Traditional forms of employment have been changing in the last 100 years, unfortunately the perception of what employment land is has not. The introduction of B8 distribution challenged local authorities in the 80’s and ‘90s as more of these uses came forward. Sport is often overlooked as an employer.

It is estimated that there is a total of 2,018 people employed via sport in Medway with an economic generation of £72.3m into the local economy. There are wider values as well in saving £90.4m in the health economy and generating £7.8m in wider spending with a further £61.9m in volunteering. Looking at statistics for Employee Jobs by Industry (2021) in Medway the figure is better than categories B,C,E,L and S. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/la/1946157282/report.aspx

https://www.sportengland.org/our-work/partnering-local-government/tools-directory/economic-value-of-sport-local-model/