Record numbers of women and men in
England are playing sport every week.
Figures released today by Sport England show
that 15.5 million people aged 16 and over are playing sport
every week. That’s 750,000 more than a year ago and 1.57 million
more than when London won the Olympic and Paralympic bid.
Sport England today (December 6 2012)
published the latest Active People Survey results covering the year
to October 2012 which reveal that by every measure the number of
people playing sport has gone up.
The strongest growth has been among women,
with half a million women on their bikes, playing netball, running,
swimming and going to the gym in the past year helping to cut the
gender gap in sport.
The figures also reveal the inspirational
impact of the Games – the number of people taking part rising has
risen sharply in the period since the London 2012 Games got
underway, with strong increases in Olympic sports such as cycling,
sailing and volleyball.
More disabled people are playing sport at
least once a week, but participation rates still lag far behind
those for non-disabled people. Sport England this week announced a
£10.2 million National Lotteryinvestment to tackle this challenge.
Two thirds of the sports measured by the
Active People Survey have shown a positive trend over the past year
with athletics, judo, tennis and swimming among those growing in
popularity. Cricket was among the grassroots sports that suffered
during the wettest summer for a century.
Young people aged between 16 and 25 are the
most active in our society, but increasing participation among this
age group remains tough and this is the priority for Sport
England’s five-yearstrategy announced in January this year.
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