Sports clubs and charities that are making a real impact and difference in their local community could be in line to win free kit following the launch of a new competition.
The ‘sportbox’ initiative is the brainchild of Manchester-based sportswear designer Kate Kent, and it has partnered with kit manufacturer Bourke Sports to support the competition.
A full set of brand-new sports equipment, clothing or gear, worth around £1,000, will be awarded every three months over the next year to a team, club, group, or community initiative to help support their sporting activities. All the organisation has to do is visit this webpage [sportbox | Connectsport] and, in 300 words or less, tell us:
- How your organisation positively impacts the local community.
- How a new kit would help you thrive.
- Include stats, quotes, images, or videos if possible.
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Judges Kate Kent (KK Sports Design) and Stephen Thompson (Bourke Sports) will help to judge the entries and select one winner every three months. Winning entries will have the chance to collaborate with KK Sports Design to create a logo, with the final designs produced through the Bourke Sports kit builder.
Kate said: “Through this competition, we are searching to find inspiring stories of clubs and charities that are truly making a difference in their local community.”
Stephen added: “Bourke Sports has a long history of supporting grassroots sport and community groups in Ireland, and we’re delighted to be teaming up with sportbox to support more groups across the UK.”
In late 2024, Bourke Sports donated kit to a grassroots football club in Moss Side, Manchester via the sportbox initiative. sportbox works with sportswear manufacturers and helps them to donate kit to community-based sports organisations doing important work in local communities.
ConnectSport CIC, the not-for-profit media channel that showcases and shares the best of sport for development in the UK, has helped to create and launch the compeition. Its founder and Managing Director, Simon Lansley, commented: “The clubs and charities that sportbox and Bourke Sports will benefit through this competition, are directly or indirectly helping to address a series of key issues in society ranging from physical inactivity and anti-social behaviour, to improving mental wellbeing, social cohesion, educational attainment and employability. They play a vital, unheralded role in society and manufacturers like Bourke Sports are doing important work in supporting them through sportbox.”
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