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Three young people from our Street Elite programme were recently awarded life-changing grants from the Street Elite entrepreneurship fund.  The fund partners young entrepreneurs with a professional mentor who helps them launch their own business. The Street Elite entrepreneurship fund also offers successful recipients access to the Freestar mentorship programme. The Freestar mentorship programme is […]

This September, we welcomed the return of our 12-Rounds programme across primary and secondary schools in London. Since being launched in 2019 the successful boxing programme has continued to educate young girls and boys about the dangers of knife violence. Coaches on the programme use teaching methods that encourage defensive training over offensive training. Doing

Earlier this month ten lucky Street Elite graduates were invited on a training residential in the New Forest. All ten participants had previously shown great potential in becoming the next generation of ‘Sports for Social Change’ coaches for their communities. The residential ran for three days. During this time all graduates shared a log cabin

Post Covid Kayaking for mental and physical health Last month a team of kayakers from our charity took to the choppy waters of Brighton in a kayaking exercise. The exercise worked with young people from our London Futures programme to promote mental and physical wellbeing, teamwork and new post-lockdown friendships. In total, seven kayaks set

This month young people from our Street Elite programmes have been uniting across London to graduate from this year’s programmes. Street Elite uses football to help young people recognise their full potential and find long term work opportunities. Two weeks ago, young men and boys from our London and Birmingham Street Elite cohorts went head-to-head

This August, The Change Foundation delivered VI Rugby coaching to coaching communities in Ireland and Scotland. Directed by Alex ‘Bass’ Bassan our Head of Business Development, the outreach of the VI Rugby programme has now successfully reached four countries within the UK. In Scotland, Bass was able to work with the Strathmore Community Trust in