The rising cost of living is threatening to freeze young people out of participation in grassroots sport, a charity has claimed.
Increases in energy, facilities and insurance costs are having a crippling effect on local sports clubs, figures from a survey of hundreds of clubs carried out by Sported has shown.
The Sported / Ring Community Pulse survey of almost 275 community-based groups across Northern Ireland found that over nine in ten were “extremely or fairly concerned” about the impact of increased costs on their operations.
