Characteristics of European sports clubs (2017)

The ‘Social Inclusion and Volunteering in Sports Clubs in Europe’ (SIVSCE) project is a collaborative partnership co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. The project has been implemented in 2015, 2016 and 2017. This project seeks to provide comparative knowledge across ten European countries, convert it into specific suggestions for action, and disseminate this knowledge to politicians and sports professionals across Europe. The main aim is to promote social inclusion and volunteering in sports clubs in Europe. The results presented in this report stem from the SIVSCE-project. As part of the project, a questionnaire was developed and translated into the national languages of the ten countries included in the project. The surveys were conducted as nationwide surveys, and a total number of 35,790 sports clubs participated. The four main topics of the questionnaire were: structure, management, voluntary work and social integration. The report is structured according to these topics.