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Sport participation rises
By: Jeff James
Listed Under: Top Story
Published: Thursday, December 11, 2008
The number of adults in England who regularly play sport has risen by more than half a million over the past two years, according to new research from MORI.
The results of the Active People Survey 2, commissioned by Sport England, show that the number of men regularly playing sport has risen by 311,000 to 4.04million, while the number of women completing three sessions of sport each week has increased by 240,000 to 2.81million.
The fastest growth in sports participation has been among people in their twenties. More than 6.8million people aged 16 and over now take part in sport at least three times a week for a minimum of 30 minutes at moderate intensity. This figure contributes to a total of 11.73million people choosing to participate in physical activity. It also provides the baseline for Sport England to measure its target of getting one million people playing more sport - part of the government’s drive to get two million people more active by 2012.
Participation has grown fastest in the Yorkshire region, where the regular sports participation rate is 17.3 per cent. There have been significant increases in all English regions except London and the West Midlands, which has the lowest sports participation rate of 14.6 per cent.
Says Minister for Sport, Gerry Sutcliffe, MP: “It’s fantastic that over half a million more people are now taking part in sport since we won the Olympic bid. This shows that the record amount of public money invested in community sport in the last decade is delivering results. This is no time to rest on our laurels though. I want to see another million people regularly playing sport by 2012.”
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