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GLL celebrates Tokyo 2020 successes with the UK’s Largest Independent Athlete Support Programme
As celebrations continue to mark athlete successes at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Teams, the GLL Sport Foundation has been proudly counting the impact of their athlete support programme. The GLL Sport Foundation (GSF) is the UK’s largest independent athlete support programme and had an impressive group of ninety nine athletes competing at the… -
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GSF supports 36 talented athletes heading to Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
Multiple Paralympic medallists Ellie Simmonds, Stephanie Millward and Michael McKillop head list of 36 Tokyo-bound Paralympians who have been supported by the UK’s largest independent athlete programme - the GLL Sport Foundation (GSF). The GSF is the brain-child of GLL, the largest UK-based charitable social enterprise delivering sport, leisure, culture, health and community facilities. 3,000… -
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UK Largest Independent Athlete Support Programme Strikes Gold For Community Sport
GLL’s celebratory ‘Summer of Sport’ continues to inspire young people as 63 heroes realise their dream to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics The celebrations held across the UK for Team GB’s & Team Ireland’s Tokyo Olympic Games heroes have also been welcomed by the UK’s largest independent athlete support programme - the GLL Sport… -
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Athletes across UK to benefit from £1.2m funding
Ground breaking GLL Sport Foundation from Social Enterprise GLL keeps sporting dreams alive as young athletes including Joe Choong and Stephanie Millward head list of sporting talent receiving training awards 2,978 talented young athletes from across the UK - including Modern Pentathlete Joe Choong and Paralympic Swimmer Stephanie Millward - will benefit from a cumulative… -
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Back to Business
The last month has been back to business for athletes, with a number of competitions taking place in a variety of different formats across sports. There has been no shortage of GSF representation either, with at least 10 athletes involved. Lucy Charles-Barclay On the 27th of March 2021 our very own London Aquatics Centre… -
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GSF’s Anna Hursey is Tackling Climate Change
Recently our very own Anna Hursey has been in the spotlight for her involvement with the USA's aims to tackle climate change. Usually Anna is making headlines for her Table Tennis talents, most notably being the youngest ever athlete to be selected for a Commonwealth Games in 2018. Joe Biden made it clear climate change… -
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Better Stories
Our Athletes have been Telling their Story Last Month saw the launch of the Better Stories podcast. Which profiles the diverse individuals that make up GLL's Better Community. From elite athletes aiming for the Olympics, to community fundraisers and those who have overcome huge personal challenges to reach their goals. The programme launched with the… -
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Athlete Achievements – February/March 2020
We take a look back at some of the achievements our athletes that are supported by GLL Sport Foundation have attained over recent weeks as we look to celebrate their hard work and fantastic achievements. We start with a great story from Bethan Lishman who competed at the British Masters Indoor Track & Field and… -
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Athlete Achievements – January 2020
As the first month of 2020 has flown by we have a look back at the January competitions to see how our GSF athletes have done! Competitions this month included Multi Sports - Winter Youth Olympics, Wheelchair Tennis Competition, The British Diving Championships and the Netball Nations Cup. The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games was… -
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Athlete Achievements – Nov/Dec 2019
As we enter a new decade, here are a few athlete achievements that deserves recognition for their great work in the months of November and December in 2019. Firstly, congratulations to Caitlin Maytham who won Gold on 1m at South East Regional schools competition and qualifies for national schools competition on 8th December. Vanessa Lemer…
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