Return on investment of community sport spending

This model, first published in October 2024 and updated in November 2025, builds on previous research from 2000 that calculated for every £1 spent on community sport and physical activity, a return on onvestment (RoI) of £3.91 was created for individuals and society.

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APA

Sport England. (2000). Social value and return on investment of sport and physical activity. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.sportengland.org/research-and-data/research/social-value-and-return-investment-sport-and-physical-activity. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2NVAMSJDKAGMZB1Z3T0SE6W

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MLA

Sport England. "Social value and return on investment of sport and physical activity." 2000, https://www.sportengland.org/research-and-data/research/social-value-and-return-investment-sport-and-physical-activity. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2NVAMSJDKAGMZB1Z3T0SE6W.

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Chicago

Sport England. "Social value and return on investment of sport and physical activity." 2000. https://www.sportengland.org/research-and-data/research/social-value-and-return-investment-sport-and-physical-activity. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2NVAMSJDKAGMZB1Z3T0SE6W.

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BibTeX

@misc{sportengland2000returnt0se6w, author = {{Sport England}}, title = {Social value and return on investment of sport and physical activity}, year = {2000}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2NVAMSJDKAGMZB1Z3T0SE6W}, note = {Original source: https://www.sportengland.org/research-and-data/research/social-value-and-return-investment-sport-and-physical-activity. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Record last modified 16 September 2026. Value type: actual. Update cadence: annual. This page is permanently addressable at statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2NVAMSJDKAGMZB1Z3T0SE6W.