Updated: February 2012
The Local Sport Profile tool has been developed to help local
authorities in England to generate a sporting profile for their
area in the form of charts and tables, bringing together data on
sporting participation and provision.
This data is fundamental to local authorities and other partners
involved in developing and delivering sporting opportunities in
their communities.
The profiles were introduced in Autumn 2010, updated in March
2011 and again in February 2012 to include data from Active People Survey 5 released in December
2011.
The tool provides up-to-date information including:
- Demographic data
- Health data
- Sports participation (formerly NI8)
- Market segmentation
- Facilities data with regional and national comparators
- CIPFA’s nearest neighbour comparators
- Economic performance data (sport related businesses)
New features that have been included in February
2012 include data on latent demand for sport
(the proportion of adults who would like to do more sport);
and latest Local Enterprise Partnerships profiles. In
addition there have been a number of cosmetic changes, making the
Tool more user-friendly.
The data is taken from a variety of sources including the
Active People
Survey, Active
Places, Department
of Health and the Office of National
Statistics.
Download the
Local Sport Profile Tool here
This link will take you to an excel spreadsheet which consists
of four tabs. The first two tabs provide background
information and guidance notes. The third tab is the tool
itself, entitled 'Local Sport Profile Tool'. At
the top of the page there is a drop-down menu of all the
local authorities in England (listed alpahbetically).
Select the local authority from the drop-down menu box and the
tool will produce a wide range of practical sports intelligence
appropriate to that local authority.
The tool also presents benchmarking opportunities by also
providing useful regional, national and 'nearest neighbour'
comparators.
Other resources
If you have looked at the Local Sport Profile
Tool and want to explore more, you can interrogate Active
People Survey data further on the Active People
Diagnostic, Sport England's interactive analysis tool. Data for
Active People Surveys 1-4 inclusive is available on Active People
Diagnostic.
If you would like to view a summary of some of the data
contained in the Local Sport Profile Tool as a 'mini sport profile'
(pdf format), click
here.
The Local Sport Profile Tool contains a range
of data that has been produced by Sport England, including
Active People Survey data. If you would like to find out more about
Sport England's research, please visit the Research section of our website.