Abstract
ABSTRACT The authors use evidence from their surveys of over 6000 users of 46 sports facilities in six different United Kingdom cities, and from longitudinal enquiries among over 1300 adult players plus control groups of non-participants, to interpret national trends, and to assess the achievements of the Sports Council's 20 year old campaign towards sport for all. Up to now the rate of increase in the proportion of adults taking part in sport has been very modest. Age, sex and social class inequalities remain considerable. However, it is argued that all major changes in leisure patterns are gradual, unfolding over generations rather than years, and that recent trends in sports activity have laid a base for a sustainable spread of physically active recreation among all sections of the public. Evidence from the authors' research is used to indicate the types of sports programming and promotion, and the kinds of delivery that are required to bring sport for all closer to reality in the United Kingdom.
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