Report shows social value of sport in each region in England

Sport England has published a local breakdown of the annual social value of sport and physical activity, presenting the figures by region, active partnership and local authority.

The localised report follows three months after the grassroots sport body announced a report that calculated the overall social value of community sport and physical activity across England to be £107.2bn per year.

The figure of £107.2bn has now been broken down locally, to allow individuals and organisations to discover the social value of taking part or volunteering in sport and physical activity in their regions.

The local data shows the regions in England with the greatest combined social value (for the period 2022-23) were the South East at £18.3bn, London (£16.2bn) and the North West (£13.8bn).

The figures can be viewed by individual local authority area, organised by the nine regions in England – East, East Midlands, London, North East, North West, South East, South West, West Midlands, and Yorkshire and the Humber.

Sport England CEO, Tim Hollingsworth, said: “Our research makes it clear that sport and physical activity must be a major part of the government’s plans to deliver national growth. We need to protect and invest in opportunities to play sport and be active.”