Every year, we recognise & celebrate Sported Volunteer Consultants with the Vanessa Brown Volunteer Awards. Now in its 10th year, we are excited to share the nominees of the 2025 awards as we continue to highlight the incredible contributions Sported volunteer consultants give

This #VolunteersWeek, we want to say a big thank you Thank you to the Volunteer Consultants who work with us and our network And thank you to the volunteers across our network of groups and clubs Because of you, lives are changed, doors are opened, and communities are impacted

Part of the Sported network, Bradford City Disability FC is a pan-disability football club connecting a community ⚽ Bradford City Disability FC was only formed in 2017 as the disability inclusion programme for Bradford City AFC and now boasts 70 members. sported.org.uk/bradford-city-…

A new strategy from Westminster Foundation, which includes sport & physical activity. We're working with the Foundation to invest over £600,000 in Sutherland (Highlands) and Lancashire (NW England) to improve lives and strengthen communities through sport. westminsterfoundation.org.uk/news/our-strat…

Working with partners, Sported helps to bring much needed funding for grassroots sport groups into the sector. Through our partner grants, Sported has been able to help grassroots sports groups change lives and impact their communities. Find out more 👉sported.org.uk/our-work/about…

Congratulations to the winners at the 2025 Sported Awards 🥳 Celebrated tonight at the ceremony in London, eight awards were handed out to groups across the Sported network for the work they do. Find out more about the 2025 Sported Awards 📷 sported.org.uk/sported-awards/

Last night we celebrated 10 years of the VBVA by combining it with our first-ever Sported Awards! 🎉 Huge congrats to our winners – and heartfelt thanks to all our amazing Volunteer Consultants for the expertise and support you bring. 🙌 #Volunteers #GrassrootsSport

Groups in the Sported network benefit from our monthly Funding Bulletin which is packed full of national and regional funding for them to apply for 👩‍💻 Interested in becoming part of the network? Reach out to your local contacts through our website 👉 sported.org.uk/hub/get-suppor…

The cricket season is well underway, but for South Shields Cricket Club there is no boundary holding in the reach that the club is having on their community 🔥🏏 Read more about the club and the impact they're having on the Sported website 👉 sported.org.uk/the-cricket-cl…

Congratulations to Brighter Futures Rhyl for winning the Tackling Vulnerability & Exploitation Award at the North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner’s Community Awards 👏 They also won the Commitment to Sustainability Award at the 2025 Sported Awards 🏆 northwales-pcc.gov.uk/community-hero…

The Sported network get access to resources and guidance on the Sported Hub, providing groups with support at their fingertips 💻 Also available are webinars, links to partners and experts, as well as contacts at Sported and opportunities to connect to Volunteer Consultants 🤝

Hear from Patrick William-Powlett, Chair of South Shields Cricket Club on how they're working within their community to bring sport and physical activity to local children. Read more about the club and their activities on the Sported website 👉 sported.org.uk/the-cricket-cl…

Thanks to funding raised by players of People’s Postcode Lottery Public Affairs and delivered through Sported, Ride in Peace Adventures in Aberdeenshire is getting more young people into mountain biking 🚴 Find out more about the group and opportunities through Sported 👉 sported.org.uk/support-from-p…

The Sported Hub has information about webinars on 🌱 'Integrating nature with sport and physical activity' and 📬'Inclusive marketing' Also available are recordings of previous webinars. Find out more about webinars on the Sported Hub on our website 👉 sported.org.uk/hub/events/

Based in Aberdeenshire, Ride in Peace Adventures are part of the Sported network and have benefited thanks to players of the People’s Postcode Lottery They received a £1,000 grant to run free programmes for young people as part of Sported's partnership sported.org.uk/support-from-p…

Sported's Team Wales were out at #gofod3 with WCVA | CGGC this week! Hosting a stall they met with groups within the Sported network and others interested in joining, as well as hearing from speakers such as @Tenni_GT and catching up with VBVA winner Ravi 👋

The range of support on offer to the Sported network include meet and greets, where grassroots sports organisations meet with each other and the Sported team👥 Meet and greets are a great opportunity to network and find out more about the services on offer to you from Sported.

Kit Out Sunderland collected 189kg of sports kit, active wear and footwear to give to local participants. The scheme is a partnership between Active Sunderland, Rise, Sported, StreetGames, Youth Sport Trust and funded by North East Combined Authority 🤝 sported.org.uk/sunderland-ans…

Congratulations to England's #Lionesses We're proud that, with our partners Barclays Football, we've created opportunities to play football for thousands of women and girls across the UK through the Barclays Community Sports Fund. sported.org.uk/barclays-commu…

A big good luck to our Ambassador Eric Dier in his new journey AS Monaco EN 🇲🇨 - he's been telling their website about why he supports Sported. asmonaco.com/en/his-integra…