Research from Hallam’s Sport Industry Research Centre has been featured in an article on the social impact of sports.<\/p>\n
The research, which used a Social Return on Investment (SROI) approach, estimated the social benefits from sport compared to the total estimated costs of providing sport. It examined the value of sport’s impact on improving six health outcomes;<\/p>\n
It also found that for every \u00a31 spent on participating in sport in England, \u00a31.91 worth of benefit is generated in society. The research has been referenced in sportsmanagement.co.uk<\/a>, you can read more about the research on shu.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n Research from Hallam’s Sport Industry Research Centre has been featured in an article on the social impact of sports. The research, which used a Social Return on Investment (SROI) approach,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9105,"featured_media":786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[104],"tags":[175,176,177,81,140],"class_list":["post-785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-impact-of-sport","tag-social-impact","tag-social-return-on-investment","tag-sport-industry-research-centre","tag-sport-research"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2017\/09\/social-impact.jpg?fit=1028%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8KEAX-cF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":621,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2017\/08\/24\/golf-research\/","url_meta":{"origin":785,"position":0},"title":"Golfers less likely to experience coronary heart disease","author":"Jane Gardner-Florence","date":"August 24, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A study by Sheffield Hallam's Sport Industry Research Centre (SIRC) has found that people who play golf regularly are 30 per cent less likely to experience coronary heart disease than those who don\u2019t.\u00a0 It\u2019s official, golf is good for you: A major study has found that people who play the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "In the Headlines"","block_context":{"text":"In the Headlines","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/category\/news\/hwbheadlines\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2017\/08\/golf.jpg?fit=1028%2C768&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2017\/08\/golf.jpg?fit=1028%2C768&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2017\/08\/golf.jpg?fit=1028%2C768&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2017\/08\/golf.jpg?fit=1028%2C768&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2017\/03\/27\/other-stories-to-hit-the-headlines-march-and-april\/","url_meta":{"origin":785,"position":1},"title":"Other Stories to Hit the Headlines – March and April","author":"Anna Gunn","date":"March 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Professor Rob Copeland spoke to the Sheffield Telegraph on Cycling in Sheffield Speaking to Sheffield Telegraph, Professor Rob Copeland, Director of National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, looks at whether Sheffield needs to become a more cycle-friendly city and how cycling can be the catalyst for Sheffield's economic growth.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "In the Headlines"","block_context":{"text":"In the Headlines","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/category\/news\/hwbheadlines\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2017\/03\/Dr-plumley.jpg?fit=428%2C268&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1367,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2018\/02\/12\/less-people-swimming\/","url_meta":{"origin":785,"position":2},"title":"Hallam research referenced in an article about why there are less people swimming","author":"Sarah Briscoe","date":"February 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Research by Hallam's Sports Industry Research Centre which suggests that every \u00a31 of financial investment spent on swimming facilities delivers \u00a33.15 of social return on investment. 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