How we can help you
Your group's journey
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Webinars
Your group's journey
Learning and information resources
Learning and information
Support
Join the Sported network
Join our growing network of sport for development groups.
Grassroots sport sits at the heart of our communities.
Sported is here to help local groups unleash its power to transform the lives of young people – and to back the local heroes who make it happen.
We deliver support and resources for free that will help your group, club or organisation thrive – as well as offering a range of programmes that provide funding and specific help to do and achieve more.
We understand how sport and physical activity can have a positive impact that shapes lives.
As part of your team, Sported will work with you to reach your goals – and level the playing field.
Start ups
Would you like some support to set up a new organisation?
You might be an individual or small group of like-minded individuals that have come together to start delivering sessions in your community, or just have an idea and are thinking about setting up an initiative to benefit your community.
Our Sported Start-ups programme aims to help you take the next step – maybe to set up the most suitable structure, secure funding, broaden your reach, or look at how the work you do can be sustained.
Need support? We’ve an expert who can help
We’ll find the right resources to meet your needs – with specialised help available.
Expert volunteers to help your group
Our Volunteer Consultants are successful business professionals, drawn from a range of industries, backgrounds and lived experiences.
At no cost to you, they inject their knowledge and specific expertise into groups by working with staff and leaders to identify issues and support your decision making to find the right solutions.
We can find the right person to help you deal with operational challenges in areas such as Finance, Income Generation, Marketing and Recruitment.
Or to take a strategic look across Impact Measurement, Business Planning or Governance.
Our Volunteer Consultants will learn about your requirements and agree a plan of action which helps your organisation become more effective and sustainable – assisted by long-term support from Sported.
New opportunities
Meet the Sported Northern Ireland team
Book onto this Sported webinar
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Funding Bulletin England
England funding bulletin
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Funding Bulletin Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland funding bulletin
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