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being a regular footballer is associated with a reduction in GP-related medical costs of £6.92 per person per year compared with engaging in other sports
Grassroots football players report a stronger
belief that playing football has improved their confidence, concentration, motivation and social mixing, compared with individual and other team sports. Female grassroots football players report the
highest levels of self-confidence as a result of playing football, while lower income groups experience some greater quality of life benefits from football compared with higher income groups, specifically in their health and confidence levels. And 11-a-side footballers report higher levels of health and happiness compared to other types of football. Given that regular football increases a person’s wellbeing, and that higher income also increases one’s wellbeing, the equivalent amount of income that an individual would need to make up for the wellbeing they get from regular football can be calculated. This amounts to £1,385 per person per year, and is the value of playing regular grassroots football alone, unaffected by any other sports they may play. When this figure is applied to the population who report playing grassroots football regularly, the benefits of regular grassroots football to those who play is calculated at £8.7bn per year.
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benefiting the NHS Regular footballers are healthier and this means they visit the doctor less often. The report estimates the secondary health benefits of playing football at least one a month in terms of improvements in general health by translating the health benefits into cost savings to the NHS
in terms of reduced GP visit frequency. It notes that this is only a partial value of
the benefits of playing football because it does not include savings to other areas of the Exchequer such as reduced hospital visits and lower demand for social care. The cost savings associated with playing football regularly are calculated by multiplying estimates of health cost savings by the number of regular footballers aged 18 and over in England (6.3 million). Being a regular footballer is associated with
a reduction in GP-related medical costs of £6.92 per person per year compared with engaging in other sports. This equates to an annual cost saving to the NHS of £43.5m a year. With the FA spending approximately £1m per week supporting grassroots football in England, this represents a return of nearly £11bn per year for an investment of £52m. Understanding the value of grassroots
football in monetary terms provides important evidence of the benefits of football to the national population, which in turn can help inform decision-making across the grassroots football landscape.
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