JUMP! Increased children’s physical activity by 8.3 minutes daily (over 70 minutes weekly), showing greater impact than any comparable intervention and securing £4 million new investment.
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Researchers involved with the Born in Bradford study, supported by the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Yorkshire and Humber investigated children’s activity levels. This research, funded by Sport England and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), revealed that Active Bradford’s JU:MP programme:
• Improved children’s total physical activity by 8.3 minutes a day and over 70 minutes a week – this equates to 3640 extra minutes per child a year (or two and a half days).
• Improved moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (the amount needed to significantly improve health) by nearly 6 minutes on weekdays (5.7 minutes).
• Reduced inactivity by more than 21 minutes a day on weekends (21.47 minutes).
Having conducted an extensive review, the research found that the effects of the JU:MP programme were bigger than any other long-term population level physical activity intervention for children reported in comparable scientific research studies so far.
Sport England is renewing its commitment to addressing inactivity and inequality in Bradford with a new £4 million investment and a new three-year partnership with Active Bradford, the charity running the JU:MP programme, and their partners Born in Bradford and the University of Bradford.