Syann Cox / , Sports Organisations
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The Sport and Recreation Alliance is the umbrella organisation for the governing and representative bodies of sport and recreation in the UK
Civil society is subject to the same regulation as other businesses and employers as well as regulations specifically for charities. The aim of the regulatory requirements placed on the voluntary and community sector is ultimately to protect both citizens and voluntary organisations and to maintain confidence in the sector. While a degree of regulation for the voluntary and community sector is both necessary and beneficial, complying with numerous legal or administrative processes that often s...
Sport plays an important role in contributing to social cohesion and can facilitate the integration of migrants into society by promoting a shared sense of belonging and participation. As it is not based on faith or belief systems, participating in sport easily opens itself to creating links between people from different cultures, countries and backgrounds [1].
Following the appointment of the coalition Government in 2010, the points based system for managed migration is set to change again f...
Following a commitment by Sport England in 2008 to fund ‘sport for sport’s sake,’ [1] viewing sport for its instrumental value – that is how it contributes to crime reduction, community safety, the economy, health and so on, has increasingly come under scrutiny. Instead, sport for sport’s sake is about understanding the significance of sport in itself, rather than the additional benefits it can bring. It is about the benefit of sport or recreation coming from the act of physically exerti...
London was elected the host city for the Olympic Summer Games in 2012. The ultimate goal of Olympism is to build a peaceful and better world through sport. For any country hosting the Olympic Games there are a number of significant social and economic impacts. The UK government has identified hosting the games as, ‘a chance to bring together a unique combination of government resources and commitment from the sporting community and participants to create a truly world-class sporting nation.’...
[The 2012 Summer Olympics are only partially covered under this driver as due to the magnitude of the event it is considered a mega-event and has been covered in its own right]
Between 2010 and 2015, the UK is to host numerous major sporting events, that is sporting events which are of an elite standard, will have a large number of spectators, and a national, or international media profile. UK Sport’s Major Events Strategy has set a target of bringing 80 major international sporting events to th...
