Sport Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Tourist Board commissioned the Countryside Access and Activities Network (CAAN) to undertake this research project to assess the trends in 23 outdoor recreation activities during the last 13 years with a view to informing the preparation of a new Outdoor Recreation Strategy for Northern Ireland.  The project covered the following outdoor recreation activities:

Land: Adventure Racing, Caving, Fell Running, Field Archery, Kite Buggying, Mountain Biking, Mountain Boarding, Orienteering and Rock Climbing;

Water: Canoeing, Kite Surfing, Rowing, Sailing, Power Boating and Motor Cruising, Scuba Diving, Surfing, Water Skiing and Wake Boarding; and

Air: Aeromodelling, Microlight Flying, Paragliding and

Hang gliding.

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The Systematic Review of the Literature on Black and Minority Ethnic Communities in Sport and Physical Recreation presents the findings of the Carnegie Research Institute, and outlines the challenges ahead in addressing theparticipation levels of Black and Minority Ethnic Communities.  This document will offer the main providers of sport guidance on developing policy to address this and areas where additional research is needed.

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The Active Places Research Paper, ‘Bridging the Gap’ 2009 presents the findings of Sport Northern Ireland’s facilities research, and outlines the challenges ahead in addressing the shortfall in key sports facilities in Northern Ireland.  This document will offer the main providers of sports facilities the opportunity to strategically address facility shortfall in a manner that meets the needs of the local population.   

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The purpose of this publication is to highlight the impact of SNI's CSP at the end of the three year investment from Big Lottery Fund. Programme outputs from the 20 funded projects has been presented using data collated at the end of Year One as a baseline which has then been compared against data reported by  projects at the end of Year Two and Year Three. Case studies and quotations have also been included within the report to highlight the impact of the programme in specific areas.

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The purpose of this study was to review and critique the literature on sexual orientation in sport in order to inform equality impact assessments, support the implementation of the sports councils' equality schemes and inform the advice given by these agencies on developing sports participation among those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transsexual and on tackling homophobia in sport.

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This publication reports on the progress made towards the the Sport in Our Community Key Performance Indicators at the end of the second year (31 March 2008) of the four year programme. This report presents data collated from End of Year Reports. The data reported at the end of Year 1 has created the baseline for the programme, compared against data presented in Year 2 .

Improving Physical Literacy’ focuses on reviewing the current practices and literature relating to the development, delivery and measurement of Physical Literacy. During 2005, Sport Northern Ireland considered in detail the concept of Physical Literacy and its delivery in Northern Ireland. This review builds upon and continues the work which Sport Northern Ireland has been engaged in since 2005.

Pilot Community Sport Programme -

Final Evaluation

The report provides a comprehensive evaluation of the pilot Community Sport Programme funded by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure.  The overall aim of the evaluation was to review the impact of the pilot Community Sport Programme on individuals, communities and partners. The central theme of this report is a comparison between what was supposed to happen, and what did happen.

Community Sport Programme

End of Year Report (Year 2 of 3)

Mourne Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Access Study

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