Capturing the wider benefits from football participation: a social return on investment (SROI) evaluation of a community based football intervention
The computed SROI ratios for a single site and for ten sites compare favourably with those of other health initiatives particularly other football and community based SROI evaluations. Furthermore, this study quantifies the benefits of football participation from a mental health and social perspective in addition to physical benefits, and it also highlights the benefits of football participation to other stakeholders such as participants' family (SO). Future research could expand on this study and investigate the impact of future football initiatives in diverse locations with larger cohorts.
Authors
- Aisling McGrath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3731-9165)
- Michael Harrison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9046-7450)
- Noel Richardson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2060-2338)
- Peter Krustrup (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1461-9838)
- Tom Egan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9263-5780)
- Stephanie Daly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7735-0234)
- Laura Finnegan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9715-5097)
- Paula Carroll (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8465-4535)
- Gillian Curran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5604-5798)
Institutions
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- South East Technological University (IE)
- Institute of Technology Carlow (IE)
- Waterford Institute of Technology (IE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-25288-2
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Sport Psychology and Performance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.44