More than 200 community sport organisations across England and Wales have been awarded new public funding aimed at using sport and physical activity to prevent youth crime and anti-social behaviour. 

A group of Sport for Development charities have launched a Ministry of Justice-funded initiative providing £5million for sports programmes focused on preventing youth crime and anti-social behaviour.

David Haze’s world record-breaking paddle boarding attempt to raise money for the Alliance of Sport is just the start of a summer of epic personal sporting adventures.

Ahead of his epic four-day world record attempt to raise money to support the Alliance of Sport, David Haze explains how time in prison sparked a passion for sport in criminal justice.

The Alliance of Sport is delighted to have secured a grant of £90,048 from Sport England which we will distribute to frontline organisations involved in our Levelling the Playing Field project.

The Sport for Development Coalition (SFDC) received a major boost with new National Lottery funding announced by Sport England, along with further support from Comic Relief and Laureus Sport for Good.

HMPPS’s European Social Fund (ESF) Co-Financing Organisation has set out delivery requirements for a number of new Activity Hubs designed to provide safe places for people in the CJS.

The Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice has received a record £1,000,000 grant from the London Marathon Charitable Trust to deliver a major new project with the Youth Justice Board.

More than 3,000 young people will be given places at sport and activity programmes this summer to help keep them away from possible violence and crime, Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has announced.

Funding Touch Rugby training, refereeing and coaching qualifications in prisons to reduce reoffending is just one element to the ambitious plans of a new CIC - Koi Sports.

Organisations using sport for positive social impact can benefit from new income streams thanks to Sporting Capital – England's first investor focused solely on Sport for Development.