Delivering social and public health programmes through community arms of professional football clubs.

ABSTRACT: Community arms of professional football clubs have become key third-sector players in mitigating health and social inequalities. This paper examines the factors affecting their capacity for delivering social and public health programmes in the community setting. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 24 community staff members from the community arms of 22 professional football clubs and one non-professional club. This provided the basis for an interpretive thematic analysis which led to the development of three themes: 'from football club community departments to charitable arms', 'the reach of community programmes', and 'challenges and opportunities of delivering social and public health programmes via community football club arms'. Charitable status has created more funding oppo

SUBMITTER: Maclean J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12235519 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature