This statistic shows the variety of actions adults in England have undertaken to improve local sporting and cultural facilities in their local area as of 2014/15. According to the survey, only a small proportion had been actively involved in improving facilities in their area: 13 percent for example had contacted the council and 6 percent a local councillor or MP about the issue.
In the last 12 months, have you taken any of the following actions to try to get something done about sporting and cultural facilities in your local area?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Contacted a local radio station, tv station or paper
1.3%
Talked to / written to a sporting or cultural facility
1.1%
Contacted the council
12.9%
Contacted a local councillor or MP
5.6%
Joined a local group or attended a neighbourhood forum
3.3%
Attended a protest meeting or joined a campaign group
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). (December 17, 2015). In the last 12 months, have you taken any of the following actions to try to get something done about sporting and cultural facilities in your local area? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/420662/taken-actions-to-improve-cultural-and-sporting-facilities-uk-england/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). "In the last 12 months, have you taken any of the following actions to try to get something done about sporting and cultural facilities in your local area?." Chart. December 17, 2015. Statista. Accessed July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/420662/taken-actions-to-improve-cultural-and-sporting-facilities-uk-england/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). (2015). In the last 12 months, have you taken any of the following actions to try to get something done about sporting and cultural facilities in your local area?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/420662/taken-actions-to-improve-cultural-and-sporting-facilities-uk-england/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). "In The Last 12 Months, Have You Taken Any of The following Actions to Try to Get Something Done about Sporting and Cultural Facilities in Your Local Area?." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Dec 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/420662/taken-actions-to-improve-cultural-and-sporting-facilities-uk-england/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK), In the last 12 months, have you taken any of the following actions to try to get something done about sporting and cultural facilities in your local area? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/420662/taken-actions-to-improve-cultural-and-sporting-facilities-uk-england/ (last visited July 27, 2024)
In the last 12 months, have you taken any of the following actions to try to get something done about sporting and cultural facilities in your local area? [Graph], Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK), December 17, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/420662/taken-actions-to-improve-cultural-and-sporting-facilities-uk-england/