#ICYMI: We recently announced the five inaugural recipients of the new Ignite365 Awards as part of the Olympism365 Innovation Hub – a collaboration between the International Olympic Committee, Beyond Sport and Women Win. Today, meet Grass Skirt Project (GSP), which is tackling gender inequality and violence against women and girls in Papua New Guinea through sport and gender justice education. GSP not only helps to address the lack of sports and fitness infrastructures in the country but also integrates health education, leadership training and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention. We spoke to Managing Director and Founder Tahina Booth about GSP’s founding and its Ignite365-winning "Gymbox" initiative, which transforms 20-foot shipping containers into mobile fitness spaces. 📰: https://bit.ly/3MzpNwF #NetworkInAction #GenderBasedViolence #16Days #Innovation #SportForSocialChange
Beyond Sport
Civic and Social Organizations
London, n/a 10,920 followers
The global force for sustainable social change through sport.
About us
Beyond Sport believes that when used with intention, sport provides effective solutions to the most pressing social issues of our time. Since 2008, we have invested in organizations, programs and networks using sport to positively impact communities globally. To date, Beyond Sport has provided approximately $9.5M in grants to 384 projects across 75 countries in addition to in-depth capacity-building support. Employing a unique and holistic approach, our programs leverage a global network of sport for social change innovators, progressive organizations and expertise built up over more than a decade to tackle issues head on and collectively. Beyond Sport is a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit and UK-registered charity (1130439).
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http://www.beyondsport.org/
External link for Beyond Sport
- Industry
- Civic and Social Organizations
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- London, n/a
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2008
- Specialties
- Connecting, Networking, Support, sport, development, social impact, and events
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Primary
110 High Holborn
5th Floor
London, n/a WC1V 6JS, GB
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119 W 24th St
New York, NY 10011, US
Employees at Beyond Sport
Updates
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🚨Register for our expanded 2024 Head In The Game US Coaches Training! The training is focused on supporting US coaches to help address the mental wellbeing needs of LGBTQ and BIPOC youth. This year, we’re offering opportunities for both new and returning youth coacl of stressors, empowering youth and creating stigma-free spaces. 2024 facilitators include: Center for Healing and Justice through Sport, Doc Wayne Youth Services, Inc., GET FIT FLY RIGHT, Soccer Without Borders and U.S. Center for Mental Health and Sport Multiple sessions are running from now till Nov! - Learn more & register👉🏽 https://t.co/MTdIfvFXmB
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Need help finding activities, programs & recreational spaces to get moving? View our FREE #Return2Play Fund resources! ESPN Sports and play provision for Black and Brown communities has always been inadequate and kids in these communities often have less access to safe, affordable play spaces that don’t require transportation [#ProjectPlay, 2021]. Use this resource to find locations near you! Let’s get our kids playing again 👉🏽 https://lnkd.in/etHbyXwi
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#ICYMI: We recently announced the five inaugural recipients of the Ignite365 Awards as part of the Olympism365 Innovation Hub—a collaboration between the International Olympic Committee – IOC, Beyond Sport and Women Win. Each organization is advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in innovative ways and will receive an initial grant of $10,000 to support their projects. Meet Argentina-based fenikks | canilleras de plástico reciclado 🍃, which is transforming plastic waste into shin guards for football players in 56 disadvantaged neighborhoods across seven regions of the country. The sporting goods manufacturer also focuses on local youth. For every pair of shin guards it sells, another is donated to a football club in the identified neighborhoods. So far, it has donated 3,000 pairs of shin guards and has plans to start creating football boots from plastic waste. Fenikks Founder and CEO, Tomás Machuca, spoke to us about Fenikks’ inception, the importance of sustainability and future plans for the organization. 📰: https://bit.ly/4dJi9f1
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Over the last six months, our Hoops + Health program with Sun Life has touched down in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam - leveraging basketball and education to foster healthier communities. 🎉 We’re thrilled to have impacted more than 14,000 people in Asia by refurbishing basketball courts, offering free-to-access basketball sessions and hosting skill-based training for local coaches! 🤩🌞 Read the Hoops + Health 2024 Impact Report 👉🏽 https://lnkd.in/ehZSxSjT
Sun Life and Beyond Sport's Hoops+Health program has helped more than 14,000 people in Asia get active this year through basketball workshops, access to refurbished courts and training programs for young people in underprivileged communities. Thank you to everyone who has helped us to build a healthier future for the next generation. David Broom Flora Couralet Lee Kah Jing Maria Carla Gonzalez-Chong Michael Wei (ChFC®, STEP Affiliate, CIPP) Irene Ho Nha Doan Matthew Mohr Tricia L. Fred Turner (he/him) Adam Burgess Abby West
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📚 Back 2 School Top Tips with Joe Barksdale! 🌟 Joe highlights that you should focus on the people who support and care about you and strengthen the bonds that truly matter.💖 Make sure to check out Head In The Game US resources and tips for youth mental wellbeing 👉🏽 https://lnkd.in/ezsFfeKn + Check out our free Coaches Training to help youth coaches across the US have the tools to better support their young participants' wellbeing. We have multiple sessions for new and returning coaches. Don't miss out on an opportunity to better serve your youth and register today 👉🏽 https://lnkd.in/ewfTHrJy
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We're excited to announce the recipients of the 1st annual Ignite365 awards from the Olympism365 Innovation Hub–a collaboration between the International Olympic Committee – IOC, Beyond Sport and Women Win. These innovators were selected for their inventive contributions to sport for sustainable development that are reducing plastic waste, creating sustainable sports facilities, educating student-athletes on menstrual health, making live sports more accessible and helping people with disabilities stay active. Congrats to these amazing organizations! 🎉 Learn more about their brilliant work and stay tuned on upcoming news about the Olympism365 Innovation Hub here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eFSRrpPJ
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ICYMI: To conclude our series highlighting sport for development organizations in our network that are serving people through sport, meet Community Youth Center (CYC), a Head In The Game US grantee in Concord, California in the US. We spoke to Program Director Mawuko Tugbenyoh on the organization’s work to to help develop well rounded, thoughtful, confident and strong youth. CYC provides Bay Area youth aged 3-18 with the opportunity to participate in a range of extracurricular and academic programs regardless of economic means. Each session teaches the values of camaraderie and sportsmanship, as well as the three D’s of the Center: Discipline, Dedication and Desire. The institution offers ten athletic programs in gymnastics, wrestling, judo, soccer, boxing and more, as well as two academic centers and top facilities and coaches. #NetworkInAction 📰: https://bit.ly/3ABncj9
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🚨Reminder that there's only 1 WEEK LEFT till the Enterprise365 funding application window closes! Open through Aug 31, 2024, this fund is offering up to $60,000 to new and established social enterprises, businesses and entrepreneurs that are promoting income generation models and sustainable finance solutions in sport for sustainable development. The funding opportunity is part of the Olympism365 Innovation Hub, a collaboration between the IOC, Beyond Sport and Women Win to support a diverse community of innovators leading new and impactful approaches to sport for sustainable development. Don't miss out and apply today 👉🏽 https://bit.ly/4fIrXYi