StreetGames
This project's parent organization is StreetGames UK Ltd
It operates in United Kingdom
It uses Multiple sports
Entered the Sport For Social Inclusion Award
More about StreetGames
StreetGames is a sports charity which lays on sport for young people in the 20% most disadvantaged communities of the UK. Young people in deprived neighbourhoods of the UK play regular, organised sport only half as regularly as their more affluent peers. StreetGames was set up in 2007 to redress this imbalance and to ensure that no young person is denied access to sport because of their gender, ethnic background, religion or social circumstance.
The young people are given opportunities to participate in regular sport and exercise sessions, as well as to become the future coaches and sports leaders of their own communities. By offering sport as an option in their communities, StreetGames has helped to tackle social issues such as anti-social behaviour. Its Doorstep Sport approach means that sessions are laid on in the right place, at the right time, in the right style and at the right price to maximise participation.
The Co-operative StreetGames Young Volunteers programme has engaged 6,590 young people aged 16-25 since it was set up in 2007. They have gained 5,044 sports-related qualifications between them to help them develop their own careers and ensure that the projects in their local communities become self-sustaining.