Industry Shorts: Livewire Sport, #siawards2021, Gallagher Premiership
LiveWire Sport has announced an expanded second-year cohort for its Diversity in Digital Mentoring Programme, with 15 mentees selected for the 2021 programme – up from 12 in 2020.
The programme, launched in December 2019, aims to support diverse talent from under-represented groups across the sport and digital industries. As part of the programme, each participant is partnered with two mentors from the LiveWire Sport team across the year, providing individually tailored support, training and advice. The group also meets once a week for workshops, training sessions, chats from guest speakers and group discussions, developing a peer-to-peer network they can build on throughout their careers.
The free-to-enter programme is open to anyone who has faced barriers preventing them from fulfilling their potential in the digital sport industry – from age, beliefs, sexuality, race, disability or gender, to socio-economic, geographical, health, family or lifestyle challenges.
Entries for the Sport Industry Awards 2021 close at 5pm on Thursday,
In 2021, the Sport Industry Awards will celebrate its 20th birthday, and will honour the best work done throughout the sport industry across a pandemic-hit 2020.
To read more about every category and to ENTER NOW, click here.
The Gallagher Premiership will scrap relegation from the league this season, and will expand to 13 teams for next season, with one side promoted from the Championship.
The decision comes amid discussions of the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the sport, while the RFU has said that promotion and relegation has been put on hold while it reviews the sporting calendar.
Red Bull Racing have announced a new partnership with Honda which will see the Formula 1 team Honda’s Formula 1 power unit technology from the beginning of the 2022 season.
The announcement follows the FIA’s introduction of an F1 power unit development freeze that takes effect from the beginning of the 2022 season. According to Red Bull, the new partnership covers the duration of the development freeze, enabling the use of Honda power unit technology in both Red Bull Racing and, sister team, Scuderia AlphaTauri’s cars until the next generation engines are introduced in 2025.
In order to run the project, a new company named Red Bull Powertrains Limited has been formed, which will be housed and operated from Red Bull Racing’s F1 Team base on the Red Bull Technology Campus in Milton Keynes.
Esports organisation LDN UTD has appointed Founder and former Managing Partner of Frank PR, Andrew Bloch, to its Advisory Board.
Bloch joins LDN UTD as it builds on the back of recent campaigns targeting loneliness, nutrition, diversity among its community, and most recently the Yop Esports Championships in partnership with the Mayor of London
The organisation provides accessibility and opportunity for gamers and content creators of all backgrounds to embark on a “path to pro” journey with the aim of developing skills linked to the wider esports industry.
Skateboard GB has announced a new partnership with Jackpot Peanut Butter, which will see the brand make donations to the NGB in a bid to keep people active and grow the sport.
Skateboard GB will receive a percentage of every product sold of Rough-Cut peanut butter by Jackpot, with the money providing funding for DIY and skateable spaces across the country.
