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London Sport

Digital Behaviour Change

We want to use digital behaviour change to its full potential to support and motivate Londoners to become and stay active.

The Digital Behaviour Change Project

We use digital communications to influence and motivate people to change their own behaviour.

We have run digital marketing pilots that use Facebook to recruit new participants for walking groups and looked at advertising on the same social media platform to promote local This Girl Can Sessions.

We are experts in developing and testing digital marketing campaigns that reach and engage a less active audience and support them to take the first steps to being more active.

Digital Behaviour Change Updates

INSIGHT: Digital Marketing Lead Chris Norfield looks at the power of Facebook Groups in providing much-needed connections, support, motivation and prompts for Londoners looking to be more active. Read his blog here or learn more about Facebook Groups below.

NEWS: A series of targeted paid social media campaigns by our Consultancy Hub came to an end in November with some very positive results. Find out more about the work, completed by our Consultancy Hub on behalf of Sport England, here

BLOG: Chris Norfield takes you behind the scenes of our recent Digital Marketing work as he reflects on a busy few months supporting specific audiences on taking that first step towards a more active lifestyle. Read his blog here.

NEWS: London Sport have begun work to learn how open data and local physical activity opportunities can be put to best use within referral settings and support the achievement of a range of health and wellbeing outcomes.

The project, funded by the GLA and Sport England, seeks to identify the needs of service users, referral agencies and local physical activity providers, as regards the effective inclusion of physical activity within referral pathways. More on the project.

RESOURCE: A new resource from London Sport looked at how organisations could move their activities online during the covid-19 lockdown. We spoke to Marie Page, a digital marketing expert (The Digiterati) and part-time Yoga Instructor (MariePageYoga) about her experiences as she shifts to delivering online classes. Read more.

INSIGHT: Digital marketing is nearly 15 times cheaper than traditional posters and leaflets at producing similar levels of activity sign-up according to research in a new London Sport White Paper. The paper includes a series of best practice recommendations around defining a target audience, testing wording and imagery, systems for quick response times and using behaviour change theory. Read the full paper in the resources section below.

Resources and Learnings

Get Active is a digital behaviour change programme designed to support less active Londoners to find and attend local activity sessions.

Open Sessions is the free, easy way for physical activity providers to promote their sessions to potentially thousands of new customers.

Learn how Facebook Groups can support Londoners to be active

Facebook Groups can have an important role in supporting people to become and stay active, particularly during lockdown, so we’ve created a page full of details about what they are, how they work and how you can use them to support your users. Find out more below:

More information and contact details:

For more information around our Digital Behaviour Change project, please contact our Director of Impact & Innovation Jade Cation.

I’ve got some moves. You don’t get to my age without learning a few moves
Joan, 71
London Sport has helped me more than I ever could of imagined
Alex, 28
I’ve got some moves. You don’t get to my age without learning a few moves
Joan, 71
London Sport has helped me more than I ever could of imagined
Alex, 28