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Great Britain's Kimberley Woods sealed a gold double at the Canoe Slalom World Cup final in Augsburg, Germany. Kimberley won the canoe event on Saturday 24 hours after triumphing in the women's kayak single (K1). She finished ahead of Brazilian run... (more)

GSF Athlete Eugene Amo-Dadzie moved to joint fifth on the all-time European men’s 100m list with a blistering personal best of 9.87 (+2.0m/s) at Lee Valley, London on Saturday (30). It was also a European lead for the 33-year-old athlete who will rep... (more)

GSF’s Maggie Cotter is celebrating this week after winning a silver medal and a bronze medal as part of Team GB at the World Transplant Games in Dresden, Germany that concluded on 24 August. She was one of 267 Team GB transplant athletes, including 2... (more)

The GLL Sport Foundation (GSF), the UK’s largest independent athlete support programme, is celebrating the outstanding achievement of its athletes who have been selected to represent Team GB at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. ... (more)

GLL Sport Foundation Empowers 29 Cambridgeshire Athletes with 2025 Awards In a powerful show of support for emerging athletic talent, charitable social enterprise and worker-owned co-operative GLL has announced that 29 athletes from Cambridgeshire wi... (more)

On Wednesday night at Botwell Green Sports and Leisure Centre, we came together to celebrate the GLL Sport Foundation 2025 Awardees from Hillingdon. We were privileged to have the Mayor of Hillingdon, Councillor Phillip Corthorne, alongside Colin Cou... (more)

Over 100 Cumbrian athletes will be supported by a foundation dedicated to helping them succeed. The GLL Sports Foundation, run by charitable social enterprise GLL, said 102 athletes, ranging from eight to 69 years old, from the county will receive a ... (more)

Seventeen talented athletes from Welwyn and Hatfield are set to benefit from a £12,250 funding boost. The money, awarded by charitable social enterprise GLL at an award event at Panshanger Golf Club on Tuesday, July 17, will benefit athletes from se... (more)

On Monday 14th July, Enfield Partnership held its second GLL sports foundation awards evening to highlight the achievements and successes of local talented athletes from across the partnership. To highlight the emerging sporting achievements of the b... (more)

Last night our annual GLL Sports Foundation awards evening took place at the Broadway Theatre Catford.  This is the 4th year we have run an awards night having seen the programme grow from 40 recipients in year 1 to 102 this year.  37 supported athl... (more)

On Monday 7th July, Reading celebrated its 84 successful GLL Sport Foundation athletes for 2025-26. The awards celebration took place at The University of Reading and had 97 athletes and guests in attendance.  In Reading, there are 84 Athletes benef... (more)

Top athletes from West Oxfordshire took to the Corn Exchange on Thursday 3rd July to celebrate the GLL Sport Foundation 2025 West Oxfordshire Sports Awards. There were 70 in attendance at the event to celebrate the local sporting talent and the suppo... (more)

On Thursday 26th June, Tadworth Leisure & Community Centre proudly hosted the Reigate & Banstead GLL Sport Foundation celebration event, recognising the outstanding achievements of local athletes supported by the Foundation. The event was attended by... (more)

Morden Leisure Centre Hosts Celebration for Local Athletes Supported by GLL Sport Foundation On Wednesday 2nd July, Morden Leisure Centre hosted the London Borough of Merton GLL Sport Foundation celebration event, recognising the outstanding achievem... (more)

Callywith College in Bodmin has staged the second largest GLL Sports Foundation (GSF) awards evening in the UK. 144 Cornwall-based athletes, representing 23 sports, have received GSF support worth £92,150. 72% of them get no other central funding, mo... (more)

36 talented athletes from Kensington & Chelsea to benefit from over £23,000 worth of support as the GLL Sport Foundation announces its 2025/26 athlete cohort Charitable social enterprise and worker-owned co-op GLL have announced 36 athletes from Kens... (more)

Top athletes from South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse took to Didcot Civic Hall on Tuesday 24th June to celebrate the GLL Sport Foundation 2025 South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse Sports Awards. There were 130 in attendance at the eve... (more)

Twenty-eight athletes from across Bedford have been awarded a share of £18,900 in the latest awarding of GLL’s Sport Foundation grants, including 62-year old swimmer, Maggie Cotter who has returned to the water after receiving a kidney and liver tran... (more)

Hackney’s young athletes were in the spotlight on the 24th June at the GLL Sports Foundation Awards Evening, held at the scenic West Reservoir Centre. The event celebrated the achievements of 26 local sports stars, all supported through this year’s H... (more)

Charitable social enterprise and worker-owned co-op GLL have announced 54 athletes from Islington 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 year t... (more)

On Wednesday 18th June 2025, Barnet Copthall Leisure Centre hosted the annual GLL Sports Foundation awards evening to celebrate the acceptance of Barnet-based athletes onto the largest independent athlete award programme in the UK. The GLL Sports Fou... (more)