Wales - Sported

Cymru / Wales

As Wales’ largest network of local community sports groups tackling inequality for young people facing disadvantage, Sported empowers the local heroes running community sport groups to help their group survive so young people in their communities can thrive.

We have a particular focus on tackling inequality. 1 in 3 young people in Wales live in material deprivation. Alongside marginalised groups such as BAME, Women and Girls and disabled young people, they are significantly less likely to benefit from the positive social outcomes of engaging in sport and physical activity.

If you’re interested in making a positive difference for young people by partnering with Sported, please contact Richard Thomas, Wales National Manager on 07775602164 or email r.thomas@sported.org.uk

Current Projects

CVC Grants

In partnership with CVC Capital we are distributing grant funding into Wales most deprived communities.

WCVA Third Sector Resilience Programme

With the support of WCVA, Sported is building the capacity and capability of our network to access funding opportunities. Over £600k has been directed into our network in the last year as a result.

Be Active Wales Fund

Through the pandemic, Sported partnered with Sport Wales and other national partners to direct over £250k of Be Active Wales Funding into Sported groups across the most disadvantaged areas of Wales.

Include

Working in partnership with Disability Sport Wales, Sported is supporting our groups to be more confident and capable of supporting young people with disabilities.

Thanks to local funders:

Sport Wales
Steve Morgan Foundation
The Moondance Foundation
Welsh Boxing
WCVA
St James’s Place

Case Study

“The club has given our members a home and a community here in Cardiff.”

FInd out about Cardiff Dragons FC, an LGBTQ+ friendly football club who aim to make the club a home and place of support for all of their members.

Latest news

Community Pulse, May 2023

We ask group leaders in the Sported network what is happening on the ground for grassroots sports groups.

Read the analysis of results from groups in Wales

Celebrating 10 Years of Sported in Wales

Celebrating the community sports groups, volunteers, young people and inspirational people who make up the Sported network in Wales.

Consultation with young people (December 2021)

We ran focus groups with 97 of young people (with lived experience of disadvantage) from across our Sported network in Wales, to share their experiences, understand what is important to them and establish how they and help shape
the provision of sport and healthy activities in their community.

Cymru

Fel rhwydwaith mwyaf Cymru o grwpiau chwaraeon cymunedol lleol sy’n mynd i’r afael ag anghydraddoldeb ymysg pobl ifanc sy’n wynebu anfantais, mae Sported yn grymuso’r arwyr lleol sy’n rhedeg grwpiau chwaraeon cymunedol i helpu eu grŵp i oroesi fel y gall pobl ifanc yn eu cymunedau ffynnu.

Rydym yn canolbwyntio’n benodol ar fynd i’r afael ag anghydraddoldeb. Mae 1 o bob 3 pherson ifanc yng Nghymru yn wynebu amddifadedd materol. Ochr yn ochr â grwpiau ymylol fel BAME, Menywod, Merched a phobl ifanc anabl, maent yn llawer llai tebygol o elwa o ganlyniadau cymdeithasol cadarnhaol yn deillio o gymryd rhan mewn chwaraeon a gweithgarwch corfforol.

Atgyfnerthu'r Sector Chwaraeon ar gyfer Datblygiad

Darparu ateb ‘ar raddfa’ i feithrin cynaliadwyedd a gallu grwpiau mewn ardaloedd difreintiedig.

Prosiect addysg Marks & Spencers

Galluogi M&S i ymgysylltu a chefnogi pobl ifanc yn y gymuned sy’n goresgyn rhwystrau er mwyn cyflawni eu potensial yn llawn.

Cronfa Cymru Actif

Gweithio ar y cyd ag asiantaethau mawr eraill i gyfeirio cronfeydd penodol COVID 19 i gefnogi grwpiau sy’n mynd i’r afael ag anghydraddoldebau.

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