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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)

The GLL Sport Foundation (GSF) is proud to announce that nine of our supported athletes, past and present have been selected to represent Team GB and Team Ireland at the prestigious European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Skopje, North Macedonia, t... (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)

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)

71 talented athletes from Bath and North East Somerset to benefit from over £50,000 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 71 athletes f... (more)

Charitable social enterprise and worker-owned co-op GLL have announced 38 athletes from Hammersmith & Fulham will benefit from the 2025 intake of its GLL Sport Foundation (GSF) – the largest independent athlete award programme in the UK. Now in its 1... (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)

28 talented athletes from York to benefit from over £18,000 worth of support as the GLL Sport Foundation announces its’ 2025/2026 cohort.    Charitable social enterprise and worker-owned co-op GLL have announced 28 athletes from York will benefit fro... (more)

28 talented athletes from Mole Valley to benefit from over £18,250.00 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 28 athletes from Mole Vall... (more)

Last night, the Camden community came together for a truly inspiring evening at the annual Camden GLL Sport Foundation Awards, hosted at Acland Burghley School’s Hall for All. The event welcomed 52 attendees, including 15 exceptional GSF athletes, fo... (more)

41 talented athletes from Swindon to benefit from over £30,000 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 41 athletes from Swindon will b... (more)

The GLL Sport Foundation is the UK’s largest independent athlete support programme and provides financial help, access to sport facilities, physiotherapy, lifestyle mentoring and mental health support. The scheme demonstrates GLL’s social values and ... (more)

On the evening of Tuesday 3 June, Lee Valley hosted their third annual GSF celebration event at Lee Valley White Water Centre. This is the third group of talented athletes to be support by the Foundation and see’s athletes from as young as 8 and up t... (more)

Erin O’Flaherty, a wheelchair racer from Addiscombe, was one of a host of talented athletes celebrating Croydon’s GLL Sport Foundation awards yesterday evening at Ashburton Hall. The event – which marked the announcement of the local sportspeople who... (more)

GLL, the UK’s leading charitable social enterprise operating under the Better brand, has celebrated its ongoing partnership with Manchester City Council by recognising the 2025 cohort of GLL Sport Foundation (GSF) recipients in the city. At a special... (more)

GLL, the charitable social enterprise that operates Belfast’s 16 leisure centres under its Better brand in partnership with Belfast City Council, has marked the 10th anniversary of its arrival in Belfast with a ceremony reflecting on its decade in th... (more)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

PlayFootball joins GLL Sport Foundation as valued sponsor   Pitch booking solutions company PlayFootball have been confirmed as the latest sponsor for the UK's largest independent athlete support programme - the GLL Sport Foundation.   Guildford-base... (more)

Cornwall has its very own Murray Brothers, not in Tennis but in Athletics!  Meet Isaac and Logan Murray, two of our amazing GLL Sport Foundation athletes! Logan has received a Talent Award, and Isaac with a Training Award from the Foundation. Thanks ... (more)

GSF Lewisham athlete Peggy Knox - Cycling Peggy competes across race road, track and cyclocross, currently ranked first nationally for cyclocross in her age and gender category. Peggy is the cyclocross U16 National Champion of 2024, the National Tro... (more)

GSF Newcastle athlete Toby Aberdeen - Shooting Toby is the No.1 ranked junior in Britain, No.3 Senior, Junior World Cup Bronze medallist, holds 7 Junior British Records and a multiple medallist at the Nordic Championships – 2 gold, 2 bronze, 9 MCS (m... (more)

GSF South Lakeland athlete Jessica Bailey - Athletics Jessica Bailey represents GB at U20 in track and field, mountain running and XC. She has had a great year with PBs in every distance, running in two world championships and most recently the Euro... (more)

GSF Manchester athlete Success Eduan - Athletics Success has won multiple indoor and outdoor England National Championships across U17 and U20 categories. Success has proudly represented Great Britain at various international events, including the L... (more)

GLL Sport Foundation athlete Zayyah Wright once again demonstrated his exceptional talent by retaining his under-12 British Champion title at the British Short Track Championship. The two-day event, held on January 4th and 5th at Nottingham's Nationa... (more)

Talented athletes from 70 areas across the UK are invited to apply into the largest athlete support programme of its kind in the UK for a range of support awards which include financial help, access to sport facilities, physiotherapy, lifestyle mento... (more)

Last month, charitable social enterprise GLL hosted its annual Sport Foundation Sponsors Golf Day at Mowsbury Golf & Squash Complex in Bedford. GLL operate Mowsbury Golf and Squash Complex as part of the partnership with Bedford Borough Council, a re... (more)

Last night we hosted the first GSF Awards night in Newcastle at the Newcastle Falcons Rugby Stadium.  Myself and Gareth Kirk led the presentation and Tim Bestford awarded the prizes. Of the 21 athletes awarded support this year 10 were able to join ... (more)

On Thursday, 19th September, Bedford International Athletics Stadium (BIAS) hosted Bedford’s first GSF celebratory event, an occasion to recognising the remarkable achievements of local athletes supported by the GLL Sports Foundation (GSF). Running f... (more)

As well-earned celebrations continue to mark GB athlete successes at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, 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... (more)

GSF Athlete Jess Bailey was competing at the Under-20 Athletics World Championships in Lima, Peru last week. Combining her training whilst doing her A-Levels, Jess set a new personal best to come eighth in the world! Competing in the 3000m race for T... (more)

GSF athlete Divine Iheme, the fastest 14-year-old in Britain and the world after the teenager smashed the world record for his age group during an athletic meet at Lee Valley (August 26). Divine ran an unthinkable 10.3 seconds, shaving off a staggeri... (more)

As the excitement from the Paris Olympic Games begins to settle, all eyes now turn to the Paralympic Games (28th August – 8th September), where 42 athletes supported by the GLL Sport Foundation (GSF) are preparing to represent Great Britain with prid... (more)

GLL celebrates Paris Olympics 2024 successes for the UK’s Largest Independent Athlete Support Programme  As celebrations continue to mark athlete successes at the Paris Olympics, the GLL Sport Foundation has been proudly counting the impact of its G... (more)

On Thursday, 18th July, the Horley Leisure Centre and Spa was abuzz with excitement as it hosted the GSF Celebratory Event, an occasion dedicated to recognising the remarkable achievements of local athletes supported by the GLL Sports Foundation (GSF... (more)

On the evening of 23rd July, GLL welcomed athletes from across the Royal Borough of Greenwich to celebrate the annual GLL Sport Foundation (GSF) awards at Sutcliffe Park Sports Centre. The event acknowledged the success and achievements of Greenwich-... (more)

On Monday 15th July, Enfield Partnership held the very first GLL sports foundation evening to highlight the achievements and successes of local talented athletes from across the partnership. Enfield are supporting 27 athletes from across 10 different... (more)

On Wednesday 24th July 2024, Camden Town Hall hosted the annual GLL Sport Foundation awards evening to celebrate athletes in Camden being accepted onto the largest independent athlete award programme in the UK.     The awards evening was a great oppo... (more)

Better York celebrated the York 2024 GLL Sport Foundation athletes at their annual awards evening held last night at the York Stadium Leisure Complex. The evening was a celebration of the great sporting talent in the City of York and to recognise all... (more)

Ninety talented athletes and sports people from Croydon have received awards from the GLL Sports Foundation (GSF), to help them along their sporting journey. The athletes, who compete nationally and internationally, received grants of up to £500 to ... (more)

On Tuesday 16th July 2024, Islington Town Hall hosted the annual GLL Sport Foundation awards evening to celebrate athletes in Islington being accepted onto the largest independent athlete award programme in the UK.  The awards evening was a great op... (more)