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Barriers and Challenges to Getting into Sport Welcome back to the third edition of ‘The Wellbeing Edit’. In the last Edit, I talked about how regular physical activity and sports can substantially benefit our physical, mental, and social well-being. These are well evidenced and there is a wide range of resources to support coaches, providers, and participants to increase participation in groups and individually. However, there remain groups and populations for whom we could do more to understand the challenges and barriers to participating in regular physical activity, sport, and exercise. And use this understanding to embed mechanisms and strategies…

The Spring and Summer of 2024 is shaping up quite nicely in the sporting world for a number of reasons... However, for the blog team here at SW/S, it's the fact that our little group of sports-obsessed, dedicated and fantastic ladies are gaining some new members. With Morven, and myself busy as busy can be it's superb to have some teammates to bring a fresh new perspective to the site. So, get yourself a cuppa, take a seat, and have a read with me all about the two newest members of the team, Emily and Faatima. So, a whistle-stop tour…