Post Covid Health Crisis Looming as Number of People Delivering Physical Activity Falls by a Third

UK Coaching – the UK’s leading charitable organisation for physical activity and sports coaches – is issuing a rallying call for teachers, parents and family members to become coaches to counteract the looming post-Covid health crisis.

Latest Sport England data suggests an alarming drop in the number of people giving up their time to support others to be active, which will only exacerbate already declining activity levels.

A total of 6.6 million people (14% of the adult population) gave up their time to lead activity sessions from November 2020-21, a fall of more than 3.1 million people compared to the year before, and follows a drop in numbers in the years prior to the pandemic.

In response to this worrying new data, UK Coaching is leading a nationwide drive to expand the coaching workforce. The campaign will see the organisation engage with seven of the nation’s leading sports over the next ten years, to lead a nationwide drive to recruit more coaches and ensure the nation is fully supported to become more active, more often.

The announcement comes at the start of UK Coaching Week – the annual national awareness campaign which empowers athletes, coaches and the public to celebrate great coaching.

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