Research reports

THE BUSINESS OF SWIMMING

This latest edition of "The Business of Swimming" published by HNI International, will include the following: Consumer attitudes and behaviour in swimming pools- 1,800 new pool users have been surveyed, compared with 1,700 pool users in 2002.

• A complete comparison of prices at pools from one local authority to another.
• The comparative ratios between local populations and the number of pools in each authority.
• A survey of pool managers on trends within their pools.
• A review of aquarobics in 25 pools.
• The impact of top-up lessons on school swimming based on two pilot schemes carried out for the DfES.
• Trends in swimming pool admission numbers.

PASSPORT TO LEISURE SCHEMES

'Passport to Leisure' schemes have been around for many years in local authority recreation services, but do they achieve the social objectives that they were originally designed to meet? This report presents the findings of a survey of all UK local authorities. Published April 1996.

PROGRAMMES TO REDUCE CRIME

This report shows the number and characteristics of programmes which have an objective of crime reduction. It identifies the difficulty of research, and of proving direct causal relationships between a programme and crime reduction. With the difficulties of evaluation on an individual basis the report calls for a national approach. Published May 1999.