General Equity and Sport

The Equality Standard: A Framework for Sport
The Equality Standard is a framework document that helps sports and community organisations achieve equality. It will help organisations develop structures and processes, assess their performance and ensure continuous improvement in equality.
You can download the Equality Standard here (PDF) 427Kb

Equality Standard for Sport (text only version) (111 Kb)

No Limits: Sport England’s Equity Policy
Sport England's equity policy, published in October 2002, ensures that systems are put in place to encourage and support those individuals with the motivation and talent to progress in their chosen sport, whatever their background.
Download here (698 Kb)

Sport Equity Best Practice
This resource provides detailed case studies of projects from around the country that have successfully tackled inequality in sport. It provides essential guidance for people who are running projects with the traditionally excluded sections of society, and groundbreaking ideas on how to tackle barriers to participation.
Click here

Legislation
Public organisations are legally obliged to ensure that they do not discriminate against participants, employees, and volunteers on grounds of disability, gender, and race. The most relevant legislation is listed here.

Making English sport inclusive: equity guidelines for governing bodies (235 Kb)

Sports equity index for regular participation (28 Kb)
Sports equity index (57 Kb)

Equality Standard for Sport website

Disability and Sport

Sport and recreation for people with disabilities information booklet (61 Kb)

Adults with a disability and sport national survey 2000-2001 Download a copy of the headline findings (303 Kb)
Download full report (4.08 Mb)
Additional tables (5.5 Mb)

Disability survey 2000 - young people with disability and sport (headline findings) (199 Kb)

English Federation of Disability Sport website

Ethnicity and Sport

Sports participation and ethnicity in England 1999/2000 (177 Kb) - headline findings

Promoting Racial Equality Through Sport: A Standard for Local Authority Sport and Leisure Services, produced with the support of Sporting Equals and endorsed by the Commission for Racial Equality and Sport England.

Women and Sport

Women's participation in sport - factsheet (1.3 Mb)

Women's Sports Foundation website

whatworksforwomen website - examples of initiatives in the UK that have increased women and girl's participation in physical activity.