About us
Sport and physical activity can help reduce crime, reduce reoffending and build safer communities – but only when policy, practice, evidence and investment are aligned.
The Alliance of Sport (AoS) makes that happen.
We are a specialist intermediary working across sport, justice, health and community safety. We work with governments, international agencies, funders, researchers and partners to build and deliver collective impact programmes, generate evidence and influence the systems that shape safer communities.
Our work focuses on two connected areas: programmes that bring partners together around shared goals, and research and evidence that helps demonstrate what works, why it works and how it can be scaled.
Read our story to learn how AoS became a trusted partner to governments, institutions and organisations working to reduce crime and build safer communities.
OUR VISION
A just world, free from crime.
OUR MISSION
Despite growing evidence of its value, sport and physical activity are not yet consistently embedded within crime prevention, rehabilitation, criminal justice policy, commissioning or investment.
As a result, promising practice often remains fragmented and under-evidenced, limiting its potential to create lasting change.
Our mission is to change that.
We embed sport and physical activity within the systems, strategies and investment decisions that reduce crime, reduce reoffending and build safer communities..
OUR VALUES
- Unite: We align people, partners and purpose.
- Evidence: We turn insight into impact.
- Advocate: We influence systems to deliver lasting change.
These values shape how we work: collaboratively, strategically and with a clear focus on systems change.
WHAT WE DO
AoS works through collective impact programmes and research and evidence.
We help partners:
- Understand the system
We map needs, policy priorities, partnership gaps and opportunities for change.
- Design collective responses
We develop strategies, partnership models, programmes and investment-ready plans.
- Build evidence
We create research, impact frameworks, learning products and evaluation approaches that show what works.
- Coordinate action
We convene partners, support implementation and help turn shared ambition into practical change.
WORK WITH US
We work with governments, institutions, researchers, funders and partners who want to move beyond isolated projects and create lasting systems change.
If you want to use sport and physical activity to reduce crime, support rehabilitation and build safer communities, contact us to explore how AoS can help turn your ambition into collective impact.
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