Beyond Sport

Congratulations to all the winners of the inaugural Beyond Sport Awards. The winning initiatives were named on the final day of the Beyond Sport Summit and, in the case of the Beyond Sport Community Awards, received £10,000 of funding each and a substantial package of technical support to help them grow and become sustainable.

The winners were chosen from the Awards Shortlist detailed below with representatives from each of the shortlisted projects flown to London for the three days of the Summit.

The winners were announced on the final day of the Summit, with the successful projects in the six Beyond Sport Community Award receiving funding and a package of support especially designed to aid them in becoming sustainable in the future.

Beyond Sport Community Awards

Best Project for Health
WINNER	Saving Lives Through Dance Contact Blog
Shorlisted Project	Host Nation	Contact/ Blog
Extra Time Programme	United Kingdom	Contact Blog (0)
GoGirlGo!	United States	Contact Blog (0)
Kick4Life Test Your Team Campaign	Lesotho	Contact Blog (1)

Best Project for Environment
WINNER	Polar Defence Project Contact Blog
Shorlisted Project	Host Nation	Contact/ Blog
Clean Air Champions	Canada	Contact Blog (2)
Project GreenHands	India	Contact Blog (0)
SSET	Switzerland	Contact Blog (0)

Best New Project
WINNER	Coaches Across Continents Hat-Trick Initiatives Contact Blog
Shorlisted Project	Host Nation	Contact/ Blog
Football for Reconciliation	Sierra Leone	Contact Blog (2)
Reclaim Childhood Summer Leadership …	Jordan	Contact Blog (0)
Social Inclusion Programme: Knocking…	Zimbabwe	Contact Blog (4)
Step It Up Campaign/Collaborative Co…	United States	Contact Blog (0)
Sure Start	Uganda	Contact Blog (6)

Best Project for Social Inclusion
WINNER	Project Alacatraz Contact Blog
Shorlisted Project	Host Nation	Contact/ Blog
3 Sisters Adventure Trekking (3 Sist…	Nepal	Contact Blog (9)
Figure Skating in Harlem After Schoo…	United States	Contact Blog (14)
Fútbol Con Corazón	Colombia	Contact Blog (4)
Hope Academy National Project	South Africa	Contact Blog (77)
Street Soccer USA	United States	Contact Blog (4)

Sport for Peace Award
WINNER	Open Fun Football Schools Contact Blog
Shorlisted Project	Host Nation	Contact/ Blog
Kicking for Peace	South Africa	Contact Blog (0)
PeacePlayers International - Cyprus	Cyprus	Contact Blog (0)
War Game. No More!	Democratic Republic of Congo	Contact Blog (0)

UNICEF Children's Rights Award
WINNER	Goals For A Better Life Contact Blog
Shorlisted Project	Host Nation	Contact/ Blog
America SCORES	United States	Contact Blog (1)
Greenhouse	United Kingdom	Contact Blog (0)
The Township Baseball Academy	South Africa	Contact Blog (0)

Corporate and Federation Awards

Best Corporate Social Responsibility in Sport
WINNER	Deloitte Disability Sport Programme: Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) Contact Blog
Shorlisted Project	Host Nation	Contact/ Blog
Goal	United Kingdom	Contact Blog (0)
National Grid Official Partner to Sp…	United Kingdom	Contact Blog (0)
The Capital One Sports Project	United Kingdom	Contact Blog (0)

Best Project by a Sport Federation or Governing Body
WINNER	Goal Contact Blog
Shorlisted Project	Host Nation	Contact/ Blog
AFL Multicultural Program	Australia	Contact Blog (1)
Galz & Goals	Namibia	Contact Blog (5)
NBA Cares	United States	Contact Blog (1)

Best Project by a Professional Sports Team
WINNER	Team Globalbike Contact Blog
Shorlisted Project	Host Nation	Contact/ Blog
Eagles Youth Partnership	United States	Contact Blog (36)
Hapoel Tel Aviv FC	Israel	Contact Blog (62)
Something to Chew On	United Kingdom	Contact Blog (0)

As well as the individual Award categories listed above, there was also a number of Judges' Awards, the winners of which were announced at the Summit:

Judge's Awards Winners

Most Courageous Use of Sport Award - Supported by Virgin Atlantic

Spirit of Soccer

Humanitarian in Sport Award

Kofi Annan

Beyond Sport Special Recognition Award

Johann Koss
Right To Play

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