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Chair: Klaus Seiberth
Room: A3M04, Building A Level 3
The imperative to empower communities through sport-related volunteering often forms a key part of Olympic and Sport-Mega-Event (SME) campaigns. Beyond event delivery, sport-related volunteering may also be operationalised to aid a variety of civil society agendas including shifting attitudes towards social responsibility, fostering community identity and purpose, and enhancing citizens’...
Indoor fitness training is one of the largest and most widespread movement activities in Denmark with more than 57% of the adult population in Denmark participating in indoor and/or outdoor fitness activities.
Research shows that participation in sport and physical activities depends on a combination of the opportunities to be active and the individuals socioeconomic background and motives...
Presented by Jens Hoyer-Kruse:
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the significance of the municipally created framework for sports for adults' sports participation in Denmark. Danish sports policy is primarily about running sports facilities, supporting sports clubs, and making green areas attractive for physical activity - for which the municipalities are primarily responsible. Research...
Physical activity (PA) behaviours have seen significant changes during the COVID-19 pandemic, and concern about social disparities has grown. Limitations concerning public indoor sports facilities have notably structured leisure-time PA. This study focuses on the reduced use of indoor facilities (RI), investigating the effects among adults of different social groups.
The data (n=738) is from...
