Support Through Sport
Charity 1212065
https://supportthroughsport.co.uk
Overview
Summary
Support Through Sport appears to occupy a preventative role at the intersection of youth work, sport and community safety. Rather than presenting sport as an end in itself, it uses sport-based engagement to build trusted relationships with young people facing heightened barriers, then combines this with mentoring, diversionary activity and youth-led participation. Its stated focus on violence, offending and knife crime suggests it is positioned both as a youth-development organisation and as part of a wider local response to serious violence in Midlands communities.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Aston
Confidence: medium
The organisation's current session-timetable page links to a Birmingham timetable dated May 2026 which lists a weekly Tuesday multi-sport session at Prince Albert Junior and Infant School. The school's official website identifies the school as being in Aston. The timetable is direct evidence of regular delivery, but its May 2026 date leaves some uncertainty about whether the precise session pattern remains unchanged in August 2026.
- Support Through Sport, Birmingham free multi-sport sessions timetable (May 2026)
Lists a Tuesday session at Prince Albert Junior and Infant School from 3.30pm to 4.30pm for ages 8-11. - Prince Albert Primary School, Contact Us
Identifies Prince Albert Primary School as being in Aston, Birmingham.
Lozells
Confidence: medium
The organisation's current session-timetable page links to a Birmingham timetable dated May 2026 which lists a weekly Saturday multi-sport session at George's Park, explicitly labelled Lozells. This is direct evidence of regular delivery in the ward, although the published timetable may not reflect any subsequent changes.
- Support Through Sport, Birmingham free multi-sport sessions timetable (May 2026)
Lists a Saturday session at George's Park, Lozells, from 12pm to 1pm for ages 8-18. - Birmingham City Council, Georges Park
Confirms Georges Park as a Birmingham City Council park; council planning material identifies the site as being within Lozells.
Remaining uncertainties
- The evidence supports regular open-access delivery at two Birmingham venues, in Aston and Lozells, but does not establish that Support Through Sport owns or permanently occupies either site. They appear to be delivery venues rather than organisational premises.
- The organisation's registered address is in Nottingham and should not be treated as a Birmingham operational site.
- Support Through Sport has a West Midlands regional manager and a West Midlands delivery team, and its timetable confirms delivery across Birmingham as well as Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. This supports a regional overall footprint rather than a Birmingham-only or citywide organisational identity.
- Public evidence reviewed does not provide a current, comprehensive Birmingham venue list, the number of Birmingham sessions, or clear details of which local partnerships sustain each regular session.
Additional evidence needed
- A newly dated Birmingham session timetable or programme update confirming that the Aston and Lozells sessions remain active after May 2026.
- A current annual or impact report breaking down delivery by Birmingham venue and programme type.
- Confirmation from Support Through Sport of its current Birmingham delivery partners, venue agreements and whether any additional Birmingham sites operate outside the published open-access timetable.
Areas of work
- Recreation
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
How they help
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Sport is presented as an engagement mechanism, not the primary outcome
The available evidence suggests the organisation uses sport to create access, trust and sustained participation with young people, while its intended change is broader: safety, confidence, support and positive life outcomes.
Why it matters
This distinguishes the organisation from a conventional sports provider. Its effectiveness is likely to depend as much on relationship-based youth work and mentoring as on the quality of sporting activity.
Show evidence
“We work at the intersection of sport and youth work, enabling excellent engagement combined with meaningful support for disadvantaged and at-risk young people.”
Source:Organisation“6,412+ Hours of 1-2-1 Mentoring.”
Source:Organisation“To advance in life and relieve needs of children and young people through skills development and recreation and leisure activities.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its model is explicitly preventative and community-safety oriented
Support Through Sport appears to frame youth provision as early intervention against harms including violence, youth offending, anti-social behaviour and knife crime, rather than solely as general recreation.
Why it matters
This indicates a role that may overlap with schools, violence-reduction partnerships, youth justice services and neighbourhood organisations. Understanding these relationships would be important for assessing its local contribution.
Show evidence
“Focused on violence prevention and sport-based intervention.”
Source:Organisation“Addressing issues such as youth offending, violence, anti-social behaviour and knife crime.”
Source:Organisation“Proactive Prevention: Intervention & diversionary programmes.”
Source:Organisation
Young people are positioned as contributors to change, not only recipients of support
The organisation appears to combine targeted support with an ambition to give young people influence and leadership, particularly those from underserved and underrepresented communities.
Why it matters
This may make its approach more participatory than services focused only on risk reduction. It raises useful questions about whether young people's influence extends into programme design, governance and local decision-making.
Show evidence
“Young people are at the heart of our organisation.”
Source:Organisation“We’re committed to empowering the next generation to lead, influence decision-making, and create positive change in their communities.”
Source:Organisation“53% Of those supported from the BAME community.”
Source:Organisation
- Which Midlands places, communities and referral routes are central to its work.
- Whether its stated partnerships involve formal delivery, funding, safeguarding or strategic coordination.
- How outcomes such as reduced violence, wellbeing, education or progression are measured over time.
Remaining uncertainties
- Programme-level information showing locations, participant needs, referral sources, duration and completion.
- Outcome evaluation or longitudinal case data, including young people's own accounts of change.
- Details of partner organisations and the practical roles they play in delivery and onward support.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Support Through Sport, founded in 2021, is a charity dedicated to empowering disadvantaged young people, 8-18, in underserved communities via sport, mentoring and youth work. Focused on violence prevention and sport-based intervention, positively impacting young people across the Midlands, addressing issues such as youth offending, violence, anti-social behaviour and knife crime.
Charity objects
TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, INCLUDING BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: (A) DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES SO THAT THEY MAY REALISE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY; AND (B) PROVIDING FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THEIR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.