST AGE

People taking part in programmes we invest in have grown in con dence or learned new skills

67% 55% 59%

feel they have feel they have feel more become better learned a con dent in at sport or other new skill sport or physical activities activity DEAF-FRIENDLY CURLING SANDRA BLACK

When Sandra Black first tried curling, “I was nervous when I first stepped Sandra was one of 76 deaf curlers who took part little did she know it would prove to on to the ice but I was looking forward in five sessions at the National Curling Academy be an ice-breaker that would help to meeting other deaf people and in Stirling between October 2019 and March 2020. transform her life. understanding why Mike enjoyed the sport. To help them understand some of the sport’s more The 52-year-old, who is deaf, tried technical terms, the curlers were taught new BSL the sport for the first time through “The first session was just basic, getting signs developed in partnership with Heriot-Watt Scottish Curling’s British Sign Language to know the ice, the rules and how to University. Sandra added: “I really enjoyed it, my (BSL) and D/deaf programme. She use some of the equipment, but I really confidence soared and I was keen to explain was introduced by partner Mike enjoyed it and couldn’t wait for the to others what I’d learned in such a short Girdwood, himself a wheelchair curler next session to develop my skills.” space of time. and coach who is proficient in BSL. Developed by Scottish Curling, the “I’D RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYONE, Sandra, from Kirkcaldy in Fife, said: programme is one example of how an WHETHER THEY’RE DISABLED, “I hadn’t really taken part in any other inclusive and person-centred approach DEAF OR NOT. IT’S SUCH A sports beforehand but I’d been to a few to sport can support disabled people, FANTASTIC WAY TO GET OUT games and competitions with Mike, helping develop physical confidence OF THE HOUSE, UNWIND AND so I decided to give it a try and see and competence. SPEND TIME WITH FRIENDS if it was for me. AND LEARN A NEW SKILL.” OUR COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION UNDERPINS EVERYTHING WE DO

This data refers to the people taking part in the programmes we invest in

SEX AGE AREAS OF DEPRIVATION* 65% 44% 14% SIMD 1-5 Male Adult from the 123 45 20% 35% 56% most deprived areas 14% 16% 20%24% 26% % in 20% % in 20% Female Junior or Youth * According to the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) most deprived least deprived

DISABILITY ETHNICITY 11% 10% 6% 91% 3% Asian, Asian Scottish White Scottish / preferred of under 18s said they of adults said they or Asian British / Caribbean White other British / not to say or black / mixed or multiple White Irish or were disabled were disabled or other ethnic groups White other

SEXUAL ORIENTATION RELIGION AND BELIEF SPECIFIC TO ADULTS 5% 90% 5% 43% 2% 51% 4% of adult club members described identi ed as preferred of adult participants identi ed had another said they had preferred themselves as bisexual, gay heterosexual not to say as Church of Scotland, Roman religion no religion not to say or preferred to use another term Catholic or other Christian FINANCIAL SUMMARY 2019-20

Sources of funding Breakdown of expenditure

£m £m

Scottish Government funding 32.600 Schools & Education 16.893

National Lottery drawdown 33.232 Clubs & Communities 25.959

Performance 25.407 Total 65.832

Total 68.259

Difference between income and expenditure relates to timing differences for Scottish Government and other spend at year end ABOUT THE DATA

The data in this report is from our routine, internal monitoring We were unable to collect equality or ASOF outcome data from plus our: high-performance athletes due to the disruption caused by Coronavirus (COVID-19). • school survey – 9,000 responses • club survey – 11,000 responses. However, these are a very small portion of the total, and would not affect the overall results. The surveys used convenience samples. We weighted the responses to make them as representative as possible of the people The figures for people taking part in the programmes we invest taking part in programmes we invest in. Those taking part include: in and people accessing sportscotland learning and development are not distinct. This means there may be multiple counting of • Active Schools participants (312,808) people attending more than one programme or learning and • Athletes receiving support from the sportscotland institute development opportunity. of sport (672) • Members of Scottish Governing Bodies of sport (SGBs) and clubs Please note that due to changes in the methodology, supported by sportscotland through community sport hubs, SGB data is not directly comparable to previous years. regional posts and direct club investment (626,689). FIND OUT MORE

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