Sport for Life Barbados celebrated an end of year graduation in Barbados.
Sport for Life Barbados celebrated an end of year graduation in Barbados at the end of July having been founded in 2008 as the legacy programme for Barbados cricketer Stephen Alleyne. Twenty-seven young men and women emerged from the 2024-25 programme better equipped as sports people and citizens ready to make meaningful contributions to the playing and administrative landscape of
Continue ReadingSLF’s LTA Tennis Foundation tennis programme Building Character through Tennis rated ‘Highly Commended’ by Youth Sport Trust and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
We are delighted to announce that, with the promotional assistance of our SGO in Birmingham Owen Lamprey, SLF has received a ‘Highly Commended’ Award on 10th June 2025 from Youth Sport Trust, the National Lottery, Sport England and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in June 2025. This was recognition for the excellent work achieved by SLF’s team of
Continue Reading#RaiseMyGame receives recognition after successful first year 2024.
SLF is delighted that our new tennis coaching programme #RaiseMyGame, in partnership with Core & Co Foundation, proved to be a big success in its first year 2024 and that the resulting M & E received publicity in the LTA Queen’s Club Championships’ programme June 2025 and elsewhere. We are now working with Core & Co Foundation for a further
Continue ReadingSLF receives recognition for first two years of LTA Tennis Foundation coaching programme Building Character through Tennis.
“Sport Legacy Foundation started coaching tennis as part of a summer camp delivery to 50 Year 6 students in two schools in underserved communities in Birmingham 10 years ago. Tennis was popular, so we launched it as part of a new programme, ‘Building Character through Sport’ with the Commonwealth Games 2022. With the formation of LTA Tennis Foundation, we expanded
Continue ReadingLawn Tennis Association Tennis Foundation supports Sport Legacy Foundation (SLF) with 4 year grant for Building Character through Tennis!
SLF started coaching tennis as part of a summer camp delivery to fifty Year 6 students in 2 schools in diverse Birmingham in 2015. Tennis was popular, so it was launched as part of the new programme ‘Building Character through Sport’ with the Commonwealth Games 2022.
Following a successful few years delivering tennis as part of BCtS, SLF is now delighted to announce further grant support from the LTA Tennis Foundation…
Core & Co Foundation partners with Sport Legacy Foundation (SLF) for long term tennis programme #RaiseMyGame.
The Core & Co Foundation, https://core-education.co.uk/core-co-foundation is a registered charity set up by CORE Education Trust in 2020 to develop creative partnership programmes for children and young people. The Birmingham based Foundation, with four large academies situated in some of the city’s most disadvantaged areas, has partnered SLF for a long term tennis programme entitled #RaiseMyGame. Starting in two academies,
Continue ReadingSLF Tennis coach Tara Pankhurst runs Ultra 50Km Marathon in Morroco, November 2024
After weeks of intensive training, former SLF tennis coach Tara Pankhurst completed a gruelling Ultra 50Km Marathon in Morroco in November raising more than £2,000 for the charity. Tara commented:
Continue ReadingSport England Movement Fund
August 2024: Funded by Sport England’s Movement Fund, SLF provided a valuable summer camp to Black Country students for 2 weeks during the latter half of the summer holidays. More than forty 11-16 year old boys and girls from Shireland Collegiate Academy joined SLF coaches for multisport sessions which included tennis, football and cricket for 3 hours per day Monday
Continue ReadingPostcode Lottery Trust
As part of the 2023-24 delivery of the 27 week LTA Tennis Foundation grant in Bradford Leeds, we have been delighted to receive match funding from the Postcode Lottery Trust of £22,980. Specifically targeting communities in the north of England, the Postcode Lottery Trust supported our first year tennis coaching enabling SLF to reach more young people in target areas
Continue ReadingLTA brings Emma Raducanu Trophy Tour 2022 to Sport for Life tennis programme at Waverley School 11th May 2022
We’re taking you back to the summer of 2021 when a history maker was born; the moment British No 1 Emma Raducanu experienced what can only be described as a fairy tale ending to a scintillating season. A moment that will never be forgotten, a moment she shared with an entire nation, a moment that united a nation, and now, Raducanu wants to share this remarkable moment with you.
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