Due to a much tighter budget the public sector find it takes them a lot longer to respond to trends and it is a long process to secure the funds. The private sector provides facilities where they can attract a large number of customers or more exclusive facilities where they can attract fewer customers, but charge them more. A lot of private sectors pride themselves on excellent customer service, ensuring customers feel welcomed whilst using facilities and being made aware of personal trainers should they need one. Also facilities are excellent and equipment is up to date and well maintained. Private sector companies like to ensure every customers needs are met. The areas that private sectors are involved in are:
1. Active sports - tennis, golf, health and fitness suites, snooker and pool
2. Spectator sports - stadiums for football, rugby, tennis, cricket and golf.
3. Sponsorship
Voluntary Sector
The voluntary sector is made up of inclusive and exclusive clubs that are non-profit making organisations which are essentially managed by and for amateur sportsmen and women. The voluntary sector has the largest participation in sport in Britain, most noticeably in competitive sport.
The majority of amateur clubs, such as Sunday league football teams, are voluntary run. For example not only are the manager and coaches voluntary but so are the whole playing squad. Each individual within the club gives up their spare time to help run the team, for no pay. Some voluntary clubs own their own facilities e.g. church groups, but
the majority hire facilities. Voluntary sector clubs often work in partnership with the private or public sector, e.g. they use the public sector facilities or gain sponsorship from private sector companies.