Sporting Champions is a Sport England initiative bringing world-class athletes face-to-face with young people and young adults to inspire and motivate them.
A team of current and retired elite athletes have been recruited based on their wealth of experience and enthusiasm for sport as well as their ability to work with young people and young adults with the aspiration of increasing participation in sport.
The scheme is aligned to the Sportivate programme. The scheme offers CSPs the ability to tap into a series of visits to support their delivery and increase the likelihood of growing the participation base, retaining young people and young adults throughout their Sportivate coaching programmes and successfully transition them into sustainable club sport.
Sporting Champions are also supporting the School Games Festivals. In 2012, sixty Sporting Champions attended festivals across the country; reaching in excess of 30,000 young people.
Read our reviews:
School Games Interim Report 2012
Sportivate Interim Evaluation Report October 2012
North Yorkshire School Games Case Study 2012
