Please find below a series of links to reliable insight and research relating to the sport and physical activity workforce from across the CIMSPA network.
WORKFORCE
UK Coaching
Access all of the UKC reports and research through their comprehensive research hub.
In 2022, UK Coaching commissioned YouGov to undertake the largest ever survey into coaches and coaching, building on a previous survey conducted in 2019 and 2017. A nationally representative sample of over 50,000 adults and 2,000 children were surveyed about their experience of receiving coaching and their experience of being a coach. This report presents a summary of the key findings from the coach section of the survey. It includes coaches who have recently coached sport or physical activity and those who have coached at some point in the past.
Global Sports
Global Sport’s People Agenda Survey results, analysing sports industry professionals from over 90 countries delivering unique People insights covering:
- Employment impact and job confidence
- Mental health & wellbeing in the workplace
- Remote & Flexible workplaces
- Purpose driven organisations in sport
- Employee learning & development priorities
EMD UK
Access a raft of research relating to fitness professionals operating within exercise, music and dance conducted by CIMSPA Partner EMD UK.
Fitness Instructor feedback on the coronavirus (COVID-19) self employment income support scheme survey (2020).
Working in Fitness Survey (2016)
Swimming Teachers Association / UK Active
ukactive partnered with the Swimming Teachers Association to produce insight on the views and attitudes around inclusion within the swimming teacher workforce. This report contains the survey findings of over 400 swimming teachers and an in-depth focus group to better understand the industry’s current position, and future direction of inclusion developments to ensure that learning to swim is accessible for all – a vital and potentially lifesaving skill to last a lifetime.
PARTICIPATION
The Sport England Active Lives Adult Survey highlights where and how resources should be focused, and that getting active can play a role in boosting the nation’s fitness, wellbeing, and economic recovery from coronavirus.