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Moving the goal posts: poverty and access to sport for young people

Edwards, Gwenno, Grubb, Ben, Power, Anne and Serle, Nicola (2015) Moving the goal posts: poverty and access to sport for young people. CASEreports (95). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London, UK.

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Abstract

StreetGames is a charity set up in 2007 to help break down the barriers created by poverty and area disadvantage that prevent young people participating in sport. StreetGames works with local community organisations, sports organisations, youth clubs, schools and colleges in order to support "doorstep" sports - less formal, more participative, and more engaging physical activity, close to home and at a low or no cost to the young participants. This kind of involvement helps young people become motivated, develop team skills, social skills, communication skills and ways of working with others in a team so that they can more easily progress both in education, in work and in their community. In these ways, StreetGames aims to combat poverty, exclusion and area disadvantage.

Item Type: Monograph (Report)
Official URL: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case/
Additional Information: © 2016 The Author
Divisions: STICERD
Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Date Deposited: 26 Sep 2016 11:13
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 22:26
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/67852

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