As many of you will know, over the past couple of months we have been hosting a series of ‘Your Sported Network, Get Connected’ events up and down the UK. The events have been an unheralded success – new connections have been forged, challenges discussed and debated, and the sense that we are on the […]
We are delighted to share the news that Sported’s founder and chairman, Sir Keith Mills, was awarded the Barclays Lifetime Achievement Award at the prestigious BT Sport Industry Awards last night, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to UK sport. In front of a star-studded audience, Sir Keith was presented with his award by […]
On Wednesday night Deutsche Bank and Sported had the pleasure of hosting an evening with sporteducate’s Football Beyond Border (FBB) and its Patron, Sky Sport’s La Liga pundit and author Guillem Balagué, as he treated over 130 young people to a special viewing of his documentary ‘The Making of Cristiano Ronaldo’. One of the […]
Sported backs the Kiyan Prince Foundation The Kiyan Prince Foundation (KPF) is set to launch a new youth empowerment project aimed at educating young people in London about the devastating consequences of knife and gang crime. The charity was founded by professional boxer Mark Prince following the tragic death of his 15 year old […]
GovToday.com, 25 February 2015 Lekan Ojumu, Sporteducate Programme Manager, Sported In the UK there is a persistent gap in educational attainment between less advantaged pupils and those from more affluent families. If you are a pupil on free school meals (FSM) there is an attainment gap of 26.5% between you and your non-FSM counterpart in […]
Press statement 26th February 2015 Commenting on today’s NEET statistics, Lekan Ojumu, Sporteducate Programme Manager at Sported said: “What the latest statistics mask is that there are still huge social inequalities in youth unemployment. The fact remains, that if you come from a disadvantaged background, you are much more likely to become NEET. […]
When it comes to exercise and staying active, most people have the best of intentions. You start the week raring to go, but somehow life just gets in the way. You end up having to work late, you miss your train home or that planned early morning run goes out the window as you hit […]
Sported and BT Sport’s The Supporters Club back local football club Blantyre Soccer Academy is set to launch an innovative new scheme that will train young people, aged 16 to 21, who are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) to become qualified football referees. The club’s new Refer2Us programme has been launched […]
Ulster Bank’s parent company The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has continued its support of Northern Ireland’s community sport sector by awarding Sport for Development charity, Sported, a Community Grant to expand its work in Northern Ireland. Sported is a free membership organisation that supports local community sport clubs and groups that use sport […]
Leading Sport for Development charity, Sported, is delighted to announce that it is one of 13 voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations in Northern Ireland