Leaving the EU is also likely increase the cost of sports equipment and limit access to sports funding for British organisations, according to Sport and Recreation Alliance chief executive Emma Boggis.

Boggis said that potential tariffs on imports from the EU could increase the cost of goods, which could have a knock-on effect for participation in physical activity.

“Grassroots sport could be impacted on by the absence of any formally negotiated free-trade agreements,” she says.

“We will see some form of tariffs on EU goods exported to the UK and vice versa, which will make goods, including sportswear and sports equipment, more costly than they are now.

“With the focus on driving participation, particularly amongst minority communities, the increase in costs could prove to be particularly unhelpful.”

FUNDING CUTS

The UK will now also be cut from accessing EU funding streams designed to support sport, principally ERASMUS+, but also the EU Structural Funds.

This could have a dramatic effect, as the EU recently identified grassroots sports as a “positive force” in the battle against lifestyle illnesses and social exclusion – while also helping to promote equal opportunities.

As a result, the EU has increased its funding for the ERASMUS+ programme – from which British sport will now be excluded.

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