This statistic presents the actions adults in England would take if they wanted to improve the quality of sporting and cultural facilities in their local area. As of 2014/15, over half would contact their council and 20 percent would contact their local councillor or MP regarding the issue. Only 6 percent of survey respondents said they would join a local group or attend a neighbourhood forum.
If you wanted to get something done about the sporting or cultural facilities in your local area, what would you do first?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Contact the council
53.8%
Contact a local councillor or MP
19.5%
Talk to / write to a sporting or cultural facility
7.3%
Join a local group or attend a neighbourhood forum
5.5%
Don't Know
4.5%
Attend a protest meeting or join a campaign group
2.1%
None of these things
1.8%
Help organise a petition
1.8%
Contact a local radio station, tv station or paper
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). (December 17, 2015). If you wanted to get something done about the sporting or cultural facilities in your local area, what would you do first? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/420664/actions-to-improve-local-sporting-and-cultural-facilities-uk-england/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). "If you wanted to get something done about the sporting or cultural facilities in your local area, what would you do first?." Chart. December 17, 2015. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/420664/actions-to-improve-local-sporting-and-cultural-facilities-uk-england/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). (2015). If you wanted to get something done about the sporting or cultural facilities in your local area, what would you do first?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/420664/actions-to-improve-local-sporting-and-cultural-facilities-uk-england/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). "If You Wanted to Get Something Done about The Sporting or Cultural Facilities in Your Local Area, What Would You Do First?." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Dec 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/420664/actions-to-improve-local-sporting-and-cultural-facilities-uk-england/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK), If you wanted to get something done about the sporting or cultural facilities in your local area, what would you do first? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/420664/actions-to-improve-local-sporting-and-cultural-facilities-uk-england/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
If you wanted to get something done about the sporting or cultural facilities in your local area, what would you do first? [Graph], Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK), December 17, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/420664/actions-to-improve-local-sporting-and-cultural-facilities-uk-england/
