Beyond Sport

10/10/2026

Your value is bigger than your performance. 💚

Natalie Gutierrez, LA City Manager for the The Center for Healing and Justice through Sport (CHJS) and a longtime coach, reflects on why sport can give young people so much more than competition — and why who you are should never be defined by one result. 🏀

We listen so sport can change.

10/10/2026

What changes when people in sport feel genuinely heard?

For World Mental Health Day, we invited voices from across our community to reflect on mental health and wellbeing, the support that has made a difference and what sport can do better.

We listen so sport can change.

10/10/2026

Today is World Mental Health Day. 💚

We asked some of our friends what has helped them navigate pressure, setbacks and moments of self-doubt.

Here’s what Sydney Moore and Kelly Gee shared.

We listen so sport can change.



Survivors For Change

30/09/2026

A new coach spotlight. A closer look at innovation through sport. Three years of Hoops + Health across Asia. And a look at where the Beyond Sport team has been connecting and learning around the world.

In this month’s Beyond Sport Bulletin:
🏀 Meet Ebony-Jade Annor, a basketball coach with Charity Bounce in Australia, in the first edition of our new In Their Corner series.
💡 Explore what 12 Collective365 projects from the Olympism365 Innovation Hub can teach us about innovation.
🌏 Look back on three years of Hoops + Health with Sun Life across Asia.
✈️ And come along on recent Beyond Sport travels, from conversations on sport and philanthropy to time with grantees and community sport leaders.

Read the latest edition: https://bit.ly/3TstKdN

28/09/2026

Different challenges, different ideas. 💡

The Olympism365 Innovation Hub is a collaboration between the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Beyond Sport and Women Win to inspire innovation in sport for development.

Hear from three Hub innovators about the ideas they’re developing, what inspired them and what innovation looks like in their communities.

25/09/2026

What does three years of the Hoops + Health program, in partnership with Sun Life and Beyond Sport, look like?

🏀 17 community organizations supported across Asia
🏀 7,800 community members have access to newly renovated, safer sports spaces
🏀 Over 280 coaches equipped to bring health and wellbeing into basketball sessions
🏀 Thousands of young people and community members reached through programming, events and partnerships

The 2026 Hoops + Health Impact Report shares the results, stories and learnings from across Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam.

📄 Read the report.
https://bit.ly/HH-Impact-2026

23/09/2026

Over three years, Hoops + Health brought together community organizations, coaches, schools and young people across Asia around a shared goal: helping more young people lead active lives through basketball.

From refurbished courts and community festivals to coach education and weekly youth sessions, this partnership between Sun Life and Beyond Sport has helped create new opportunities for young people across Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam to be active.

We reflected on the journey, the lessons and the people who made it possible.

🏀 Read the story and watch the video.
https://beyondsport.org/2026/09/22/helping-young-people-across-asia-build-healthy-habits-through-hoops-health/

Three years ago, Sun Life and Beyond Sport came together around a shared belief: that basketball can be a catalyst for healthier lives and stronger communities. That belief became Hoops + Health, a partnership designed to address rising levels of physical inactivity among young people across Asia th...

21/09/2026

Through the team's new Inspire Change: Global Impact program, the Seahawks are the first NFL club to launch a global Inspire Change program in all of its global markets under the NFL’s Global Markets Program. The program will utilize Seahawks Flag Football as a catalyst to drive increased youth engagement across the team’s global markets of Australia and New Zealand, Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH region), and Canada.

In partnership with the NFL and Beyond Sport, the Seahawks will provide community grants ranging from $25,000 to $50,000 in each of these global markets to organizations serving underserved youth. Grant funding will support participation in flag football while expanding access to mentorship and career-readiness programming designed to prepare young people for future educational and professional opportunities.

Apply here by September 29: https://beyondsport.smapply.io/prog/seahawks_inspire_change_global_impact/

17/09/2026

Formula 1. The New York Yankees. Goal Click. New Māori sport research.

This month’s Global Sport for Social Change Bulletin moves across some very different corners of sport.

We look at how Dutch organization Spieren voor Spieren is creating more space for children with muscular diseases to explore movement, why period care is becoming harder to ignore in sports spaces thanks to Sequel, what Goal Click’s latest exhibition reveals about intimacy and storytelling and share what 20 years of research can tell us about Māori experiences in sport.

Plenty to dig into in this month’s edition:

Formula 1, the New York Yankees, Goal Click and new Māori sport research all feature in this month’s Bulletin. Across the stories, we look at the practical things that can shape someone’s experience of sport — from finding the right way to move and managing your period to telling your own sto...

14/09/2026

Interested in learning more about the Seahawks Inspire Change: Global Impact funding opportunity?

Join our upcoming virtual information session to hear more about the program, eligibility and application process, including grant funding of up to $50,000 USD for organizations working with young people ages 14–20 in Australia, Canada and the DACH region. 🏈

📅 Tuesday, September 15
🕘 9 AM PT | 12 PM ET | 6 PM CEST
🇦🇺 2 AM AEST on Wednesday, September 16

We know the live session falls outside convenient hours for applicants in Australia. The session will be recorded and shared with everyone who registers, so we encourage you to sign up even if you can’t join live.

Register to attend or receive the recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/f4c40RaSS0qp1oGzMDFUrw #/registration