Leisure Activities in Britain

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Leisure Activities in Britain
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What is Leisure?
Freely chosen activities that are pursued during
non-working time
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Increasing Importance of Leisure
Home-based Activities
Activities outside the Home
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The Availability in Leisure Time and Money
Men in full employment enjoyed on average 46
hours of free time per week in 1999, 14 hours
more than women.
Expenditure on leisure accounted for about 17 of
the household budget in the UK in 1999.
British people spend more on leisure than on
either food or housing.
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Look at the diagram of a typical day on page 100.
Then draw a 24 hour clock of your own family
weekday. Compare the two. What are the main
differences?
Individual Work
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Why are home-based activities so important?
What do British people usually do at home?
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Television
What do people watch?
To switch to The TV guide Science
fiction Travelogue Newsreel
Feature story Documentary program Sports
program Cartoon Soap operas
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Class Differentiation and Gender Division for
Leisure Activities outside Home
There is less provision for women in public
leisure facilities.
Old people and young unemployed people have least
money to spend on leisure.
The professional and managerial classes have more
financial resources.
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Going Out
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Gambling
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Five Groups of Beneficiaries

• The Arts Councils of England, Scotland, Wales
  and Northern Ireland
• The Sports Councils of England, Scotland, Wales
  and Northern Ireland
• The National Lottery Charities Board
• The National Heritage Memorial Fund
• The Millennium Fund ( A Fund to celebrate the
  year 2000 and the beginning of the third
  millennium

A sixth was added in 1998

• The New Opportunities Fund --- for projects
  covering education, health and the environment

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Group Work What do you do for entertainment?
Page 107 --- Exercise 4
Activities you may do Visiting a public house
having meal in a restaurant or in a fast-food
restaurant going to disco or a night club
visiting historic buildings or museums watching
sports events, movies, shopping, playing card,
trip, etc.
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Assignment
Make a general introduction about the following
sports events in Britain

• Wimbledon Tennis Tournament
• Open Golf Championship
• London Marathon Long Distance Race
• World Professional Snooker Championship
• FA Cup Final