Sport Policy Across the United Kingdom

Mathew Dowling is Senior Lecturer in the Cambridge Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University, UK. His current research interests focus on the application of organisational and political theory to understand sport organisations and systems. He has published widely in sport policy and politics, organisational change, governance, professionalisation, and comparative methods in sport. Spencer Harris is Associate Professor of Sport Management at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA. He has more than 30 years’ experience within the sport development industry and has worked for the University of Hertfordshire, Sport England, and Right to Play. His research interests centre on sport governance, sport policy, and the sport-politics relationship. Chris Mackintosh is Senior Lecturer of Sport Development in the Department for Sport and Exercise Sciences at The Manchester Institute of Sport, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. In 2020–2021 he was appointed the special policy advisor to the House of Lords Special Inquiry into a National Plan for Sport and Recreation, which was debated in UK Parliament in February 2023. He is Chair and Founder of the United Kingdom Sport Development Network (UKSDN). His current research interests include public policy of sport development and delivering systems in national governing bodies, local government, and the role of the voluntary sector.

1 Introduction

MATHEW DOWLING, SPENCER HARRIS, AND CHRIS MACKINTOSH

2 Sport Policy in England

IAIN LINDSEY AND DANIEL BLOYCE

3 Sport Policy in Scotland

GRANT JARVIE

4 Sport Policy in Wales

NICOLA BOLTON

5 Sport Policy in Northern Ireland

KYLE FERGUSON, PAUL DONNELLY, ROBERT HEYBURN, AND SIMON SHIBLI

6 Conclusion

MATHEW DOWLING, SPENCER HARRIS, AND CHRIS MACKINTOSH

Appendix 1 Sport policy Across the United Kingdom: A comparative analysis

Appendix 2 Sport Policy Across the United Kingdom (SPATUK) – Systematic Review