The Role Of Sport In The 1960-1960

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Pre 1960, sport in the UK required little or no government involvement. It was mainly organised by amateur sports clubs. The findings of the Wolfenden Report, published in 1960, recommended a spotlight on young people’s involvement in sport, sports facilities to be developed in order to help increased sport provision and improvement in the coaching and administration of sport. More importantly, it warned of the concern about the drop off in participation between school based sport and club based/adult sport attendance.
1960-1990, saw the increase in the development of sports facilities, such as local authority leisure centres and swimming pools. Attempts were also made to target particular groups not very well represented in Sport. Under