In this episode, hear from leading experts in the area of Sport for Development about leveraging sport for positive social outcomes.

Professor Emma Rich talks with Professor Andrew Parker and Dr Haydn Morgan from the SPHERE research centre, University of Bath.

Professor Andrew Parker is, a SPHERE honorary and a highly regarded freelance leadership development consultant. He has worked at a number of UK universities and is internationally recognised for his work on sport development and marginalised youth.

Dr Hadyn Morgan is a senior lecturer, in the Department for Health and a member of the SPHERE research team at the University of Bath. Haydn’s research explores the connection between participation in sport and enhancement of social inclusion within marginalised populations. He has presented evidence at the All-Party Parliamentary group on Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice Systems and contributed to a ministerial Taskforce in this area.

Haydn and Andrew have been collaborating for a number of years and co-authored the book ‘Sport Physical Activity and Criminal justice: Politics policy and practice’ https://www.routledge.com/Sport-Physical-Activity-and-Criminal-Justice-Politics-Policy-and-Practice/Morgan-Parker/p/book/9781032075846

We talk about sport and the criminal justice system, their latest research on comic relief’s sport for change strategy, and how grassroots sport can be used to help young people develop a sense of belonging.

For more information about their Comic Relief Sport for Change research project, the three summaries are now available, as is the full report (see links below).

- Findings for sport for development organisations: https://downloads.ctfassets.net/zsfivwzfgl3t/60kUqgvFckZuvYEWGP2dcq/1e8e4fdbdeff1bb3ade7dbd86a69a504/Sport_for_Change_Practitioners.pdf

- Findings for funders: https://downloads.ctfassets.net/zsfivwzfgl3t/3lKe8uDMzqjDsCNJed9TH8/98771ab325e957b191169571de0f83df/Sport_for_Change_Funders.pdf

- Findings for Comic Relief existing and interested partners: https://downloads.ctfassets.net/zsfivwzfgl3t/AZ4cV7eUFHY6Tlb972CkL/15a73799ed445cb59592c8af92d8be2a/Sport_For_Change_Partners.pdf

- Full report: https://assets.ctfassets.net/zsfivwzfgl3t/2QiFggkb9sqxC2bLpZcgIL/d3ba5d9f704a2b1792cb8eb5f321c54a/Sport_for_Change_Report.pdf

Dr Hadyn Morgan:

https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/haydn-morgan

https://www.linkedin.com/in/haydn-morgan-0b762139/?originalSubdomain=uk

X @HaydnMorgan2

Professor Andrew Parker:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-parker-44880140/?originalSubdomain=uk

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