The new Place Need Assessments from Sport England combine Inequalities Metrics and Place Need Classifications to highlight the needs of different communities.
The Inequalities Metric: defines which characteristics have the greatest impact on a person’s minutes of activity.
- 75% of adults with no inequality characteristic meet activity guidelines, compared to 44% for those with two or more
- 51% of children with no inequality characteristic meet activity guidelines, compared to 39% for those with two or more
Place Need Classification: combines activity levels with other information to highlight areas with the most need.
The purpose of these tool is to inform data-driven decisions.