WEB_SportEngland_AR_2016-17
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229,400<br />
more people played sport in<br />
<strong>2016</strong> than they did in 2015<br />
3.83M<br />
16-25 year-olds play sport<br />
once a week: an increase of<br />
3,700 in a 12-month period<br />
2.92M<br />
people from black,<br />
Asian and ethnic minority<br />
backgrounds are playing<br />
sport. That’s 26%<br />
compared to 39.5%<br />
white British people<br />
1.6M<br />
disabled people now<br />
play sport once a week<br />
(that’s 20,900 fewer than<br />
12 months ago)<br />
7.2M+<br />
women now play sport and<br />
do regular physical activity<br />
– 250,000 more than when<br />
we launched our This Girl<br />
Can campaign in 2015<br />
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