December 3 – A report into the social impact of the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation on the local community has found that its activities contribute a social cost saving of more than £20 million.
Spurs have begin a major expansion and upgrading of their White Hart Lane ground in north-east London, with the stadium delivery expected in 2018. As part of this programme have increased their community activities across the board.
The stadium renovation is the catalyst for a major regeneration of the local area.
The calculation of social cost saving from the Foundation’s work is done using the Sportworks model developed by Substance for the Sported Foundation. It measures the impact and cost savings that come from sport and development programmes by assessing the likelihood or ‘risk’ of participants facing social problems and the extent to which the programmes reduce those risks. Hence leading to the cost savings for social services.
This is the first assessment of its kind by a Premier League club
The report finding were that “projects delivered a minimum social cost saving in the year to 31st July 2015 of £20,532,071, with expenditure in the same period being £2,973,000, estimating social cost savings of £7 for every £1 invested by the Foundation.”
Spurs chairman, Daniel Levy, said:”The Club is delighted that the work we do through our Foundation can now be valued and assessed for the real difference it makes to our local communities.
“All too often, ‘good works’ happen and are taken for granted, without any sense or evaluation of their value and outcomes. We now know we do change lives and, with our extended commitment to our neighbourhoods, we intend to change many more.”
The club re-iterated its commitment to working with the “London Boroughs of Haringey and Enfield to increase sport and physical activity, improve health, well-being and educational attainment and ensure the economic regeneration of north and east London.”
The research found that in 2014 the Foundation worked with over 10,000 individuals, over 5,000 of whom participated in long-term development programmes; worked with over 1,300 individuals who attended sessions in the nine key council wards for an average of 48 hours each; organised long-term development programmes, including the Foundation Degree and Education and Football Development Centres delivering 7,200 Hours (1,000 Weeks) of activity; worked predominantly with people (67.2%) who were residents of Haringey, Enfield and Waltham Forest; worked with significant numbers of people (57%) who lived in the top 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
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