Sport Equity: Benchmarking the Performance of English Public Sport Facilities

Liu, Yi-De; Taylor, Peter; Shibli, Simon

doi:10.1080/16184740802461686

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“…This finding was not unexpected given that 'wet' and 'mixed' types of facilities were conspicuously successful in attracting more 60+ year olds and the disabled under 60 year olds (Liu, Taylor, & Shibli, 2009a). Apart from swimming, the disabled tended to prefer activities involving the use of fitness equipment/machines, and keep fit/aerobics.…”

Section: Disabled Versus Non-disabledmentioning

confidence: 74%

“…Whilst the NBS has been widely used as the basis for examining a range of performance management issues around public sector sports facility provision, the considerations of sport participation and customer perceptions of the disabled have been largely focussed on an aggregate level. In several studies using the NBS data (e.g., Liu, 2009a;Taylor, Panagouleas, & Kung, 2011), disabled participants were studied as part of user sub-groups, including disadvantaged leisure card holders, disabled under 60 years old and disabled 60 years and above. One of the objectives of this paper is to share some insights into the patterns of participation and demographic profiles of disabled sport participants, as well as the levels of satisfaction associated with their experiences at public sport centres.…”

Section: Context and Rationalementioning

confidence: 99%

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The use of public sports facilities by the disabled in England

Kung

Taylor

2014

Sport Management Review

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Disabled sports participants are a small proportion of sports participants at English public sports centres; but they are important to the social inclusion agenda. This paper aims to provide a detailed insight into the preferences and behaviour of disabled sports participants. It investigated whether there were statistical differences: first, between the disabled sports participants and the non-disabled sports participants in terms of (1) social demographics, (2) patterns of participation, (3) travel, (4) sports activities and (5) customer satisfaction; and second, between age, ethnic, socio-economic and gender groups of their subsamples, on (2), (4) and (5) again. Disability is defined as having any long term illness or health problem which limits a person's daily activities or the work that a person can do. The data collected through the National Benchmarking Service, for 458 sports centres from 2005 to 2011, revealed that about 9% of over 150,000 sports participants were disabled. Swimming, using fitness equipment and keep fit related exercises were the top three most frequently stated main sports activities by the disabled. It was also more likely for the disabled to participate in organised activities, own a leisure card and participate regularly when compared with the non-disabled participants. In addition, the disabled were also more likely than the non-disabled to travel to the centre by public transport, from home and travel a longer journey time. The industry weaknesses as identified by the disabled relate to physical evidence of the sports centres, particularly cleanliness attributes. Measures that can be taken to increase sports participation by the disabled include competent support at sports centres, promotions through discount schemes or leisure cards, and free transportation to sport centres in catchment areas with high proportions of disabled in their population.

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The use of public sports facilities by the disabled in England

Kung

Taylor

2014

Sport Management Review

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“…Under this merit good agenda (Liu et al 2009), increased involvement is seen as socially desirable above and beyond any private benefit derived. A wider role of sport is generally acknowledged in sport policy, although it is debated whether sport can live up to this role (Coalter 2007).…”

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From welfare state to participation society? Austerity measures and local sport policy in the Netherlands

Hoekman

Roest

Poel

2017

International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics

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This study investigates whether the shift from welfare state to participation society in the context of austerity in the Netherlands has had consequences for local sport policy. The central research questions are (1) do municipal sport budgets show evidence of a move away from classical welfare state values towards a participation society? and (2) do changes in local sport policy suggest a move away from classical welfare state values towards a participation society?First, we analysed spending on sport across all Dutch municipalities. Second, we quantitatively and qualitatively analysed 104 municipal coalition agreements for the 2014-2018 governing period. The approach used was interpretive, focusing on dominant or hegemonic discourses or storylines within local sport policy.It shows that Local sport policy in the Netherlands still hinges strongly on welfare state values and has not yet been hit by serious austerity measures. We found no evidence of a neoliberal slant or an emphasis on free-market and private entrepreneurship. Rather, the accent is on an expanded role for voluntary sport clubs (VSCs) in operating sport facilities and as policy implementer. We conclude that the shift in narrative from classical welfare state to participation society has, as yet, had limited effect on local sport policy. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…Data anvendt her er indsamlet på baggrund af en metode udviklet med inspiration fra Australien og England, hvor der er erfaring med at måle på idraetsfaciliteters performance (Howat, Crilley, & Murray, 2005;Liu, Taylor, & Shibli, 2009). Faelles for disse metoder er, at de tager afsaet i redskaber, som oprindeligt er udviklet inden for managementlitteraturen og har nogle faelles karakteristika.…”

Section: Udvikling Af System Til Performance Målinger Af Idraetsfacilunclassified

Mål eller kaos? - Muligheder og begrænsning i at indføre "performance management" i danske idrætsfaciliteter

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2014

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Mål eller kaos? Muligheder og begrænsninger i at indføre ‘performance management’ i danske idrætsfaciliteter (Pros and cons of implementing performance management in Danish sport facilities)Many sport facilities in Denmark are heavily subsidised by city councils. But even though they drain the public purse, there has been little focus on performance management within this policy area. This article discusses the drawbacks and advantages of using different output indicators to measure how much sport facilities are used and how active the different user groups are. The analysis is primarily based on data collected in 56 multifunctional sport halls (800m2) in five Danish City Councils in the period from 2012-2014. The data indicates that different sports utilise the sport hall differently. For example, tennis has fewer users than dance and on average soccer use more of the ‘field of play’ than badminton. How such performance information is used depend on what the political aim of the sport facility is. On one side it makes it possible to prioritise between different user groups in order to increase how much of the facility is used and by how many. However, perverse effects are a risk and increased focus on for example number of users might decrease the level of physical activity. The analysis of this data is a first example of how indicators can be used to discuss the consequences of introducing performance management in the policy area of sport facilities.

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Sport Equity: Benchmarking the Performance of English Public Sport Facilities

Cited by 35 publications

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The use of public sports facilities by the disabled in England

The use of public sports facilities by the disabled in England

From welfare state to participation society? Austerity measures and local sport policy in the Netherlands

Mål eller kaos? - Muligheder og begrænsning i at indføre "performance management" i danske idrætsfaciliteter

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