StreetGames - Delivering Doorstep Sport - no comments

Here's something worth supporting, also mentioned in Nick Cohen's piece:

StreetGames is a new national charity set up to bring sport to the doorstep of young people who are currently outside sport but nonetheless keen to play, and to make sure the most disadvantaged young people in the country share in the 2012 Olympic Legacy.

StreetGames is also committed to making British sport better. Access to Sport - is it a Fair Game? a new StreetGames pamphlet, explains that participation rates in sport are profoundly skewed by social class. Roughly, the top 20% of the population are twice as likely to participate in sport as the bottom 20%. In a basket of sports (excluding football and boxing) the top 20% of the population are 4 times as likely to make it to elite level as the bottom 20%.

StreetGames wants to create an Olympic legacy for deprived communities and make sure the whole country benefits from the 2012 investments. There needs to be investment in neighbourhood sport, delivered on the doorstep at times and prices suitable to that community.

From the streets of Liverpool to the beaches of Cornwall, StreetGames has shown how sport can empower young people and encourage respect, cooperation and dignity in disadvantaged communities.

StreetGames is looking for supporters and patrons. You can help us: our aims are:

• encourage people to visit the site and find out more
• make politicians and policy makers aware of us
• improve the quality of the debate about sport and its positive impact in deprived areas

Registed Charity 1113542