Sport can be a powerful tool for positive change, especially for children and young people. The Westminster Foundation’s partnership with The Change Foundation, which has supported 250,000 young people globally, leverages sport to address critical issues facing young people in Westminster.

The partnership helps deliver targeted sports programmes to marginalised and undersupported youth, alongside the teaching of important life skills. One such programme is the ‘Netball 4 Change’ programme, which uses netball to educate vulnerable and at-risk girls and young women in primary and secondary schools about social media safety, empowering them to develop healthy relationships with it.

Additionally, the funding supports the ‘12 Rounds’ boxing programme, an anti-knife-crime education initiative for children and young people in primary and secondary schools. Over 12 weeks, ‘12 Rounds’ uses boxercise, self-defence and boxing to teach students about the dangers of carrying knives and the impact it can have on their lives and the lives of others.