Inequalities Metric
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.
Coastal Inequalities
Active Humber has been working with the other 5 Active Partnerships that are along the North East coast of England from Gibraltar Point in Lincolnshire to the Scottish border. The physical activity levels in the communities along this coastline are amongst the most inactive In England and out of the 30 most inactive places in England over a third of those places are along this coastline.
The reason why we came together as the North East Coast Active Partnership (NECAP) is because it was clear to tackle the high levels of inactivity and inequalities we face; the current system has not served those communities as well as it could to get national resources to support these inactive coastal communities.
We have produced the report England's physically inactive coast: turning the tide on physical inactivity rates to outline the very real problem we face and to seek the support of Sport England to help us turn the tide on the low physical activity rates we face in these coastal communities.