Beyond Sport is a global organization that promotes, develops and funds the use of sport to create positive social change across the world. There are three primary ways of doing this: Beyond Sport Awards, Beyond Sport Summit and Beyond Sport World.
Currently, the Beyond Sport Awards is accepting entries under 12 categories covering the entire sporting spectrum of health, social inclusion, corporate and social responsibility, and philanthropy.
Shortlisted entries for these awards receive a free invitation to the Beyond Sport Summit 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa; flights to and accommodation during the Summit; access to Beyond Sport’s global network of international sports organizations, company leaders, and influential political figures; and opportunities for business mentoring and to become members of the most influential group of social entrepreneurs ever assembled around sport.
The winners of the six Beyond Sport Community Awards will receive a minimum of $15,000 funding each and a package of substantial business support to enable them to move forward and become fully sustainable in the future.
Any project or initiative wishing to enter the Beyond Sport Awards must live up to the four basic principles of the Beyond Sport mission: Model, Impact, Sustainability and Replication.
The categories of awards are:
1. Community Awards for not-for-profits, NGOs, IGOs, charitable or small social entrepreneurial organisations: Best New Project, UNICEF Sport for Education Award, Sport for Health Award, Best Project for Social Inclusion and Sport for Conflict Resolution Award.
2. Environment Award for independent projects, federations, companies, government agencies, and rights holders alike. A relevant entry can be for any kind of activity that addresses environmental issues – i.e. events, campaigns, stand-alone projects, policies that resulted in an environmental improvement. The award under this category is the Sport for Environment Award.
3. Corporate and Federation Awards for corporations, businesses, sport governing bodies, official rights-holders, professional sports teams, federations, large social enterprises, or non-profits looking to nominate a corporate partner. The awards under this category are Sport Team of the Year, Sport Federation or Governing Body of the Year and the Corporate of the Year.
4. Judges’ Awards: There will also be a number of Judges’ Awards.
The deadline to submit entries is March 15, 2011. For more information, visit this link.
The intention of this proposal is to seek assistance and ideas. We are willing to work under Joint venture banners to succeed in the project.
We are embarking on an ambitious project of expanding free sports training
Operations for kids and neglected youth in the Rural Areas of Tamil Nadu (INDIA) to deviate them from evil practices and give them the joy of sportsmanship.
We are a non-profit organization; we depend on goodwill and assistance to achieve this noble dream.
We have some wonderful technical Sports students in the [TRAINING PROGRAM] at
[DEVSPORTS ACADEMY] who are training to become India’s most highly skilled and motivated workers. I am so proud of my students.
I hope that we can count on your support of our students in this opportunity. Please give your feedback on this request, and to find out any steps necessary to proceed. We have got an approval u/s.80 G of the IT Act 1961.
I hope you will be able to be a part of this effort to improve one of our neighborhood’s most valuable assets.
I look forward to answering any questions you may have. In the meantime, best of luck with your business. I look forward to speaking with you in the coming days.
For more details about the Dev Sports Academy trust please
Sincerely,
D.Ananda Kumar B.A., M.P, Ed,
Founder of Dev sports Academy
biland awdal organization ngo is apply this award hasan noor ahmed chairman bao somalia
I am the founder and coach for the S.W.A.T. Badminton Club located in Kingston Jamaica. We have recently partnered with the Y.M.C.A. Jamaica chapter. Together we are working with the inner-city, troubled, and disabled boys and girls from all spheres of the society to provide a learning center in order to improve the literacy standard and offer a chance to these youngster to succeed in life through sports and education. At the moment, we have several disciplines ie, karate, badminton and swimming along with crafts making, computer studies and repairs, barber shop and wood work. We are in desperate need of some funding to support this program and would appreciate some advice/ direction to how and where we can achieve our goals.