THE IMPACT OF OUR WORK

We are leaders in the grassroots sport sector and our work over the past 17 years has been game changing – for individuals, for clubs and for communities.

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Sported brings together the largest network of grassroots sports clubs and community groups in the UK. 

Our support is unique, providing assistance that isn’t available from anyone else, to an invaluable ecosystem that makes a massive difference to millions of lives – every single day.

We reach every part of the UK. We collaborate with every type of organisation and slice of society. The scale and breadth of our work means we can deliver programmes nationally and locally – but with a universal ambition to create meaningful impact.

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We don’t achieve this alone. We work with corporate, statutory and funding partners to grow and sustain grassroots sport:

Leveraging investment into the sector​ – we’ve distributed more than £10 million of funding since we began​

Ensuring the sector is more accessible, sustainable and impactful – 89% of our group leaders report increased confidence in their ability to sustain their organisation​

Improving health and wellbeing and creating stronger communities – 87% of groups in our network help to get inactive people active

Together we transform lives.

Barclays Community Sport Fund

Enabling over 3,500 grassroots clubs to make sport more accessible

Flutter
Cash4Clubs

Over 10,000 new adults able to take part in sport as a result of Cash4Clubs grants

People’s Postcode Lottery 

Distributing funding to clubs and community groups in areas of high deprivation in Scotland delivering with a wider social purpose.  ​

Knight Frank

Limitless

Corporate volunteering supporting 100,000 people over three years

Nissan

Possibilities Project

Sporting opportunities for disabled young people

Active Partnerships

Working with 5 Active Partnerships to create sustainable clubs

 

National Governing Bodies

We have supported many NGBs to achieve their own outcomes

London Marathon Charitable Trust

Girls Unite

Getting more girls from socially deprived areas of the UK participating in sport

Ring

Building stronger, safer communities through sport

Simply Health

The Physical Return

50 grassroots clubs funded to reopen after the pandemic

Deutsche Bank

Sporteducate

Tackling youth unemployment in London through sport

CVC Foundation

#KeepTheDoorsOpen Campaign

Sport Wales

Distribution of

Be Active Wales funding

Nike

Future Leaders in Sport

Vodafone

sports.connected

Tackling digital exclusion within grassroots sport

P&G

Always

1,000 groups funded to deliver programmes for girls 

Our Partnerships

Check out our Partnerships page to find more about this valuable work and the difference it makes