At Active Humber we are passionate about reducing inequalities so that everyone, every day is physically active. The first step in reducing inequalities is identifying which demographics and communities are most impacted. You can find out more on our main insight pages here
This page shows community specific information and guidance that can help you better understand the needs of specific communities.
Every child and young person has the right to be active, to benefit from being active in a safe, positive and trusted environment, and to have an equal chance to achieve their potential. Sport England have written some guidance on the best ways you can tailor your provision for children and young people. You can find this guidance below.
Inequalities Metrics
Sport England have launched the Inequalities Metric, to tackle inequalities in sport and physical activity participation.
This innovative approach recognises the intersectionality of individuals' characteristics and aims to create a comprehensive measure of inequalities.
The impact of equality in action
The most important indicator of lower levels of physical activity is where a person has two or more characteristics associated with being less active.
If we can close the inequality gap between those with no characteristics and those with two or more across the Humber, the proportion of the adult population who are active would rise by 10% and the proportion of children meeting the Chief Medical Officers' guidelines would increase by 4%.
Key characteristics
Understanding which characteristics influence activity levels is crucial. The Inequalities Metric identifies which characteristics have the most impact on minutes of activity.
For adults these are:
- Disabled people and those with a long-term health condition
- People aged 65 or over
- Lower socioeconomic groups (NSSEC6-8)
- Asian people
- Pregnant women and parents of children under one year
For children and young people these are:
- Girls
- Non-binary people and people who don't identify as male or female (secondary school)
- Low socioeconomic groups
- Disabled people and those with a long-term health condition
- Asian people
- Black people
The key driver is not any one of these characteristics on their own, but rather how many different characteristics a person has. The more you have, the less active you are likely to be.
Watch the explainer video to help understand the new Sport England Inequalities Metric and read the document below on how the inequalities matrix applies in the Humber.