Substance has been commissioned to undertake a research project entitled, "Creating a Business Case for investment into Sport for Development Projects for Young People in Deprived Communities in the UK". The research commenced in February 2010 and will complete in February 2012. It will focus on two key requirements:
Sported
sported. is a charitable organisation which provides funding and organisational development support to groups that use sport to improve the lives of young people in disadvantaged communities. The charity was founded by Sir Keith Mills, who was formerly the Chief Executive of the London 2012 Olympic bid.
1. Capacity Building
In accordance with sported's desire to offer support to voluntary and community sector sports agencies there is a need to identify the types of organisations best placed to deliver sport for development initiatives and the support they will require to deliver their mission most effectively.
2. Demonstrating Value
In order to grow the sport for development sector, attract additional investment and square the commissioning circle there is an additional and subsequent need to generate evidence of the impact and, increasingly, the finanical savings associated with delivery agencies work.
sported. will use this research to lobby government for more funding and will share relevant information with its members to help persuade funders that they are spending their money wisely.
News
05/04/2011 - 12:07
Following our successful stakeholder event last autumn we are now inviting those with a strategic interest in this research project and the future of the sport for development...
30/11/2010 - 14:07
The Sported Research Team are on the road again to deploy the new Views outcome monitoring system amongst Sported pilot projects. We are with the London projects on Wednesday...
08/10/2010 - 15:57
In conjuction with sported, on the 28th September, Substance held an event to share learning from the first phase of the research project. The event was attended by 15 key...
20/04/2010 - 07:45
Sported. announce Substance Reasearch with press release on 20th April 2010
15/04/2010 - 15:49
Sported’s board, Chaired by Sir Keith Mills, meets on Monday 19th April 2010, when the research plan will be formally presented and discussed.
Resources
Substance and Sported will co-host a Stakeholder event on Thursday 16th June, to share interim research findings and disseminate the Research paper available below.
At the First Stakeholder Event for the Sported research project a series of table discussion considered the issues and challenges associated with gathering evidence to reflect progress towards a range of desired outcomes. We present here a summary of the key points emerging from these discussions.
