Sport & Physical Activity Community & Social Justice 2024
Sports Alive

Sports Alive 2024 Impact Report

Sports Alive is a Merseyside-based charity established in 2010, delivering community youth work across the North West through detached outreach, centre-based provision, school-based coaching and one-to-one youth social prescribing. In 2022/23 it worked with 2,500 young people, with 55% female and 20% reporting a disability. Key outcomes include 55% of young people feeling happier and more positive, 65% making more friends, and a 60% reduction in serious violence incidents in the Breck Road Polygon reported by police. The charity's boxing and Kimball programmes have been particularly effective in re-engaging reluctant learners and reducing anti-social behaviour.

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📋About

Detached street-based youth work with disengaged young people; outreach on the streets building relationships; centre-based youth work at Sports Alive premises and partner venues; one-to-one youth social prescribing; boxing and sport sessions; school-based coaching and mentoring including touch boxing and Kimball; holiday provision including day trips and family events; partnership work with police, schools, housing associations and medical centres Custom geography from upload: Merseyside and North West England, UK

📊Key Metrics

2,500 young people supported; 55% identified as female; 20% reported having a disability Key Metric 1
60% reduction in serious violence related incidents in the Breck Road Polygon across July–September (reported by local police officer) Key Metric 2
55% of young people say they feel more happy and positive about life; 68% say they have had more opportunities to do different things Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • 65% of young people say they have more friends and have met different people; 45% say they feel more confident about getting help
  • A 9-year-old previously involved in physical fights and disengaged from sessions became enthusiastic and engaged after consistent one-to-one boxing sessions — language, behaviour and relationships with peers all transformed
  • 22% of young people worked with identified as Mixed, Black, Asian or from other ethnic backgrounds; 30% of primary school age — demonstrating reach into younger and more diverse communities

📍Geography

North West

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