Sport 4 Life is a charity dedicated to changing lives through the power of sport in Birmingham. We provide sports activities, exercise classes, and healthy lifestyle projects citywide, working exclusively in deprived areas. Our current projects include:

MORE SPORT
Working in partnership with local schools and extended services, we are bringing sport into the heart of deprived communities in Birmingham and providing free access to top quality sport for underprivileged and marginalised children and young people. We are helping hundreds of participants to play and participate in street dance, football, cricket, basketball and much more every single week, empowering more people to play more sport.

LADYWOOD AND SOHO GAMES
In the deprived inner city wards of Ladywood and Soho, primary school children are often marginalised and excluded from opportunities to participate in sport and exercise. Not when Sport 4 Life UK is around though! We deliver two gigantic school sports days annually, engaging 18 primary schools and over 500 children in a whirlwind day of competitive activities including football, basketball, athletics, and uni-hockey to name but a few.

EXERCISE 4 LIFE
Our programme of professional aerobics instruction and healthy lifestyles education has been designed specifically for disadvantaged women, especially those who find it difficult to engage with mainstream exercise provision. Our aim is to help participants to improve their cardio-vascular fitness, to lose weight, and to feel more healthy and confident in themselves. We have delivered 170 classes over the last year and have helped over 150 women to get active and lose weight.

ACTIVE KIDS
Poor health, obesity and inactivity can be big problems amongst children living within deprived, inner city estates. That’s why we have partnered with local organisation Runner Beans and developed our Active Kids classes – fun physical activity games combined with health-themed lessons – designed specifically for children most in need of a health and confidence boost. We deliver weekly classes throughout Birmingham, working in partnership with schools and Sure Start Centres.

STREET SPORT
Our flagship sports outreach project provides structured sports coaching sessions in inner-city parks across four highly deprived estates in Birmingham, engaging hundreds of underprivileged children and young people every week. We use sport as the tool to steer participants away from lives of crime, anti-social behaviour, and low self-esteem, and to develop them into individuals who are able to achieve, be healthy, and make a positive contribution to society.

SPORTS VOLUNTEERS
Sport 4 Life is committed to helping people to improve and develop themselves through sport. So we are helping numerous teenagers and adults to increase their confidence and self-esteem through sports volunteering. All of our volunteers also gain valuable skills, qualifications, and experience in sports and community work, and are supported to progress to other employment, education or training opportunities.