In October 2013 Sport England published the results of Active People Survey 7, which aims to assess levels of participation in sport and recreation within England. I've broken those figures down to demonstrate how Tyne & Wear and Sunderland are doing against the rest of the country.

1. In October 2013 Sport England published
the results of Active People Survey 7, which
aims to assess levels of participation in sport
and recreation within England.
% of Sunderland adults playing sport for 30 mins once a week
37.9
%
34
33.2
%
%
32.2
National figure
35.7% of adults are
active for at least
30 mins a week
32.1
%
%
29.4
28.8
%
%
2005/06 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
Over the last 3 months the
Sainsbury’s School Games
has involved 213 competitors
from 46 different schools
Number of School Games competitors at Tyne & Wear finals by area
27 - South Tyneside
39 - Newcastle
41- North Tyneside
53 - Gateshead
53 - Sunderland
Tyne & Wear
The number of sports
taking part in the
programme
33
Sunderland
The number of sports
taking part in the
programme
23
1,300
Tyne & Wear
The number of new
participants over the
last 3 months
Sunderland
The number of new
participants over the
last 3 months
332
There are now 223 Clubmark
accredited community clubs
in Tyne & Wear, and 84 more
working towards achieving it
39 - Newcastle
38 - North Tyneside
28 - South Tyneside
71 - Sunderland
47 - Gateshead
Over the past 3 months 150 new
people from Tyne & Wear have
attended a workshop thanks to our
North East Course Finder system,
27 of which are from Sunderland
% of North East Course Finder users from Sunderland by gender
56
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National participation data taken from Active People Survey 7 (2012/13):
http://archive.sportengland.org/research/active_people_survey/active_people_survey_7.aspx