Our Impact
Our Impact
In the sections below you can learn more about the impact of our work including the organisations and projects we have supported across the West of England.
Abda's Nordic Walking story
Abda has shared her story of how Nordic Walking has positively impacted her life. Abda has accessed Nordic walking through Let's Walk Bristol, who have been funded by us through the Together Fund and the Green Social Prescribing project.
Contain Outbreak Management Fund, Bristol (COMF)
COMF Bristol, is a physical activity social prescribing project, supporting individuals in their journey to improve their physical and mental wellbeing. The Physical Activity Link Workers provide signposting, guidance, and support into a wide range of movement and physical activities. The project seeks to engage those who have been most impacted by Covid and to improve health inequalities experienced by residents.
The Opening School Facilities Fund - Phase 2
The fund aims to allow schools to open their school facilities outside of the normal school day to both school and community users, to create sustainable change in physical activity levels. The case studies below are from some of the schools funded during phase 2.
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The Tackling Inequalities Fund
The Tackling Inequalities Fund (TIF) was a Covid-19 recovery fund to support people to access activity during the pandemic. This was a Sport England funded programme of work which sought to reduce the inequalities we were seeing in priority audiences who were already less active and had fewer opportunities to access physical activity before the pandemic.
Community partners used activity as a way of maintaining engagement with their audiences which has in turn seen a high number of funded partners change the delivery of their work to incorporate physical activity and movement to address the needs of their audiences. Please see some snapshots of projects that were delivered through this funded project:
- The Tackling Inequalities Fund Report 2020-22
- Genesis Trust Bath: TIF journey
- Off The Record: Elle's story
- The Impact of Walking in the West of England
- West of England Rural Network TIF Report
Together Fund
Following on from the third phase of TIF, Sport England's Together Fund followed with the same aim to increase physical activity opportunities and reduce inequalities in priority audiences. Community partners were integral to acheiving the aims of this programme by using movement and physical activity as a tool to engage their audiences. Please see below, some examples of the work that was carried out:
- Wesport's Together Fund Report 2022-23
- Changing Lives at Andrew House
- Our City Community Cup 2023
- Reducing Barriers to Participation in Swimming
- TigerStripes: Jas' Story
- West Backwell Bowling Club: Thrive With Bowls
- West of England Rural Network: Fran's Journey
- West of England Rural Network: Rural Moves Project Report
Crime Prevention Through Sport
The Crime Prevention Through Sport Fund aims to support projects that use sport and physical activity to reduce violence, crime and anti-social behaviour. This fund is for projects that focus on using activity as a tool to engage and support young people up to the age of 25.
Workplace Training
Wesport worked with several organisation in the West of England to address the challenges linked to the factors of a busy working environment and an ageing and increasingly sedentary workforce.
The Workforce Innovation Fund
This project is aiming to create a new sport and physical activity workforce, ensuring there are ‘more people like me’ delivering locally in Bristol, creating a workforce that really does reflect society. The course is aimed at asylum seekers, refugees and the peers they live alongside.
Coach Core
Coach Core is an employment and education charity that uses a community sports apprenticeship to support young adults become qualified sports coaches and to gain employment.
