Number of volunteers in sport and physical activity
RecordSTO-01M2NVAMSK-SFP62DCDC6-8JPYYA
United Kingdom · 2017–2018
Number of volunteers in sport and physical activity in the United Kingdom was 3.9 million in 2017–2018 (Sport England).
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- Publisher
- Sport England
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Social and economic value of community sport and physical activity
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
The research showed that £42bn worth of value was created from improved life satisfaction for 24m participants and 3.9m volunteers through their involvement in sport and physical activity.
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APA
Sport England. (2018). 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_01M2NVAMSKSFP62DCDC68JPYYA
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- Sport England. "Social value and return on investment of sport and physical activity." 2018, 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_01M2NVAMSKSFP62DCDC68JPYYA.
- Chicago
- Sport England. "Social value and return on investment of sport and physical activity." 2018. 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_01M2NVAMSKSFP62DCDC68JPYYA.
- BibTeX
- @misc{sportengland2018number8jpyya, author = {{Sport England}}, title = {Social value and return on investment of sport and physical activity}, year = {2018}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2NVAMSKSFP62DCDC68JPYYA}, 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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Primary source
- Publisher
- Sport England · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Social value and return on investment of sport and physical activity
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Social and economic value of community sport and physical activity
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 16 September 2026
- Last revision
- 16 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_01M2NVAMSKSFP62DCDC68JPYYA