Investment to grow Sport for Development Coalition

We’re investing in a group of charities and national governing bodies who use the power of sport to bring about positive social change.

Our National Lottery investment in the Sport for Development Coalition (SFDC) comes alongside further financial backing from Comic Relief and Laureus Sport for Good.

The SFDC is a ‘movement’ of charities, national governing bodies and networks who use sport as a tool in tackling issues such as youth violence, poor mental health and a lack of community cohesion.

This funding will allow the SFDC to collect evidence of sport resulting in positive social change, enabling them, and their partners, to show the value of investing in physical activity at a national level – particularly in other areas such as health, criminal justice and education.

And our chief executive, Tim Hollingsworth, believes the work of the SFDC can assist us in helping the sport and exercise sector to recover from the impact of coronavirus (Covid-19).

“It's had a profound impact on people's relationship with sport and activity, and on the sport sector as a whole,” he said.

“People and organisations are doing their best to adapt and it's never been more evident just how much benefit being active can bring to people's physical and mental health.

“We’ll continue to make the case for investing in sport and physical activity at a national level to help solve local solutions – and that's why we're pleased to be supporting the SFDC, alongside our partners Comic Relief and Laureus.

To find out more about the SFDC