About
Capacity building and 1:1 consultancy for community sports groups; grant distribution (Barclays Community Football Fund, Flutter Cash4Clubs, Sport England Together Fund); Participatory Grant Model for Black-led organisations; Active Partnership support; equality, diversity and inclusion projects; Connected Communities model; volunteer consultancy programme; webinars and networking events; research into participation barriers Custom geography from upload: United Kingdom
Key Metrics
Key Metric 1
2,850 community sports organisations in membership network, collectively reaching over 500,000 young people
Key Metric 2
£1.6 million in grants distributed directly to community groups across the UK
Key Metric 3
96% of young people at Sported member groups are from historically under-served communities
Key Outcomes
- 82% of Sported member groups said the charity's support made a positive difference to their organisation, with 86% of leaders on a project or 1:1 consultancy reporting increased skills and knowledge in running their group
- 94% of member groups maintained or increased the number of young people attending their provision, despite ongoing cost-of-living pressures and a national decline in volunteering — with only 11% of groups losing volunteers compared to wider sector trends
- The Barclays Community Football Fund exceeded its three-year participant target by reaching 431,163 people against a KPI of 157,000, with 85% of funding supporting female groups and 96% of grantees successfully engaging new participants from under-represented communities
Geography
UK-Wide
