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Sported supports inaugural Sport for Good Award at NI Good Relations Awards 2026
Published by Sported | 24 October 2025
Northern Ireland’s premier awards for peacebuilding will spotlight “The Power of Everyday Peace” in transforming local communities and, new for 2026, is the Sport for Good Award category which is delivered in partnership with Sported.
Sported backing MP’s call to open doors
Published by Sported | 21 October 2025
Sported, the UK’s leading grassroots sport charity, and Rachel Taylor MP have joined calls to address the inequalities in access to grassroots sport.
Sported launches Grassroots Sport Unleashed with new look, new strategy
Published by Sported | 7 October 2025
Sported unveils its new strategy for 2025-29 in tandem with a fresh look at how we unleash the power of sport to transform lives and strengthen communities.
Boxing club gives Bangor’s youth a fighting chance
Published by Sported | 29 July 2025
On the ropes after losing their venue during Covid, North Down Boxing Club has fought back to now thrive, giving its young people a chance to spar in the gym but also punch above their weight and take on the challenges they face in wider life as well.
The Wellbeing Junction CIC helps set young people on the right path
Published by Sported | 23 July 2025
From her role supporting mental health in schools, Ami Mackenzie recognised the under-resourced nature of mental health and wellbeing services for children and young people in Stevenage.
Sunderland answers the call for its community with kit donation scheme
Published by Sported | 15 July 2025
“Now I can wear the right clothes when I go to my football sessions at The Beacon of Light,” says Dean, beneficiary of sports kit and active wear donation programme, Kit Out Sunderland.
Support from People’s Postcode Lottery players helps get young people on their bikes
Published by Sported | 01 July 2025
A community group in Aberdeenshire is getting more young people into mountain biking thanks to funding raised by players of People’s Postcode Lottery and delivered through the grassroots sports charity Sported.
The cricket club removing boundaries for health and physical activity
Published by Sported | 24 June 2025
South Shields Cricket Club may have been formed 175 years ago, however their sights are set anywhere but on the past as they look to a new ground and new opportunities to be embedded within their community.
Inspirational groups celebrated at 2025 Sported Awards
Published by Sported | 11 June 2025
The capacity of sport to inspire the next generation of young people is as great and as necessary as it was in 2012, as Sported unveiled the winners of its 2025 Awards.
Kit Out Sunderland helping the planet and local participants
Published by Sported | 09 June 2025
From 6-29 June, 12 locations across Sunderland and Tyne and Wear will be open to receive donations of unwanted sports kit and active wear that will be gifted to local children, young people and families.
Bradford City Disability FC creates open goals
Published by Sported | 09 June 2025
Football at its most inclusive. Bradford City Disability FC was only formed in 2017 as the disability inclusion programme for Bradford City AFC. Now the disability sports club boasts 70 members and has more than training sessions and matches in their locker.
Creating community impact through governance support
Published by Sported | 05 June 2025
Sported Volunteer Consultants support a network of 5,000 grassroots sports organisations, using their expertise to empower and release group leaders to impact lives in their communities.
Helping grassroots sport raise the funds to change lives
Published by Sported | 03 June 2025
Sported Volunteer Consultants support a network of 5,000 grassroots sports organisations, using their expertise to empower and release group leaders to impact lives in their communities.
Published by Sported | 15 May 2025
Research from leading sports charity Sported highlights how 29% of groups reported mental health as a challenge for young people alongside the benefits of participating in sports groups for combating loneliness and isolation.
Knight Frank announces Limitless social impact partnership with Sported
Published by Sported | 12 May 2025
Sported has announced the establishment of a three-year partnership with Knight Frank, the leading global real estate consultancy, to grow its Limitless social impact programme.
Published by Sported | 09 May 2025
Nissan’s partnership with Sported through the Nissan Possibilities Project is continuing to inspire and encourage under-represented groups to take part in sports activities in their local community.
Saffron Lane providing hope for community through sporting hub
Published by Sported | 07 May 2025
Saffron Lane Athletics Track in Leicester has been transformed into a community sports hub thanks to the support of leading grassroots sport charity Sported.
