Insight and Resources

To capture the voices of disabled people in Wales, understand the impact of our work, and identify areas for improvement, Disability Sport Wales carries out qualitative and quantitative research and creates meaning from this data in the form of insight. 

This page contains relevant research, including all studies commissioned, published, and released by us or in partnership, along with our insight and evaluation reports. 


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Active Education Outside of the School Day

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Published on: 01-10-2024

Active Education Outside of the School Day in Welshpool Church in Wales School

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Addressing inequalities - developing opportunities through schools and pathways into community

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Published on: 11-09-2024

Addressing inequalities - developing opportunities through schools and pathways into community

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Challenging Perceptions to Enable Meaningful Experiences

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Published on: 11-09-2024

Challenging Perceptions to Enable Meaningful Experiences within Sport

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Inclusive Carmarthenshire

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Published on: 11-09-2024

Within Carmarthenshire, a development in a programme is starting to create a change in community provision of sports and physical activity for children and young people in our county

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Sport Caerphilly Partnership working at its best in the delivery of the Disability Six Nations Rugby Festival March 2024

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Published on: 11-09-2024

Sport Caerphilly Partnership working at its best in the delivery of the Disability Six Nations Rugby Festival March 2024

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DSW Inclusive Club and Session Survey Report - Sept 23 and March 24

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Published on: 02-09-2024

Data and insight to understand the number of disabled people who are active within community sport and physical activity in Wales.

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Sparkle & DSW Swimming Lessons for Children with Disabilities Report

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Published on: 22-08-2024

Bethan Collins from Sparkle, Dr Rachael Newport and Steve McGrath from Disability Sport Wales evaluated the 10-week swimming programme delivered by Sparkle at the Serennu Children's Centre. Suggestions and recommendations for increasing disabled children's access to community-based swimming lessons have also been included based upon the family-carer responses.

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Evaluation of Get Out Get Active Phase 2

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Published on: 29-07-2024

This report provides a summary of the evaluation findings for the second phase of the Get Out Get Active (GOGA) programme, henceforth referred to as GOGA 2. The primary objective of GOGA was to encourage both disabled and non-disabled individuals to increase their physical activity levels. This was achieved by introducing innovative and alternative engagement methods aimed at some of the UK’s least active individuals, providing them with enjoyable and inclusive opportunities to get moving. Produced by Wavehill Social and Economic Research.

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Outcomes of GOGA Phase Two

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Published on: 02-07-2024

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Dynamos Cricket sessions at Gwersyllt CC

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Published on: 22-03-2024

How Active Wrexham collaborated with Gogledd Cymru Actif, Street Games and Cricket Wales to improve access to cricket for young people aged 8-11.

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Increasing opportunities for disabled school children through workshops and work experience with Newport Live

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Published on: 22-03-2024

Case study highlighting training and work experience opportunities for disabled children.

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Lewis - The Importance of Embedding Inclusive Sport and Physical Activity within Community Provision

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Published on: 22-03-2024

by Ffit Conwy

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Powys The Outdoor Partnership - Inclusive Climbing Case Study

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Published on: 22-03-2024

by Sport Powys

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Tŷ Coch Boccia Project

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Published on: 22-03-2024

Working in partnership with the school we developed this project to improve participation in PE. We chose to focus the project on the inclusive sport of Boccia as we believed that most students in Ty Coch would be able to take part. Ty Coch is a special school which caters for students aged 3-19 years. By Sport RCT

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A Disability Sport Wales Case Study: Stephen Morris

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Published on: 04-12-2023

Stephen Morris is a highly successful Welsh Paralympic T20 Middle Distance Runner. He represented Great Britain in the T20 1500m race at the London 2012 Paralympics and the 2016 Rio Paralympics. This Case Study looks at his journey to and beyond competitive para sport.

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Contextualisation of the Get Out Get Active (GOGA) programme within Wales

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Published on: 03-11-2023

Report by Cardiff Metropolian University Centre for Health, Activity and Wellbeing Research.

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Federation of Disability Sport Wales Annual Report 2022-23

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Published on: 06-10-2023

The progress and achievements of Disability Sport Wales between April 1st 2022 and March 31st 2023.

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Case Study: Inclusive Summer Camps

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Published on: 01-09-2023

Cardiff Met Sport decided to trial four new disability inclusive sessions, each for a half day. Running on the first two Fridays of the school holidays, the mornings comprised of a multisport offer for disabled children and their siblings and the afternoons were wheelchair basketball sessions. Written by Joanna Coates-McGrath, Cardiff Met Sport

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Disability Sport Wales School Sport Survey Report

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Published on: 05-12-2022

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Digital Classroom Report

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Published on: 24-10-2022

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DSW Club Survey March and September 2022 Report

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Published on: 24-10-2022

Findings form the March 2022 and September 2022 DSW Club Surveys, looking at the diversity of participants and workforce engaged in disability and inclusive sport in Wales.

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Federation of Disability Sport Wales Annual Report 2021-22

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Published on: 03-10-2022

The progress and achievements of Disability Sport Wales between April 1st 2021 and March 31st 2022.

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Toyota Parasport Fund in Wales Report 2020-21

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Published on: 22-09-2022

Building upon the previous success of the Toyota Parasport Fund in Wales, the 2020-21 provided further free to access workshops across Wales. These workshops were selected to complement the insport Club programme and ensure clubs in Wales are best supported to deliver quality inclusive opportunities across Wales.

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Boccia Activities

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Published on: 04-03-2022

Information about the sport of Boccia, and nine games based on it that can become the basis for at-home activity sessions or PE lessons.

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KPI Measures Report 2020-21

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Published on: 20-09-2021

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Involvement in Physical Activity during Covid-19 Survey Report

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Published on: 05-07-2021

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Snacktivity Picture Board

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Published on: 05-11-2020

Published by Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, Loughborough University, University of Leicester and Birmingham Community Heathcare NHS Foundation Trust

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