Our impact

Reach

We support almost 5000 grassroots groups deeply rooted within their communities, 45% of which are operating in the most deprived areas of the UK.

Include

Our network is open to any community group using sport or physical activity to make a difference to young people's lives. The groups in our network tend to be small, voluntary led organisations who are often under-funded and under-resourced.

Empower

We champion the highly committed, passionate local people who often give up their time voluntarily to run initiatives to help young people from their community. We provide groups with professional expertise, resources and operational support, free of charge, to help them survive and thrive.

Impact of our projects

All
England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales

Active Partnerships Project - West Midlands

Working with West Midlands-based Active Partnerships, 27 local community sports groups were identified, who had already been funded, but needed some wrap around support. The groups were taken through Sported support (including Start-up and sustainability support) depending on their circumstance.

Simplyhealth

Sported partnered with Simplyhealth, one of the leading healthcare plan providers, to offer support to select members affected the COVID-19 pandemic to help them continue to provide vital services to young people facing disadvantage.

Girls Unite

Funded by London Marathon Charitable Trust (LMCT), Girls Unite got more girls (aged 11-18) from socially deprived areas of the UK participating in sport and physical activity.

Sport England Project - Building Capacity and increasing participation

Sported worked with Sport England to create more opportunities for people to move from being inactive to active by increasing the capacity of clubs, developing stronger structures and providing them with the opportunity to support an increase in participants

Sported Emergency Fund with Barclays

Sported partnered with Barclays to release an emergency fund for select members delivering football activities to your people, particularly those working with girls.

Groups were offered the opportunity to apply for a £1,500 grant to support activities and engagement.

Tackling Inequalities Fund

Sported collaborated with Sport England to identify, support and offer grant funding to members who meet specific eligibility criteria.

Sporteducate

Sporteducate is a pioneering education programme, designed in partnership with Deutsche Bank, that improved the employability of over 2,000 young people in London facing disadvantage.

BoxOn

Funded by Sport England and in partnership with England Boxing, BoxOn provided organisational capacity building support to enhance the sustainability and growth of 68 boxing clubs across England who were all using sport to change the lives of young people.

Include

Include was a groundbreaking project in Northern Ireland, run in partnership with Angel Eyes NI, that helped community sport groups become more accessible for young people who are blind or partially sighted, and provided opportunities for young visually impaired people to become involved in their local community sports groups.

Sported - Helping communities survive to help young people thrive.

Project 51

Project 51, funded by Comic Relief and delivered in partnership with Women in Sport, engaged 600 girls from the most socially deprived areas of the UK. As well as helping girls to become fitter, healthier, more confident, and more aware of the opportunities available to them, the project also tackled negative gender stereotypes within grassroot sport.

We measure the impact of our work through our Capacity Measurement Tool.

Our Capacity Measurement Tool was developed through extensive research and years of experience. It assesses groups on 5 main areas:

On average, Sported groups increase their capacity score by 8% after being on a Sported project or receiving support from a Sported volunteer.

The areas where we tend to see the most growth are around finances, reserves, fundraising and financial management) and impact practice.

“The support we received from Sported enabled us to develop a clear long-term strategy and business plan to ensure our operations were sustainable into the future.”

James

Long Lane JFC

“Before taking part we had never completed a business plan and I was losing confidence in securing funding for our needy community. The programme enabled us to undergo a massive transformation and since we have secured in excess of £1.2m in funding.”

Seb

Vulcan Boxing

Since
April 2023:

284

grants awarded to groups

1216

groups have directly accessed our support

137

groups who are receiving short-term support

81

groups who are receiving long-term support

(Updated January 2024)

Impact of
our network

Our 2,600 groups are engaging and enhancing the lives of 500,000 young people with over 90 different sports and physical activities.

1 %

addressing community cohesion

1 %

addressing crime and anti-social behaviour

1 %

addressing education and employability

1 %

addressing health and wellbeing

1 %

addressing inequality in sports participation

Our impact

Reach

Include