Round the World Challenge

This project evaluates Mencap’s Round the World Challenge, an initiative aimed at encouraging physical activity among people with learning disabilities.

This research was initially commissioned in 2016 and assessed the impact of Round the World Challenge (RTWC) on participants’ physical activity and on their broader health, wellbeing and quality of life. It also assessed the impact on individual, social and community development and how this is achieved. In 2019 a further evaluation was commissioned to build upon research into the development of RTWC within the sport and leisure sectors. The current evaluation focuses on how RTWC influences the formation of behavioural habits and individual wellbeing.

Date: 2016 - June 2017 and 2019-2021

Client: English Federation of Disability Sport and English Learning Disability Sports Alliance (MENCAP & Special Olympics GB)