SportsAid athletes
press office
For over 30 years, SportsAid has helped the next generation of young British sportsmen and women to succeed.
We are the only UK charity helping talented young sports people at an age when no-one else does. More often than not their only sponsors are their parents and so any independent recognition and financial help from us can often make a huge difference.
All those who have benefited from SportsAid’s help over the years are too numerous to mention but they include Sir Steve Redgrave, Sir Matthew Pinsent, Dame Kelly Holmes, Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson, Amir Khan, Ashia Hansen, Darren Campbell and Roger Black.
Contact us
If you require any more information, please contact Jo Ferrier, a member of our press office team, who will respond to you immediately at pressoffice@sportsaid.org.uk / 020 7273 1975
Note to Editors
- SportsAid is a registered charity, number 1111612.
- SportsAid is the UK's pre-eminent sports charity, the first organisation to say 'yes' to helping talented young sports people.
- SportsAid has been helping talented young British sportsmen and women since 1976 and in that time has distributed over £30 million.
- At the Athens Olympiad in 2004, SportsAid had helped 15 of the 17 British Gold Medallists and just over half of team GB.
- Typical grants of between £500 to £1,000 are available to individual athletes to help with costs such as travel, training, accommodation and equipment.
- SportsAid focuses predominantly on 12-16 year old age group (extending slightly for athletes with a disability), who are rarely able to benefit directly from Lottery funding.
- SportsAid also manages the Government-backed Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS), helping talented sports people balance academic life and performance sport.
- The young sports people are identified and nominated to SportsAid by their National Governing Body of sport; SportsAid would fund in the region of 2,000-3,000 talented sports people each year.
- Businesses or individuals who would like to directly help young British sporting talent, either nationally or perhaps local to where they are, can do so through SportsAid.