Stories

StreetGames' industry-leading insights are based upon the experiences of tens of thousands of disadvantaged young people living in the UK. Below are just some of the many stories that have emerged during StreetGames 10+ years of helping young people to transform their lives through sport.

Please note that some names and images have been changed in order to protect a young people's privacy.

Laura Haynes - Up-skilled with StreetGames

Laura’s first interaction with StreetGames came through a mixed provision CLUB1 session, which she attended after hearing about from friends. The 17 year old was quickly recognised by organisers for her mixture of passion, helpfulness and enthusiasm, and was later offered the role of full-time volunteer with the Creative Academies project. Read more

Jameela - Inactive to organiser

Jameela, 16 from Ealing in West London is just one of thousands of young women to have benefitted from the Us Girls programme. Despite living just two minutes from the Bollo Brook Youth Centre, Jameela admitted that that she had never attended any of the centre’s facilities and had remained virtually inactive since leaving school the previous year. Read more

Fit and Fed in Wales - Off to a winning start

During the May 2017 half-term, StreetGames piloted its innovative ‘Fit and Fed’ programme across 4 disadvantaged communities throughout Wales. Spearheaded by StreetGames Wales, along with a selection of local partners, the pilot was successfully rolled out on a minimal budget. Read more

Laura Platt - A Vibrant Volunteer

Laura began volunteering with Us Girls in 2012, as a way to stay involved in sport after leaving college. Read more

Will Booth - Mental Strength and StreetGames

Will attended the #MindOverMountain residential in November 2017 – a four-day event designed to boost participant’s mental and physical health. Read more

Ross Greig - StreetGames student to international sportsman

Ross is a former student of the StreetGames Training Academy, turned mentor who was later named to the Scottish national dodgeball team. Read more

Jason Smith - Troublemaker to tutor

As a young man, Jason Smith would often find himself involved in anti-social behaviour. With local police running short on patience, and relationships at home beginning to break down, ‘Jay’ – as he’s known to friends - knew something had to change. Read more

What We Do

StreetGames harnesses the power of sport to create positive change in the lives of disadvantaged young people right across the UK. StreetGames' helps to make young people and their communities healthier, safer and more successful.

Our History

StreetGames is one of the UK's leading 'sport for development' charities - changing lives and transforming communities through the power of sport. Formed in 2007, StreetGames was inspired by the success of joint work conducted by The FA, Football Foundation and other agencies working within disadvantaged areas – places in which young people were almost 50% less likely to be active than their more affluent peers.

Finance and Governance

Since its creation in 2007, StreetGames has been an active champion, leading innovator and respected partner in the community sport sector.

Jane Ashworth OBE

CEO

Volunteering

There is a growing trend in the UK for companies to do more than simply give money to good causes. Many employees and employers prefer to be actively involved with corporate community investment, which aims to link employees' skills and time to the donation of resources.

Youth Crime Impact Programme

Appropriately-designed sports programmes can help to reduce youth-related crime and anti-social behaviour (ASB) in hotspot areas.

Fit and Fed

StreetGames’ innovative Fit and Fed campaign offers fun physical activities and nutritious, healthy meals, to some of society’s most vulnerable young people.

Join the Network

StreetGames welcomes network applications from community, youth and sport organisations that share StreetGames' goal of changing lives, changing communities and changing sport.

Us Girls

A double award-winning programme, Us Girls is designed to increase and sustain young women’s participation in sport and physical activity within some of the nation’s most disadvantaged communities.

Apprenticeships

StreetGames' industry-leading apprenticeships are a mix of on-the-job, workplace learning and off-site conventional study - typically revolving around youth, community or sports-based coaching techniques. The employer pays the apprentice a wage and in return the government pays for most or all of their training.