The video begins with a man looking towards the camera, with a white background. The caption ‘Nick Pontefract, Chief Strategy Officer’ appears at the bottom of the screen, while beside him the words ‘Active Lives Children and Young People Survey 2023-24 Explained’ appear.
He says: “This year's Active Lives Children and Young People Survey shows us that 47.8% of children and young people are doing an average of 60 minutes of activity or more every day. That’s the level recommended by the Chief Medical Officer.”
While he’s saying these words, a pie chart appears next to him with the title ‘Levels of activity’ and the subtitle ‘Average of 60+ minutes a day’. The segments in the chart are ‘Active 47.8%; Fairly active 22.7%; Less active 29.6%’.
Nick continues: “While this is an improvement on the position seen when our survey first began, results have stabilised in recent years. We want to see these numbers grow.”
While he’s saying these words, a line chart appears next to him with the title ‘Levels of activity’ and the subtitle ‘Results have stabilised’. Two lines are plotted on the chart: ‘Active’ and ‘Less active’. ‘Active’ is labelled: 43% in 2017-18; 47% in 2021-22; 47% in 2022-23; 48% in 2023-24. ‘Less active’ is labelled: 33% in 2017-18; 30% in 2021-22; 30% in 2022-23; 30% in 2023-24.
Nick continues: “We can also see some significant demographic differences. Girls are less likely to be active than boys, while those from more affluent families are more likely to be physically active.”
While he’s saying these words, two vertical bar charts appear beside him. Firstly, there’s one titled ‘Levels of activity’ with two bars labelled: ‘Female, 45%; Male, 51%’. The second one is also titled ‘Levels of activity’ with three bars relating to family affluence, labelled: ‘High, 57%; Medium, 47%; Low, 45%’.
Nick continues: “Children and young people from a White or Mixed background are more likely to be active than Black or Asian children.”
While he’s saying these words, a vertical bar chart appears beside him, titled ‘Levels of activity’. The four bars in the chart are labelled: ‘White, 50%; Mixed, 49%; Asian, 43%; Black, 42%’.
Nick continues: “But even more significantly, those with two or more characteristics of inequality – for example, Asian girls, or someone less affluent from a Black background – are significantly less likely to be active.”
While he’s saying these words, a vertical bar chart appears beside him, titled ‘Levels of activity’ and with an x-axis label of ‘Characteristics of inequality’. The three bars are labelled: ‘0, 52%; 1, 47%; 2+, 40%’.
Nick continues: “They are also less likely to volunteer, and have the lowest levels of positive attitudes and wider outcomes compared to their peers with no characteristics of inequality at all.”
While he’s saying these words, two vertical bar charts appear beside him. The first is titled ‘Volunteering’ and has an x-axis label of ‘Characteristics of inequality’. The three bars are labelled: ‘0, 50%; 1, 49%; 2+, 37%’. The second is titled ‘Positive attitudes’ and has an x-axis label of ‘Characteristics of inequality’. The three bars are labelled: ‘0, 44%; 1, 30%; 2+, 23%’.
Nick continues: “This is why our 10-year strategy, Uniting the Movement, is focussed on addressing those inequalities.”
While he’s saying these words, the words ‘Uniting the Movement’ appear on the screen beside him.
Nick continues: “The report offers vital insights into how children and young people feel, with happiness, resilience and trust scores all lower than when the survey began.”
While he’s saying these words, graphics appear on the screen relating to a heading of ‘Feelings’. ‘Happiness’, denoted by a smiling face, shows with a donut chart showing 6.9. ‘Keep trying’, denoted by a figure standing with hands on hips, shows next to a donut chart showing 34.0%. ‘Trust’, denoted by a thumbs up symbol, shows next to a donut chart showing 23.0%.
Nick continues: “Given the positive association between activity levels and these outcomes, it further demonstrates the need to better support more young people to get more active. It also points to how that might be achieved, with those having a greater number of positive attitudes towards sport and physical activity being more likely to be more active than those with no positive attitudes at all.”
While he’s saying these words, the previous graphics disappear from the screen and two bars appear on screen, each split into red, blue and green sections. Red denotes ‘less active’, blue ‘fairly active’ and green ‘active’. The bar for 0 positive attitudes shows 34% active, 23% fairly active and 44% active. The bar for 3+ positive attitudes shows 62% active, 17% fairly active and 21% active.
Nick continues: “As ever, our full report can provide more headline information and you can also access the detailed data tables or visit the Active Lives online tool, on our website.”
As he’s saying these words, the bars slide off the screen to the right and the front cover of the Active Lives Children and Young People Survey – academic year 2023-24 report appears next to Nick.
Nick and all existing graphics then disappear from the screen and are replaced with a royal blue background, upon which appears the Sport England logo, in white, and a white text box with sportengland.org/activelives, in it.
