DSN delivers the following benefits to local community clubs and participating organisations:

• Help with increasing sports participation and membership
• Improved information and communication
• Education and knowledge delivery (incl. benchmarking/sharing of best practice)
• Influencing and lobbying (collectively increasing the power of sport’s voice in the community)
• Recognition and raising of profile (for sport in general and for sports providers – e.g. clubs)
• Facilitating third party links and networking
• Helping to identify potential routes to funding
• Coach & player development
• Volunteer recruitment