News from Sajeimpact and partners
Ollie Dudfield has been appointed Executive Director of the Sport for Development Coalition.
Ollie joins the SFDC following five years as Head of Sport for Development and Peace at the Commonwealth Secretariat.
The role has been created after new funding for the SFDC from Comic Relief, Sport England and Laureus Sport for Good was announced in May. Ollie will officially take up the role at the start of October.
The Sport for Development Coalition (SFDC) has warned that the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the sector is having “a profound effect” on some of the “most vulnerable members of our society”.
The SFDC, a growing Movement of more than 100 charities, networks and governing bodies who believe in the power of sport to generate positive social outcomes, has today published its response to the DCMS Committee inquiry on the impact of the pandemic.
The Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership Ltd. (LLEP) has been awarded £20 million as part of the government’s ‘Getting Building’ fund. The funding is to be allocated to key infrastructure projects within Leicester and Leicestershire, in a bid to aid recovery post-COVID19.
Sajeimpact Director Andy Reed said “Whilst this investment is obviously welcome it does not represent enough to make a strategically significant impact across the whole county given the scale of the problems we face. We have in fact submitted a £90m package to government of projects we felt ready to go. We now have some tough choices ahead”
Residents and businesses in Loughborough are being encouraged to help a planned consultation on the Loughborough Town Deal.
The Loughborough Town Deal is an opportunity to secure up to £25 million of government funding to transform the town’s economic growth and play a key role in recovery. It is being led by a range of partners including Charnwood Borough Council.
An investment plan is being drawn up which will set out a vision for building on the town’s unique strengths and a consultation is planned for later this month.
In June 2010 SajeImpact started on its first tentative steps as founders Andy and Sarah Reed cast a vision for the next season in their lives. After 20 years of front line politics the loss of the Loughborough seat meant Andy & Sarah had the rest of their lives to fill. Wanting to maintain their enthusiasm for creating positive impact on society around them the concept of the lifestyle agency approach was born and the name emerged. Saje Impact
We know the name has caused everybody difficulties in pronunciation! It is in fact pronounced ‘Sage” and Impact simultaneously. The meaning was more significant to me at the time than any potential marketing problems admits Andy.
Sport has the power to bring people together, build stronger communities, support individual development and positively change lives. The Sport for Development Coalition (SFDC) was born out of a shared belief in sport’s potential to play a greater role in addressing social issues across the UK.
The SFDC is a collective movement of organisations (and networks) that collaborate to be greater than the sum of its parts. Currently consisting of 70 organisations and funded via confirmed grant funding from Sport England and Comic Relief for four years with additional possible funding from Laureus.
SFDC Chair Andy Reed OBE said: “We are extremely grateful to our funding partners for this new investment. The SFDC’s aim now will be to significantly grow the network and the momentum of this Movement, and demonstrate on a national scale how the power of sport can improve people’s lives and build stronger communities.”
Many fundraising events in the UK have been postponed or cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Whilst we are all hopeful many of these events will go ahead at a later date, many charities across the UK have been left struggling to maintain their services.
These charities need our support now more than ever. From those supporting children to the elderly, as well as those providing vital palliative care, mental health support, housing, food supplies and more. It’s never been more important to come together and show how much we care.
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!
