Doherty Alison, Patil Swarali, Robar Justin, Perfetti Abby, Squire Kendra
School of Kinesiology, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Front Sports Act Living. 2022 Apr 12;4:855798. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2022.855798. eCollection 2022.
This study presents the landscape of private community sport organizations in the City of London, Ontario, Canada based on a profile of organizational features that align conceptually with critical aspects of community development. Features representing the scope-variety of sports offered, program age targets, and other offerings-and operations-nonprofit/commercial sector, open/closed program type, independent/affiliated/franchise status, and shared/exclusive facility use-of community sport organizations were captured from publicly available information about the population of 218 organizations. The location of sport delivery points for each organization was also mapped. The landscape is characterized by a balance of nonprofit and commercial organizations, offering a wide variety of sports, across all ages and City districts, but predominantly offered through closed programming that typically requires an extended financial commitment. Community sport organizations in this city are also most likely to operate independently, and share facilities. These features, and the landscape, are conceptualized as having implications for access, social inclusion, engagement and citizenship, and social capital that are fundamental to community development. Mapping the landscape in this community provides a valuable resource for understanding that potential.
本研究基于与社区发展关键方面在概念上相符的组织特征概况，呈现了加拿大安大略省伦敦市的私人社区体育组织格局。从关于218个组织的公开可用信息中获取了代表社区体育组织的各项特征，包括所提供体育项目的范围多样性、项目年龄目标、其他服务以及运营方面——非营利/商业部门、开放/封闭项目类型、独立/附属/特许经营状态以及共享/专用设施使用情况。还绘制了每个组织的体育服务点位置图。该格局的特点是非营利组织和商业组织保持平衡，提供各种体育项目，涵盖所有年龄段和城市各区域，但主要通过通常需要长期资金投入的封闭项目来提供。该市的社区体育组织也最有可能独立运营并共享设施。这些特征以及格局被认为对社区发展至关重要的参与机会、社会包容、参与度和公民意识以及社会资本具有影响。绘制该社区的格局图为理解这种潜力提供了宝贵资源。
