HOW CAN SPORT CHANGE LIVES?
Sport for Life! uses the power of sport to inspire children and young people who need personal development support outside school to make a success of their lives.
It combines sport, education and healthy lifestyle training in a structured programme delivered by qualified teachers and coaches. The programme is based at the principal sports stadiums in the countries where it operates, with outreach to local schools and communities. It targets children from poorer backgrounds who are underperforming at school.
The first Sport for Life! Centre in Pakistan opened at the Mirpur Cricket Stadium, Azad Jammu and Kashmir in March 2010. Over the next three years we plan to open a total of ten centres across the country.
In developing our programme in Pakistan we will be drawing on our experience in running Sport for Life! Learning Centres in Barbados, St Lucia, St Vincent & The Grenadines and Trinidad & Tobago and in running a Sport for Life! Community Cricket League in Birmingham, England.
The UK Government as well as the private sector in the UK and Pakistan has helped establish Sport for Life! Pakistan and the England & Wales Cricket Board has helped by providing kit and is a committed long-term supporter. The Pakistan Cricket Board has pledged its full support for the programme.
