GLL Sport Foundation - Athlete Support Programme

Supporting today's and tomorrow's athletes

Supporting athletes across the UK to reach their potential and achieve success

Twenty-three champions who attended the 2025 GLL Sport Foundation (GSF) Awards at the Glamorgan Cricket Ground currently hold a Welsh, British or world record. They were among the 98 athletes, representing 24 different sports, who will receive GSF su... (more)

12 May 25

GSF Athletes shine at RBS Sport awards

GSF Athletes shine at RBC Sport awards! Every Year, Rugby Borough Council and the GLL Sport Foundation team up to recognise and reward the Borough’s most dedicated and talented sports people. To celebrate the achievements people have made in 2024, t... (more)

11 May 25

Grace Harvey Awarded Athlete of the Year for Manchester University

Celebrating excellence in Sport and Physical Activity across the University of Manchester. In May 2024, as The University of Manchester celebrated its 200-year anniversary, UoM Sport and XXI club celebrated its first ever combined UoM Sport Awards ... (more)

06 May 25

2830 talented athletes from over 70 areas in the UK to benefit from £1.4m fund

Charitable social enterprise and worker-owned co-op GLL have announced 2,830 athletes from across the UK will benefit from the 2025 intake of its GLL Sport Foundation (GSF) – the largest independent athlete award programme in the UK. Now in its 17th ... (more)

01 May 25

GSF athletes help Team GBR Secure Four Olympic Figure Skating Spots for Milano Cortina 2026

GLL Sport Foundation Ambassadors Lilah Fear & Lewis Gibson, and GSF Alumni Kristen Spours & James Hernandez had a week of stellar performances at the 2025 ISU World Figure Skating Championships last week in Boston, resulting in Team GB officially sec... (more)

06 Apr 25

GSF Ambassadors Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson shine bright at the Figure Skating World Championships

GSF Ambassadors Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson won Great Britain's first figure skating World Championship medal in more than 40 years with ice dance bronze in Boston. Not since 1984, when Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won their fourth and final g... (more)

01 Apr 25

The success of the GLL Sport Foundation is supported by our partnerships with local authorities, sponsors, SportsAid and National Governing Bodies. It's our ambition to bridge the gap in sports inequalities and support today's and tomorrow's athletes.