Read our 'Impact in Communities Report' (2023/4)

We are pleased to share our newly released Impact Report, which highlights our collective impact in communities, 2023/24.

The report celebrates the work of hundreds of individuals and organisations across the GDM Network who have contributed to our shared vision of 'healthy and vibrant communities through movement, physical activity and sport' over the past year.

The impact report looks at all GDM strategy themes, provides an update on key statistics per theme, and provides a number of examples of partnership in action. There is also a spotlight section on Dance, and the progress made through the dance on programme, led by darts. The report also looks ahead to the priorities for 2024/25 and outlines areas of focus.

There are many important highlights to be found within the report, including:

Overall levels of physical inactivity are falling.

For adults, Doncaster is narrowing the gap with the England average and outperforms England for children and young people. The report provides updates on how Doncaster is faring against Sport England's four priorities.

The GDM Network has increased significantly over the past year.

Connections within the network have trebled, and there's been an increase in the number of shared collaborations between network members. This information is gleaned from the annual partner survey and social network analysis. This year's annual partner survey and social network analysis is live until the end of October: Complete the survey.

The GDM Network will come together again in the new year at the annual GDM Summit. More details to follow soon.

Whilst there are examples of partnership work outlined within the report, this is by no means the total sum of the work which has been happening in Doncaster over the last year, rather it is to illustrate just some of the work which has been delivered by the many hundreds of people working on reducing inactivity in Doncaster.

Thank you for your continued support and work to #GetDoncasterMoving

Read the report: Impact Report