Sport and physical activity has generated £107.2 billion in social value 📣 This value is made up of 😁 £96.7bn in annual wellbeing value for adults and young people taking part and volunteering in sport and physical activity 🪙 £10.5bn in wider savings to the health and social care... system a year. Find out more: The #SocialValueReport24 was created in partnership with State of Life, Sheffield Hallam University and Manchester Metropolitan Uni.show more

How do you put a price on those who get cancer or other illnesses from exposure to the hazardous chemicals in the rubber crumb infill in 3G pitches? How is there a wellbeing value for those who get cancer, lose a leg (mainly goalkeepers) or lose their lives? Why aren't you enforcing your own regulations? "Training and coaching Further to the display of posters, imagery and digital content, these messages and materials should also be incorporated into training, coaching and briefing activities. It is important to ensure that staff and volunteers at your organisation and throughout your network, no matter what their role, have a thorough understanding of the good hygiene guidance, and can confidently advise others through their work." How many more young footballers have to get ill before you do anything about this? Why did you think that informing those who use 3G pitches about the cancer risks was not in the public interest, especially when the owner of the largest rubber crumb manufacturer in the UK admitted that the rubber crumb causes cancer? Where is your "Duty of Care"??? "'CANCER COVER-UP' Sport and health officials agreed not to go public on cancer concerns linked to artificial 3G pitches A Freedom of Information request found that a series of meetings were held to discuss the dangers of coming into contact with synthetic turf SPORT and health bosses have decided not to warn players about cancer concerns over 3G artificial pitches. A Freedom of Information request found that a series of meetings were held to discuss the dangers of coming into contact with synthetic turf. But Sport England, Public Health England and the Department of Health agreed not to highlight the cancer risk. It was slammed by Nigel Maguire, 54. He lost son Lewis, 20, to Hodgkin’s lymphoma in March after he spent five years training on artificial turf. Nigel, from Darlington, said: “The fact they have had these meetings shows there is growing concern.” A report last year told of the risks of artificial pitches, made from shredded car tyres containing toxic chemicals." "Sport chiefs fail to warn players of 3G pitch cancer risk The Government and country’s sports authorities have failed to properly warn millions of footballers and rugby players - including children - to limit their exposure to artificial grass pitches containing cancer-causing chemicals, an investigation by The Daily Telegraph has found. Those responsible for the wellbeing of both recreational and professional players have also failed to ensure so-called ‘third generation’ (3G) facilities comply with regulations governing toxic substances that come into contact with humans, despite having promised to do so." "3G pitches | Supplier openly questions the regulations he must comply with The man who supplied the crumb rubber for the Football Association’s flagship ‘Parklife’ 3G hub has admitted regulations governing cancer-causing chemicals in such infill are “totally illogical”." "A teenager from Oldham has been described as an "incredible inspiration" as he continues his "gruelling" battle with cancer. Jake Last was playing as a goalkeeper for Burnley FC's under-14s academy team in 2022 when he complained of pain in his right knee. Tests led to him being diagnosed with osteosarcoma cancer, a type of bone cancer, in March 2022. Jake, 15, underwent 16 weeks of chemotherapy at Manchester Children’s Hospital and before having surgery in Birmingham to replace his knee, tibia and femur with titanium implants. He then needed 14 more weeks of chemotherapy back at Manchester Children’s Hospital to "mop up" remaining cancerous cells and in May last year, Jake rang the bell as there was no sign of the cancer in his body. After going through "gruelling" sessions of physiotherapy and hydrotherapy to enable him to walk again, an MRI scan in October last year showed the cancer had returned in his hip. Jake, a Manchester United fan, began a new chemotherapy treatment in February and is set to finish in June. In July, Jake will undergo surgery, which will see his right leg and pelvis amputated, at his request, which will "give him more quality of life and less chance of the cancer returning". Jake, his family and friends have been left "devastated" by the return of his cancer."

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Really? Even those sports played on toxic, plastic pitches? How much does cancer treatment cost? How much does environmental pollution cost?