Measuring the Social Return on Investment of community sport and leisure facilities

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Figure 1. Stages of SROI.

Table 1. Facilities included in the SROI.

Facility	Type of facility	PARS operating at venue
Ponds Forge	Mixed use sports centre	✓
Hillsborough Leisure Centre	Mixed use sports centre	✓
Graves Tennis & Leisure Centre	Mixed use sports centre	✓
Concord Sports Centre	Mixed use sports centre	✓
Westfield Sports Centre	Mixed use sports centre
Springs Leisure Centre	Mixed use sports centre	✓
EIS Sheffield	Dry use sports centre
Heeley pool	Swimming pool and gym	✓
iceSheffield	Ice rink
Birley Wood Golf Course	Golf course
Beauchief Golf Course	Golf course
Tinsley Park Golf Course	Golf course

Table 2. Summary of data collection for the SROI.

Stages of SROI	Data collection
	Part 1	Part 2
Stakeholders	Interviews (n = 4) with representatives of SCC, SCT & SIV	Interviews (n = 6) with representatives of SIV and PARS staff Focus groups (n = 3) with PARS participants SROI PARS (postal) survey of participants(n = 152)
Inputs	Interviews (n = 4) with representatives of SCC, SCT & SIV SIV Management Accounts National data on consumer spending sport and physical activity National Benchmarking Service (NBS) data SIV facility participation data	Interviews (n = 4) with representatives of SCC, SCT & SIV SIV Management accounts
Outputs	National Benchmarking Service (NBS) data SIV facility participation data	SIV PARS data
Outcomes	National Benchmarking Service (NBS) data SIV facility participation data NHS England data Literature findings as reported in Taylor et al. (2015), Davies et al. (2019) Various secondary data sources for health care costs (Cancer Research; British Heart Foundation; Dementia UK; Diabetes UK)	SROI PARS (postal) survey (n = 152) NHS data for health care costs

Figure 2. Impact Map: Part 1 – general participation.

Table 3. Summary of inputs.

Stakeholder	Inputs	Value (£)
SCC	SCC funding	2,671,648
	SCC rates paid	215,695
Sub total		2,887,343
Sports Participants	Consumer spending at SCT/SIV on activity charges	12,487,807
	Consumer spending on equipment costs	1,017,642
	Consumer spending on sport clothing and footwear	1,287,732
	Consumer spending on travel and other costs	329,286
Sub total		15,122,467
Total		£18,009,810

Table 4. Social outcomes valuation summary: Part 1.

Outcomes	Quantity	Value (£)	Impact (£)
Health
Reduced risk of CHD/stroke in active men and women by 30%	251	3635	912,959
Reduced risk of breast cancer in active women by 20%	3	47,908	154,862
Reduced risk of developing colon cancer by 24%	1.5	47,908	71,941
10% reduction in incidence of type 2 diabetes	61	3545	215,225
Reduced incidence of dementia by 30%	60	32,887	1,979,329
Sports participants are 14.1% more likely to report good health than non-participants^a	13,688	100	1,364,266
Subtotal			4,698,583
Crime & antisocial behaviour
Sports participation leads to a 1% reduction in criminal incidents for males aged 10–24 years	18	1590	28,649
Education
Sports participation leads to a 1% increase in educational attainments (aged 11–18)	0.6	1221	687
Graduates who participate in sport at university have a higher starting salary than their non-sporting counterparts (enhanced value of human capital)	186	5824	1,086,058
Subtotal			£1,086,745
Subjective wellbeing
Sports participation (in the last year) is found to be associated with higher subjective wellbeing	14,065	1127	15,851,255
Total value of all outcomes			£21,665,233

^aExcludes participants already accounted for in other health outcomes.

Figure 3. Impact Map: Part 2 – PARS.

Figure 4. Outcome changes experienced by PARS participants.

Figure 5. Individual benefits expressed by PARS participants.

Table 5. Value of individual outcomes: Part 2.

	Completers	Non-completers	Overall
Total number of people on scheme	574	650	1224
Any improvement(s) post scheme	83%	34%	57%
Beneficiaries	478	222	700
WTP per month^a	£29.76	£22.50	£27.47
Annualised value of benefits	£170,875	£59,927	£230,802
Attribution rate	62%	55%	61%
Net annual value attributable to scheme	£106,744	£33,063	£139,807

^aRounded to nearest 1p.

Table 6. Value of healthcare cost savings: Part 2.

	Completers	Non-completers	Overall
Total number of people on scheme	574	650	1224
Better physical and/or mental health	77%	26%	50%
Total number of people reporting better health	441	171	612
People with better health scoring 80+ for health state (out of 100)	47%	29%	42%
Health beneficiaries	206	49	255
Annual NHS cost savings per person associated with self-reported good health	£724.15	£724.15	£724.15
Indicative cost savings per year	£149,074	£35,391	£184,465
Attribution rate^a	67%	60%	65%
Net cost savings attributable to scheme	£99,289	£21,234	£120,523

^aWeighted average attribution across two health outcomes.

Table 7. Social outcomes valuation summary: Part 2.

	Completers	Non-completers	Overall
Number of participants	574	650	1224
Individual benefits	£106,744	£33,063	£139,807
Healthcare cost savings	£99,289	£21,234	£120,523
Total value	£206,033	£54,298	£260,330
Value per participant	£359	£84	£213

Taylor, P., Davies, L., Wells, P., Gilbertson, J., & Tayleur, W. (2015). A review of the social impacts of culture and sport. CASE/ Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/416279/A_review_of_the_Social_Impacts_of_Culture_and_Sport.pdf

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