Sportivate is a £56 million Lottery funded legacy project that aims to capture the excitement from London 2012 and provide attractive sporting opportunities for teenagers and young adults, aged 11 - 25.
This is done by providing them with six to eight weeks of coaching in a sport of their choice and be guided into regular participation within their community.
Sportivate launched in June 2011 as a four-year programme aimed at 14-25 year-olds but, due to its success, additional funding of £10m per year has been invested allowing the programme to run until March 2017. The Sportivate targeted age range was extended in September 2013 to offer 11-13 year-olds the opportunity to participate.
Target Audience
Sportivate targets 11-25 year olds who may not seek out sporting opportunities themselves or those who are doing sport for a very limited amount of time. These participants might be described as the 'semi-sporty'. The target group was selected for this campaign because research shows that the period in which people leave full time education and start to lead more independent lives is when many stop, and do not resume, regular sports participation.
Local Authorities
Applications should be sent to EITHER your Local Authority contact or your National Governing Body contact (sport). To find your relevant contact please see the list below.
Priority projects:
- Projects demonstrating a clear demand need for the project - this can be from market segmentation, questionnaires, analysis etc
- Projects focused on 19 yrs+
- Projects catering for minority/hard to reach groups – disability, BME, females, over 20s
- Projects with clear sustainable exit routes
- Projects targeting non sporty/semi sporty groups
- Projects using NGB participation Products -e.g Back 2 Netball, Ping etc
If you have any questions or would like a copy of the application excel spreadsheet please contact your local authority or national governing body.
Amber Valley
Phil Basterfield
phil@avssp.co.uk
07733 245984
Bolsover
Jenny Carter
Jenny.carter@bolsover.gov.uk
01246 242357
Chesterfield
Mark Tournier
m.tournier@brookfield.derbyshire.sch.uk
07714 751053
01246 565825
Derby City
Will Turner
Will.Turner@derby.gov.uk
01332 641243
Derbyshire Dales
Rob Wilks
Rob.wilks@derbyshiredales.gov.uk
01629 761381
07775 931079
Erewash
Ian Tinto
Ian.Tinto@erewash.gov.uk
0115 9072244
0115 9497062
High Peak
Anthony Wheat
Anthony.wheat@highpeak.gov.uk
07595 241584
Mark Rushworth
Mark.rushworth@highpeak.gov.uk
North East Derbyshire
Kelly Massey
Kelly.Massey@ne-derbyshire.gov.uk
01246 217219
0786 0690133
South Derbyshire
Hannah Barradell-Smith
Hannah.Barradell-Smith@south-derbys.gov.uk
01283 595973
Lewis Adams
lewis.adams@south-derbys.gov.uk
More information can be found at www.derbyshiresport.co.uk/sportivate/