Dr Louise Mansfield discusses the What Works experiment researching culture and sport

1. WHAT WORKS WELLBEING
Culture and Sport:
social diversity and
context matters
Professor Christina Victor (PI, BUL)
Dr Louise Mansfield (BUL)
Professor Tess Kay (BUL)
Dr Catherine Meads (BUL)
Dr Louise Longworth (BUL)
Dr Annette Payne (BUL)
Professor Paul Dolan (LSE)
Professor Alan Tomlinson (UB)
Professor Guy Julier (UB)
Professor Norma Daykin (UW)
Promoting wellbeing
by identifying and
addressing
wellbeing
inequalities
– among diverse
populations, in
diverse contexts

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Project Phases
Phase 1: Collaborative Development Work
Policy, commissioning & managing, academics & scholars,
service delivery, public/citizen groups in partnership with
academic review team
Phase 2: Evidence Reviews
Selected topics and types reflecting stakeholder voice
Phase 3: Mobilisation and translation of evidence
Usable outputs & data sharing
Phase 4: Ideas Exchange Programme
UK Forums Public Exhibitions, Project Findings Conference
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3. Brunel University London
Culture and Sport Partners
3
Stakeholder
group
Example participants
Policy and
decision makers
Public Health England, Arts Council NI, Sport England,
Arts Council for England, National Trust, RAD, EFDS,
DCMS, Sport Wales plus ‘bridging personnel’
Commissioners
and managers
British Film Institute, Scottish Student Sport, London
Borough Hounslow, Macmillan Cancer Support,
Women in Sport, UK Active plus ‘bridging personnel’
Service providers Brighton CUPP, Sporting Equals, Streetgames, Dance
UK, The Science Museum, The V & A, Dance Barre,
PrideSports, Sport Impact, Urban Youth Network,
Prodigal Theatre, Live Music Now, Plymouth Music
Zone, Arts and Minds
Scholars and
fellows
Academics, researchers, senior leaders from the four
home countries
Public and citizen Drawn from participants involved in stakeholders‘
activities

4. Brunel University London Presentation Title 4
Consultation Method Consultation Activities
Workshops Wellbeing definitions, culture and
sport interventions and evidence
Interviews Wellbeing definitions, culture and
sport interventions and evidence
Delphi Questionnaire 1 Section 1: on wellbeing and
evidence; Section 2: on
populations, settings, interventions
and outcomes for the review
Delphi Questionnaire 2 Refining priorities: results of Q1
listed as top 5 statements for each
question, partners invited to rank in
light of group rankings
Observations and
follow-up interviews
Participating in culture and sport;
experiencing wellbeing

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Delphi questionnaire 1 : Section 2
Everyone An Artist Consultation
7. What key dimensions of wellbeing that are important in
culture and sport should be included in the review?
7a. Personal dimensions of wellbeing
7b. Culture/sport based dimensions of wellbeing
7c. Social dimensions of wellbeing
8. What populations are effective wellbeing interventions likely
to be working with?
9. In your experience, what settings are most likely to be
delivering effective wellbeing interventions in culture/sport?
10. What culture and sport interventions are likely to have the
strongest impact on wellbeing?
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Emerging priorities (DELPHI)
1.We need a common definition of wellbeing on which to base evaluation
and research
2. Evidence is needed to secure and maintain funding for culture and sport
3. Evaluation should identify what doesn’t work as well as what works
4. The review should encompass evidence produced by a diverse groups
of stakeholders (professionals, practitioners, service delivery organisations)
5. The review should include rigorous qualitative evidence in culture and
support
6. Quality assessment in evidence should include the extent to which
evaluation has been informed by the views of those who take part in
culture and sport
7. The key dimensions of wellbeing are: Confidence and self-esteem;
coping and resilience; and belonging and social identity (top ranked)
8. Populations: general population: open access community based culture
and sport.
9. Settings: community based culture, sport and leisure
10. Interventions: Group based interventions led by a volunteer or peer
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Additional priorities (INTERVIEWS)
1. Return on investment (ROI)
2. Minority/deprived groups- homeless, socially isolated
older adults and/or those in residential care, refugees, lower
socio-economic status, socially excluded children/anti-social
behaviour, people with special needs
3. People with mental health conditions
4.Determining spill-over experiences and impact of (short
and long term) engagement in cultural and sporting
experiences
5. Devising a theoretical model for sport/culture and
wellbeing
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8. WHAT WORKS WELLBEING
Professor Christina Victor (PI, BUL)
Dr Louise Mansfield (BUL)
Professor Tess Kay (BUL)
Dr Catherine Meads (BUL)
Dr Louise Longworth (BUL)
Dr Annette Payne (BUL)
Professor Paul Dolan (LSE)
Professor Alan Tomlinson (UB)
Professor Guy Julier (UB)
Professor Norma Daykin (UW)
Culture and Sport:
social diversity and
context matters