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Erin O’Flaherty, a wheelchair racer from Addiscombe, was one of a host of talented athletes celebrating Croydon’s GLL Sport Foundation awards yesterday evening at Ashburton Hall. The event – which marked the announcement of the local sportspeople who... (more)

GLL, the UK’s leading charitable social enterprise operating under the Better brand, has celebrated its ongoing partnership with Manchester City Council by recognising the 2025 cohort of GLL Sport Foundation (GSF) recipients in the city. At a special... (more)

GLL, the charitable social enterprise that operates Belfast’s 16 leisure centres under its Better brand in partnership with Belfast City Council, has marked the 10th anniversary of its arrival in Belfast with a ceremony reflecting on its decade in th... (more)

Twenty-three champions who attended the 2025 GLL Sport Foundation (GSF) Awards at the Glamorgan Cricket Ground currently hold a Welsh, British or world record. They were among the 98 athletes, representing 24 different sports, who will receive GSF su... (more)

GSF Athletes shine at RBC Sport awards! Every Year, Rugby Borough Council and the GLL Sport Foundation team up to recognise and reward the Borough’s most dedicated and talented sports people. To celebrate the achievements people have made in 2024, t... (more)

Celebrating excellence in Sport and Physical Activity across the University of Manchester.   In May 2024, as The University of Manchester celebrated its 200-year anniversary, UoM Sport and XXI club celebrated its first ever combined UoM Sport Awards ... (more)

Charitable social enterprise and worker-owned co-op GLL have announced 2,830 athletes from across the UK will benefit from the 2025 intake of its GLL Sport Foundation (GSF) – the largest independent athlete award programme in the UK. Now in its 17th ... (more)

GLL Sport Foundation Ambassadors Lilah Fear & Lewis Gibson, and GSF Alumni Kristen Spours & James Hernandez had a week of stellar performances at the 2025 ISU World Figure Skating Championships last week in Boston, resulting in Team GB officially sec... (more)

GSF Ambassadors Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson won Great Britain's first figure skating World Championship medal in more than 40 years with ice dance bronze in Boston. Not since 1984, when Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won their fourth and final g... (more)

PlayFootball joins GLL Sport Foundation as valued sponsor   Pitch booking solutions company PlayFootball have been confirmed as the latest sponsor for the UK's largest independent athlete support programme - the GLL Sport Foundation.   Guildford-base... (more)

Cornwall has its very own Murray Brothers, not in Tennis but in Athletics!  Meet Isaac and Logan Murray, two of our amazing GLL Sport Foundation athletes! Logan has received a Talent Award, and Isaac with a Training Award from the Foundation. Thanks ... (more)

GSF Lewisham athlete Peggy Knox - Cycling Peggy competes across race road, track and cyclocross, currently ranked first nationally for cyclocross in her age and gender category. Peggy is the cyclocross U16 National Champion of 2024, the National Tro... (more)

GSF Newcastle athlete Toby Aberdeen - Shooting Toby is the No.1 ranked junior in Britain, No.3 Senior, Junior World Cup Bronze medallist, holds 7 Junior British Records and a multiple medallist at the Nordic Championships – 2 gold, 2 bronze, 9 MCS (m... (more)

GSF South Lakeland athlete Jessica Bailey - Athletics Jessica Bailey represents GB at U20 in track and field, mountain running and XC. She has had a great year with PBs in every distance, running in two world championships and most recently the Euro... (more)

GSF Manchester athlete Success Eduan - Athletics Success has won multiple indoor and outdoor England National Championships across U17 and U20 categories. Success has proudly represented Great Britain at various international events, including the L... (more)

GLL Sport Foundation athlete Zayyah Wright once again demonstrated his exceptional talent by retaining his under-12 British Champion title at the British Short Track Championship. The two-day event, held on January 4th and 5th at Nottingham's Nationa... (more)

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 mento... (more)

Last month, charitable social enterprise GLL hosted its annual Sport Foundation Sponsors Golf Day at Mowsbury Golf & Squash Complex in Bedford. GLL operate Mowsbury Golf and Squash Complex as part of the partnership with Bedford Borough Council, a re... (more)

Last night we hosted the first GSF Awards night in Newcastle at the Newcastle Falcons Rugby Stadium.  Myself and Gareth Kirk led the presentation and Tim Bestford awarded the prizes. Of the 21 athletes awarded support this year 10 were able to join ... (more)

On Thursday, 19th September, Bedford International Athletics Stadium (BIAS) hosted Bedford’s first GSF celebratory event, an occasion to recognising the remarkable achievements of local athletes supported by the GLL Sports Foundation (GSF). Running f... (more)

As well-earned celebrations continue to mark GB athlete successes at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, the GLL Sport Foundation has been proudly counting the impact of their athlete support programme. The GLL Sport Foundation (GSF) is the UK’s largest... (more)

GSF Athlete Jess Bailey was competing at the Under-20 Athletics World Championships in Lima, Peru last week. Combining her training whilst doing her A-Levels, Jess set a new personal best to come eighth in the world! Competing in the 3000m race for T... (more)

GSF athlete Divine Iheme, the fastest 14-year-old in Britain and the world after the teenager smashed the world record for his age group during an athletic meet at Lee Valley (August 26). Divine ran an unthinkable 10.3 seconds, shaving off a staggeri... (more)

As the excitement from the Paris Olympic Games begins to settle, all eyes now turn to the Paralympic Games (28th August – 8th September), where 42 athletes supported by the GLL Sport Foundation (GSF) are preparing to represent Great Britain with prid... (more)

GLL celebrates Paris Olympics 2024 successes for the UK’s Largest Independent Athlete Support Programme  As celebrations continue to mark athlete successes at the Paris Olympics, the GLL Sport Foundation has been proudly counting the impact of its G... (more)

On Thursday, 18th July, the Horley Leisure Centre and Spa was abuzz with excitement as it hosted the GSF Celebratory Event, an occasion dedicated to recognising the remarkable achievements of local athletes supported by the GLL Sports Foundation (GSF... (more)

On the evening of 23rd July, GLL welcomed athletes from across the Royal Borough of Greenwich to celebrate the annual GLL Sport Foundation (GSF) awards at Sutcliffe Park Sports Centre. The event acknowledged the success and achievements of Greenwich-... (more)

On Monday 15th July, Enfield Partnership held the very first GLL sports foundation evening to highlight the achievements and successes of local talented athletes from across the partnership. Enfield are supporting 27 athletes from across 10 different... (more)

On Wednesday 24th July 2024, Camden Town Hall hosted the annual GLL Sport Foundation awards evening to celebrate athletes in Camden being accepted onto the largest independent athlete award programme in the UK.     The awards evening was a great oppo... (more)

Better York celebrated the York 2024 GLL Sport Foundation athletes at their annual awards evening held last night at the York Stadium Leisure Complex. The evening was a celebration of the great sporting talent in the City of York and to recognise all... (more)

Ninety talented athletes and sports people from Croydon have received awards from the GLL Sports Foundation (GSF), to help them along their sporting journey. The athletes, who compete nationally and internationally, received grants of up to £500 to ... (more)

On Tuesday 16th July 2024, Islington Town Hall hosted the annual GLL Sport Foundation awards evening to celebrate athletes in Islington being accepted onto the largest independent athlete award programme in the UK.  The awards evening was a great op... (more)

Lee Valley hosted its second annual GLL Sports Foundation (GSF) Celebration Event at Lee Valley White Water Centre. This is the second group of talented athletes to be supported by the Foundation which has seen athletes from as young as seven being s... (more)

As the world gears up for the much-anticipated Paris 2024 Summer Olympic (26th of July – 11th of August) and Paralympic Games (28th of August – 8th of September), the GLL Sport Foundation (GSF) celebrates an impressive milestone. A remarkable cohort ... (more)

On Wednesday 10th July 2024, Botwell Green Sports and Leisure Centre hosted the annual GLL Sport Foundation awards evening to celebrate athletes in Hillingdon being accepted onto the largest independent athlete award programme in the UK.  The GLL Spo... (more)

Athletes from all corners of Cornwall gathered at Callywith College in Bodmin for this year’s GLL Sport Foundation (GSF) awards. The event honoured 116 talented athletes across 13 different sports, providing nearly £70,000 worth of financial, traini... (more)

67 talented young athletes from Cardiff will benefit from thousands of pounds worth of free memberships for sports venues and leisure centres, cash bursaries and other athlete support services thanks to GLL the UK's largest leisure charitable social ... (more)

On Thursday 27th June Carterton Leisure Centre was transformed into a Hollywood-style auditorium– complete with stage, theatrical lighting, a professional singer and canapes – for the GSF 2024 West Oxfordshire GSF Awards. More than 70 people attended... (more)

41 talented young athletes from Swindon including international athletes Suzanna Hext and Corie Mapp will benefit from thousands of pounds worth of free memberships for sports venues and leisure centres, cash bursaries and other athlete services - th... (more)

Top athletes from South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse took to the Beacon Theatre in Wantage on Wednesday 26th June to celebrate the GSF 2024 South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse Sports Awards. More than 100 people attended the event to... (more)

46 talented athletes from Waltham Forest (list in attachments) will benefit from a £28,700 fund – thanks to charitable social enterprise GLL.  The athletes will be supported through the GLL Sport Foundation (GSF), the largest independent athlete supp... (more)

On Wednesday 19th June 2024, Barnet Copthall Leisure Centre hosted the annual GLL Sports Foundation awards evening to celebrate the acceptance of Barnet-based athletes onto the largest independent athlete award programme in the UK. The GLL Sports Fou... (more)

41 talented young athletes from Bath and North East Somerset, including Olympian swimmers Kieran Bird and Leah Crisp and Brodie Williams who won two gold medals at the Commonwealth Games, will benefit from thousands of pounds worth of free membership... (more)

Tuesday 11th June saw the 2024 GLL Sport Foundation Awards Evening take place at West Reservoir Centre in Stoke Newington. This event is hosted every year to celebrate the achievements of athletes who have been successful in gaining support from the ... (more)

Social Enterprise GLL has supported 51 talented athletes for 2024/25 by awarding in kind and financial awards of a total of £31,650, with 67% of these athletes receiving no other central funding. 12 different Sports are represented in Reading this ye... (more)