4. Sport can develop individuals and communities Flashcards
Community is defined as . . .
a shared “sense of belonging” (Hylton and Totten, 2013)
Sport is identified as a . . .
valuable vehicle for wider community change (Collins, 2010)
‘bottom-up’ approach
helps to identify specific community needs and is community driven
Statistics show that the . . .
more deprived the area the higher levels of crime and higher levels of inactivity per week (Sport England, 2017) (ONS, 2015)
Social control
‘keep them off the streets’
Social welfare
‘create opportunities for a better life’
Social control - views sport as a . . .
‘problem solver’ (Hylton and Totten, 2013) and a ‘surrogate violence’
Social control - e.g.
Midnight leagues
Social welfare - aiming to provide . . .
equality and opportunity to individuals to fully engage within the community (Mulunga and Yazdanifard, 2014)
Social welfare - e.g.
‘Comic Relief Sport for Change Project
Social welfare - (Sport for Change, 2018) aims to . . .
bring communities together “across culture, language, gender and social class” as a tool for “community cohesion” (Sport for Change, 2018).