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 mentoring and mental health wellbeing support.
Now in its 17th year of operation, the GLL Sport Foundation (GSF) has so far contributed over £15m in athlete funding and distributed over 28,000 awards to support young talented athletes on their sporting journey.
The innovative scheme is provided by charitable social enterprise GLL and expects to award £1.4m worth of funding support in 2025 to successful applicants. Already a popular and essential support programme for athletes, the Foundation is expecting heightened athlete interest as training costs, equipment purchases, strength & conditioning costs and travel costs continue to rise.
All successful applicants will be given access to the 250 sport and leisure facilities across the UK operated by GLL under its “Better” trading brand.
It has always been a core mission of the GSF programme to support young emerging talent on their sporting journey, with most athletes aged under the age of 21 and the largest cohort under 18 years old. Across the programme, 88% of athletes receive no other funding or athlete support, which underlines the importance of the scheme to both athletes and GLL’s social values.
Recent research by the GLL Sport Foundation showed that 66% of those surveyed thought more should be done to support young athlete talent with 79% believing UK athlete success contributes to a sense of national pride. 27% said a career in sport offers great opportunities for young people, higher than teaching (14%), NHS (15%), finance (14%) and IT (25%).
Applications are open until 20th February 2025.
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