Overthinkerer of sport, sociology, emotions, existential-phenomenology. Lecturer in Sport Development @AbertayUni. Membership Officer @Leisure_Studies.
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ALT Title slide with pictures of children participating in various sports. Title Recognising the legacy of Covid-19 on children’s community sport participation in areas of deprivation in Scotland: Rethinking opportunities for participation in community sport
ALT Slide focused on Decline in participation. Quote 1 I used to a lot like right after the pandemic and I've stopped playing (football) at night (School 1). Quote 2 Don't do any sports (School 2). Quote 3 Just after COVID, I started to go to gymnastics, but …quit it and then I went to Brownies and I still go (School 2).
ALT PowerPoint slide on safety concerns. Quote 1 I was once at the park and the police told us all to leave because there's going to be a big gang fighting, they said (School 1). Quote 2 A couple teenagers set it (park) on fire, yeah. I was there and somebody went and then set it on fire, and everyone was in it like these young kids, and it just started going then burst into flames (School 1). Quote 3 I go (to the park) with an adult, but don't go at night (School 1).
ALT Conclusion slide. Rethinking community sport should involve: Reducing barriers to taking part in sport. Supporting interest in alternative sports and delivery. Messaging to focus on promoting wellbeing. Improving safety within public outdoor spaces. Targeting sport-based interventions for those in primary education during Covid-19.
ALT Green title PowerPoint slide. Title of slide is Co-constructing a holistic and meaningful approach to the monitoring, evaluation and learning of sport for development programmes.
ALT PowerPoint slide showing the research design. 1.Organisational ethnography 2.Development of model through participatory workshops 3.Application within the wider SfD field
ALT PowerPoint slide showing quotes from the research. Quote 1. I think self-reflections are a really big important part of being a coach. We don't really speak about it. It's a very personal thing. Quote 2. I accept there has to be evaluation ...but sometimes that becomes excessive and out of proportion to the delivery of the programme.
ALT PowerPoint slide of next steps. Relay the findings to stakeholders, build on the skeleton using a World Cafe approach, who does the evaluation serve? and can we work with and against the system?
