Barriers to participation

Barriers to participation

1. Key Terms

   • Discrimination: Treating people differently (unfairly) due to prejudice
   • Prejudice: Holding a preformed judgement on someone based on irrational thinking
   • Stereotype: An oversimplified view/ standardised image of someone
   • Inclusiveness: Including people of all kind despite race, age, gender etc.
   • Equal Opportunities: Providing equal opportunities for everyone

2. Ethnic Groups

   • Problems
     • Discrimination - Racism
     • Low disposable income
     • Time/resources discouraged
     • Traditional views (for young girls)
   • Solution = Sport England
     • Monitor number of participants using registers and surveys
       • Initiatives to increase awareness & opportunities
   • As result of...
     • Limited roles models
     • due to low class (Socio-Economic groups)
     • Genetic advantages / talent

3. Disability

   • split into 4 categories
     • Mobility impairment
     • others
     • sensory impairment
     • mental impairment
   • Various influences
     • Disability too severe
     • Not easily accessible - lack of facilities
     • Stereotyping
     • Seen as minority - less high people
     • Lack of status
   • solutions
     • Sport England
       • Active People initiative
         • Increase opportunities and participation
     • National disability sport organisation
       • All provide funding and adapted sports
     • English Federation of Disabled sport
     • Disability Sport England

4. socio-economic / social class

   • Problems
     • expenditure - low disposable income
     • Membership - discrimination
     • Class attached to activities - I.E. low class cannot golf
     • Lower social class = less time for activities
   • Solution = Sport England
     • Distribute funding - take away barrier & create oppoprtuinites
     • Help community clubs
       • Sport Action Zone
         • Help people excel in sports
         • increase opportunities and participation
         • Bad behaviour is stopped

5. gender

   • suffer mainly from stereotypes...
     • strength and endurance - women can't do events like these
     • Sports that require aggression - makes "women seem as men"
     • Link family - women have a stereotypical role of being domestic
   • influences
     • Lack of role models - predominantly male coaches
     • Lack of interests - minimal self confidence/motivation
     • Sexism
     • unequal sporting opportunities
   • solution = Women's Sport Foundation (WSF)
     • Increase sporting opportunities - making opportunities equally accessible
     • Ways into coaching - increase number of role models
     • Providing more facilities for women
     • Increase media coverage