We have taken the excitement of the Olympics, and we’re running with it…literally! The Olympics has landed on our doorstep and in order to raise our sporting spirits, The North Halifax Federation of Schools, have taken on the Gold Challenge in order to support United Through Sport. Children and staff from five of their primary […]
May has seen a busy month for our man Richard Bennett as he heads down through the African continent taking Rugby and important educational messages to thousands of kids. Over the past few weeks the team of 6 have visited schools in Malawi (Mngwangwa Full Primary School) and Zambia (Nahumba Basic School), empowering local school […]
There have been some exciting new developments at the Junior School of Excellence (JSE); the sports facilities are looking great! The children are very excited to start playing on their upgraded facilities, which will do wonders for their skills development. The upgrade of the facilities was sponsored by terres des homes Germany through the, ‘A […]
The Mass Participation Programme (MPP) has continued to reach new heights in the first half of the year; reaching 43 schools and a total of 8600 kids with a total of 12 sessions per child in sports and life skills activities, totalling 103,200 sessions! The MPP not only closes the sports gap (as physical education […]
Last Sunday saw thousands gather at the Olympic Stadium for a once in a life time opportunity to step onto the athletics track with a lucky few even taking part in a 100m race. Members of the public were taking part in the Gold Challenge Event – a key test event at the Olympic stadium, […]
For the last month a team has been heading down through Europe and into Africa to deliver Rugby and other sports sessions as a platform to improve health, education and build life skills in young people. Richard Bennett, leading the team gives us his update: Our first school visit was set for Addis Ababa in […]
United Through Sport South Africa is proud to be one of the first 26 (NIKE)RED grant recipients. This fund is managed by the King Baudouin Foundation and aims to support our new Junior School of Excellence Program with a particular focus on the HIV / AIDS awareness life skills elements of the program. As a […]
2012 marks the beginning of a new program at United Through Sport South Africa; the Junior School of Excellence (JSE). This is an after-school program based at Isaac Booi, a school in the disadvantaged communities of Port Elizabeth that we have worked with for the past 6 years. Children from the Zwide community are invited […]
Today sees our man, Richard Bennett, venture out into the African Continent taking sport, health and educational messages to thousands of children. Richard and his team of 5 will spend 6 months in two Land Rovers (very cosy) visiting 15 schools in 10 African countries, taking important life skill messages to kids through the powerful […]
A big thank you goes out to Paul Young from Tunbridge Wells and his team, ‘Apalala’ (means dragon in Chinese), for raising money for United Through Sport at the Bewl Water Dragon Boat Festival in Sept 2011. More than 800 people competed in an amazing display of paddle power, excitement and fun. Since the event […]
Graduates Thank United Through Sport for Transforming Their LivesNovember 2, 2015 - 2:37 am
Volunteer Teacher Jen talks to the Coaches in South AfricaJuly 2, 2015 - 2:31 pm
Park Pereyra Hockey Project a SuccessJune 1, 2015 - 10:47 am
Spar Women’s Challenge 5k “Most Beautiful Race in the World”May 7, 2015 - 11:03 am