2022 eass & ISSA World Congress of Sociology of Sport

Session

PS 18: Sport and Social Change 1

8 Jun 2022, 11:00

Description

Chair: Hélène Joncheray
Room: N14, Building C Level 3

59. The relevance of social capital indicators for member retention in times of Corona

Ulrike Burrmann, Stephan Sielschott, Sebastian Braun

08/06/2022, 11:20

Objectives: Even before the Corona pandemic, more and more sports clubs reported declining membership, episodic engagement and difficulties in recruiting and retaining volunteers. Given the complex constraints on sports club and social activities during the Corona pandemic, the question arises as to how this exceptional social situation affected membership retention in clubs and the importance...

60. Between Input and Impact: Key Mechanisms of Sport for Employability Programmes Based on (Ex)-Participants’ Perspectives

Tessa Commers, Marc Theeboom, Fred Coalter

08/06/2022, 11:40

Although numbers of European youth who are neither in employment nor in education or training (NEET) have decreased in recent years, a considerable group of about 9 million young people remains in this situation of potential disengagement. In this context, sport has been regarded as a suitable tool to develop these NEET’s level of employability. This belief originates from (a) the centrality...