The Sport for Development Coalition (SFDC) is encouraging organisations to 'sign up and join the Movement' after publishing its first Charter.

The SFDC is a growing group of 70 organisations across the UK who believe in the power of sport and physical activity to act as effective tools for intervention when generating positive social outcomes.

This includes charities, networks, funders and governing bodies using sport to tackle issues ranging from crime and unemployment to poverty and inequality. The SFDC is supported and funded by Comic Relief, Sport England and the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation.

The Charter, which can be viewed here, contains seven guiding principles to follow for organisations that want to join the SFDC. This includes being able to actively demonstrate, and advocate for the intentional use of sport and/or physical activity to generate positive social outcomes, and helping to develop and use a common language and understanding of sport for development

The latest Sports Management Magazine is published today with Director Andy Reed’s latest Column on the impact of Coronavirus

The Coronavirus has impacted all aspects of the Sport Sector and we need to plan for the lockdown, and start to think what we do next.

Andy criticises those who tried to fight the lockdown - and the macho culture that all too often pervades sport!

Birstall RFC, sponsored by Saje Impact, have won their Midlands League title this week after the RFU announced the results of the season.

The RFU said

Following the early end of the rugby season in England as a result of COVID-19, The Rugby Football Union has announced the final league positions.

Proposals from the RFU governance committee to conclude the season for those leagues at both professional and community level were yesterday ratified by the RFU Council.

It was agreed that final standings for the Greene King IPA Championship and men’s and women’s community game would be calculated on a best playing record formula maintaining promotion and relegation for those leagues.

Andy Reed said “After 44 years of association with the club this has to be one of the best season for the 1st XV. The new Club house and facilities have certainly put the Club on the map in Leicestershire rugby. I wish I had managed a few games for the 2nds, but sadly the sudden end to the season meant that wasn’t possibl

Sport England have announced a £195m package of support to the sport and physical activity sector today.

We’re making up to £195 million of funding available to help the sport and physical activity sector through the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis.

Like all businesses SAJEIMPACT is doing all it can to serve our clients and partners by working from home and maintaining contact via video and email.

We understand how difficult the Coronavirus pandemic has been for some of our clients and we will do all we can to be flexible and continue our work in different ways

Stay safe and well… see you on the other side of this

Business and community leaders have come
together to kickstart a project to secure up to £25 million of government
funding to transform in Loughborough’s economic growth.

The Sport for Development Coalition (SFDC) has appointed its new Chair.

Former MP Andy Reed OBE succeeds Matt Stevenson-Dodd, who has led the SFDC’s Board as interim Chair since 2018.

The SFDC is a growing movement of organisations, networks and funders who believe in the power sport and physical activity to generate positive social outcomes. It is supported and funded by Sport England, Comic Relief and the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation.

Andy, who was Labour & Co-operative MP for Loughborough between 1997 and 2010, has many years’ experience working in national sports policy, and international development issues.

He was Chair of the Sport & Recreation Alliance between 2011 and 2016, performed the same role for Leicester-Shire and Rutland Sport for 12 years until 2017, and has also served on the Board of CIMSPA (Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity).

Although now semi-retired, Andy is Director of Saje Impact, a boutique Public Affairs and Sport Management company specialising in the sport, faith and charity sectors, and is co-founder of the Sports Think Tank which is dedicated to sports policy development in the UK.

He is a passionate advocate of the power of sport to effect positive social change in our communities, and received an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in June 2012 for his contribution to community and sport in Leicestershire.

Matt Stevenson-Dodd, who also served as Chief Executive of leading sport for employability charity Street League between 2010 and 2019, is stepping down as Chair to focus on his consultancy, Trust Impact.

Andy said: “Firstly I would like to pay tribute to the work Matt has done to lead the Coalition over the last 18 months. His leadership has brought the Coalition to this exciting moment in its evolution where, as we head into a new decade, sport is now being widely acknowledged as a powerful tool for social change.

Today, 40 of Britain’s most successful and driven female athletes gathered to launch a unique five-month campaign led by women’s sports charity, the Women’s Sport Trust. The campaign, named ‘Unlocked’, will see the 40 elite athletes paired with 40 ‘activators’ made up of leading figures from business, sport and media to shape the future of women’s sport.

Individually and collectively they will challenge and support each other to unlock media platforms, pitch to investors, speak out on live issues, tell new stories, get into boardrooms and break down assumptions.

Director Andy Reed has joined forces with Sport England to help introduce their new 2020 Strategy process by kicking off with a Webinar on Monday 13th January.

Details are available via www.sportsthinktank.com