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Sport and youth

Support for clubs, academies and young athletes: equipment, facilities, competition entry, coaching.

Sport and youth

Our approach

Sport opens doors, but it also closes them when it pulls young people out of school. Our funding for clubs and academies is conditional on the young people being in school. We support equipment, facilities and coach training — rarely individual careers.

What we look for in a file

  • An existing organisation with identified supervision.
  • A written commitment on schooling for the young people involved.
  • A costed equipment or training need.
  • Genuine openness to girls, or a plan to get there.

Sport and youth

  • Equipping a club or academy
  • Taking part in a competition
  • Training sports coaches
A football match between young players
A smiling child holding a football
A young player with a ball

This area in figures

clubs and academies supported
51clubs and academies supported
young people involved
2 400young people involved
of supported youth in school
100 %of supported youth in school

Illustrative figures — to be replaced with the Foundation's real data.

Supported projects

Projects supported in this area

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