The inaugural Sport Gives B

ack Aw

ards were held on M

arch 5, 2020 at The R

oyal Institution in London’s Mayfair.

Present on the night w

ere legends from the w

orlds of sport and dance, including Lord Sebastian C

oe, Dam

e Kelly H

olmes, D

ame D

arcey Bussell, D

aley Thompson, Jason R

obinson, Lee D

ixon and Crista C

ullen. Olym

pian Jeanette Kwakye presented the aw

ards.

Ten charities from across the country presented aw

ards to individuals and organisations who

have changed the lives of others through sport.

Greenhouse Sports: P

hil Akerm

an of the St P

aul’s Way Trust School

with G

reg R

usedski.

Active C

omm

unities Netw

ork: H

annah Broom

an with

Hannah R

ankin.

Saracens Sport Foundation: O

zgur H

as with C

alum C

lark.D

ame K

elly Holm

es Trust: Liz Johnson w

ith Dam

e K

elly Holm

es.

Sported: K

atherine Josselyn with Jean

Tomlin, on behalf of Tony B

arclay.

Sportworks: Tony P

ensom from

Shotley and Benfi

eldside Tennis C

lub with R

obert Bug

den.

Saracens Sport Foundation: John H

ambly w

ith Simon Shaw

and A

ndy Gom

ersall.

Lord’s Taverners: Sam A

lderson w

ith Adam

Hills.

Yorke Dance P

roject: Laura D

redger w

ith Dam

e D

arcey Bussell.

Youth Sport Trust: Saadia A

bubaker with A

lex Danson.

Jordan Ajadi perform

ed a dance choreog

raphed by the Yorke D

ance Project for the event.

Spoken word poet K

arl Lokko closed the cerem

ony with his

piece The Butterfly Effect.

“We really enjoyed the evening,

the location, set up and overall staging.

“The inclusion of so many sporting

alumni w

as both encouraging and provided a special touch to the

event – they weren’t just present,

they were all engaged.”

Viveen Taylor

Strategic Lead Sport England

“A w

onderful event, so moving and

inspiring and superbly presented. O

ur winners and guests w

ere blow

n away by the narratives and the occasion.

“For the two sixth-form

ers who

came, they said it w

as best ‘school’ night of their lives!”

Ben W

yattC

hief Executive Offi

cer G

reenhouse Sports

“What can I say...just W

OW

. What

an amazing night.

“It was the right balance of

impactful, fun and dow

nright m

oving. A m

assive thank you to the team

that worked tirelessly to

make this happen.”

Zenna Hopson

Chief Executive O

fficer

Active C

omm

unities Netw

ork

“Huge thanks...for putting on

such a brilliant and smoothly run

event. So impressive and incredibly

inspiring. I know that all m

y guests w

ere in awe of w

hat they saw.”

Yolande Yorke–EdgellA

rtistic Director

Yorke Dance P

roject

“It was a fantastic evening, truly

amazing that it w

as the first one

because it felt so polished.

“How

amazing to be in a room

w

ith Kelly H

olmes and Sebastian

Coe, and them

NO

T be the most

inspiring stories.”

Alix C

arpenter B

usiness Developm

ent Manager

Travers Smith

“A brilliant evening. So m

uch authentic joy and expression.

Where there is sport there is hope!”

Charlie Stainforth

Chief Executive O

fficer

Circl

“Thank you for including me in

your evening...rewarding those

that do not always get to share

the limelight but are instrum

ental in changing lives all over the

country.”

Crista C

ullenO

lympic gold m

edallist

Feedback

“A real exam

ple of how charities in

the sector can work together for

the better good.”

Nicola W

alkerC

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A huge thank you to our w

onderful sponsors...

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...and watch this space for new

s of Sport Gives B

ack 2021!