Sportivate

What is Sportivate?

Sportivate is a four year, nationwide campaign that captures the excitement of the London 2012 Games, providing opportunities for teenagers and young adults to receive 6-8 weeks of coaching in a sport of their choice and guiding them into regular participation within their community.

Sportivate targets 14-25 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. Sportivate will play a role in long term behavioural change by providing new and exciting opportunities.

Sportivate in Sussex

Within Sussex our mission is to use the Sportivate campaign to ensure that more teenagers and young adults have the opportunity to find a sports activity that is attractive, affordable and accessible to them, with the ultimate aim of supporting them into life-long participation. In Sussex, our Sportivate aim is to retain 7,909 participants over the four years, engaging them in the 6-8 week Sportivate coaching sessions and motivating them to carry on playing sport regularly afterwards. Active Sussex successfully applied for nearly £850,000 of Lottery Funding to help us achieve this target.

Search for Sportivate activities near you using our interactive map of Sussex

How can I get involved?

Active Sussex is inviting applications from organisations that would like to access the funding to deliver activities and help achieve our mission. These activities could be delivered to new members separately (e.g. Return to Sport) or you may wish to invite new members to join in existing activities for a 6-8 week trial. The only requirement is that the organisation does everything it can to ensure the new members enjoy their experience and are retained within the activity during the 6-8 weeks and longer!

Apply for Funding - Year 3

Phase 1

Active Sussex are pleased to announce that we are able to open up a short application window for partners to apply for funding to deliver projects in Phase 1 Quarter 2 (July-September 2013). Due to this being over the summer period, flexibility of session delivery to ensure maximum retention is met over this period can be discussed. 

To apply for Quarter 2 funding, applications must be submitted by email to Gemma Finlay This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 19 May 2013. Applications will be assessed the w/c 20 May and applicants will be informed of the outcome w/c 27 May. Delivery will start from 1 July.

Phase 2 

Delivery between October 2013 and March 2014, applications need to be received by 31st May 2013. 

Please find the new Application form (1 tab or 6 or 70 for multiple projects from the same organisation) and guidance notes, including; Criteria, Eligibility and Funding conditions in the downloadable documents. There are also several case studies which you may wish to refer to, to help support the creation of your project.

We would like to receive projects targeting participants from four focus areas for Year 3; 19-25, Females, Disabled people and NEETs. However it is not compulsory for projects to only target these groups of young people.

Year 3: Phase 1 Critical dates

Year 3: Phase 2 Critical dates

Please contact Gemma Finlay if you have a Sportivate enquiry or wish to discuss a project.