1. Introduction
2. Value judgements and some traditional rationales for sport
3. A synthesis of theory from criminology, youth work and adventure education
4. What is 'evidence' and how do we get it?
5. The policy context
6. A typology of programmes, with implications for evaluation
7. West Yorkshire sports counselling
8. Hafotty Wen : 14 peaks programme
9. Fairbridge
10. The Clontarf Foundation's football academies
11. Positive futures/sportaction
12. Summit
13. Splash
14. Northtown parks for all
15. Modelling programmes and balancing objectives
16. The approach to evaluation, the values of key policy stakeholders, and what is practical
17. Key success factors and the role of sport
18. Conclusions.