- Volunteers and young people could leave sport for good
- ‘The effort of getting everything sorted may be too much’
Grassroots sports will struggle to return once lockdown measures are eased, MPs have been warned, with one organisation estimating 25% of their clubs will not come back from the Covid-19 pandemic.
A lack of resources and facilities is likely to have been compounded by the effects of lockdown, sporting leaders told a session of the digital, culture, media and sport select committee, with fears that both volunteers and the young people who organisations are desperate to reach will have left sport for good.
