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That is the majority of people, but I agree that sport is not the answer for everyone, particularly when we are trying to getinactive people to be active. Clare Haughey asked what is the secret to getting people involved in activity.
Social Security Policies (Economic Inactivity) To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to use its social security policies to address reported high levels of economic inactivity.
The school would work towards different levels of awards. An activity that a school could do to get an award could be to provide instrumental tuition for the children in the school.
The authors also published a SPICe Briefing Getting the inactiveactive: Barriers to physical activity and potential policy solutions and contributed to a SPICe Breakfast Seminar on this topic.
That was a real barrier to young women and girls taking up the chance to enjoy sport and get engaged in later life.
LEAP Sports Scotland highlighted examples of girls being excluded from certain activities in PE classes as a further barrier to their participation:
Studies found that girls were actively marginalised in PE class by boys and many described not being able to get involved in games or even getting to use equipment.
The activities do not necessarily have to involve football; they are young people driven, ultimately.We want to get girls more active and involved in sport.
Does the minister agree that the Scottish Government must do more to support Scotland’s £1 billion self-catering industry and should refocus its efforts on tackling economically inactive empty homes to get more people into them?
The Committee is aware that information on the costs of inaction was available when the previous Climate Change Bill (now Act) was under consideration.