Inline with the UEFA European Football Championship this year, here at Substance we know how much football means to Germany.

Within Germany alone there are 1.5 million grassroots volunteers making contributions in 24,500 amateur clubs and the process of developing the SROI model has itself revealed further benefits that are as yet unvalued, highlighting a need for more research in the area of football volunteering. To remedy this, UEFA has funded further research to explore the wider personal, club and community benefits – and costs – of volunteering and to provide guidance on the best practice in volunteer development so that others can realise the benefits.