Beyond Sport Awards 2012 Shortlist Announced
Beyond Sport, the global organisation that promotes, develops and supports the use of sport as a tool for positive change across the world, is delighted to unveil the official shortlist for the Beyond Sport Awards 2012.
30 projects have been shortlisted that reach nearly 40 countries, and use more than 20 different sports. They were chosen from 322 entries from 135 countries that submitted applications to this year’s Beyond Sport Awards.
By reaching this stage of the judging process, each project has secured an invitation to attend the fourth annual Beyond Sport Summit, taking place from July 23rd to 25th in London. Throughout the Summit, the shortlisted projects will have the opportunity to interact with Beyond Sport’s extensive network of corporate business, government, philanthropy, international aid organisations and sporting federations, all with the ability to significantly impact the reach and capabilities of the sport and development movement.
The Beyond Sport Award winners, to be selected by the panel of Beyond Sport Ambassadors, will then receive a substantial package of business support to help them grow and become sustainable in the future.
Nick Keller, the Founder of Beyond Sport, commented: “The Beyond Sport Awards unearth leaders using sport as a tool for positive change and provide them with the resources, platform, contacts and opportunities to turbo-charge their growth and impact. We are delighted to reveal this year’s shortlist, which comes after many hours of deliberation from more than 25 experts in their field. To be chosen from more than 300 entries for a place on this shortlist represents a fantastic achievement on the part of all these projects.”
For more information on Beyond Sport, the Beyond Sport Summit and the Beyond Sport Awards visit www.beyondsport.org.
The official shortlist for the Beyond Sport Awards 2012 is below:
BEYOND SPORT AWARDS 2012 OFFICIAL SHORTLIST
Sport for Social Inclusion
A Ganar
- Parent Organisation: Partners of the Americas
Girls Kick It, Chicken House Project
- Parent organisation: Global Youth Partnership for Africa
Skateistan
Sport & Territory
- Parent organisation: Positive Futures North Liverpool
Sport for Health
Sitball 4Life
- Parent organisation: Association des Handicapées Universitaires au Rwanda (AHUR)
Sports Training and Outreach Program on HIV
- Parent organisation: ONOC
WASH United
- Parent organisation: WASH United GmbH
Sport for Conflict Resolution
AMANDLA EduFootball
- Parent organisation: AMANDLA EduFootball e.V.
Dance 4 Peace Philippines
- Parent organisation: Dance 4 Peace, Inc.
Twinned Basketball Clubs
- Parent organisation: PeacePlayers International – Middle East
Sport for Education
Craig Bellamy Foundation Youth Development League
- Parent organisation: Craig Bellamy Foundation
Sports for Education, Education for the Future
- Parent organisation: Policy Center for Roma and Minorities
Tiny Toones Breakdance School
- Parent organisation: Tiny Toones
Sport for the Environment
NHL Water Restoration Project
- Parent organisation: NHL
NRDC Sports Greening Project
- Parent organisation: Natural Resources Defense Council
The Council for Responsible Sport’s ReSport Certification
- Parent organisation: Council for Responsible Sport
Best New Project
Global Outreach and Love of Soccer (GOALS) Haiti
- Parent organisation: Global Outreach and Love of Soccer
Isiqalo – Waves for Change
- Parent organisation: Isiqalo Foundation
Sports for Change
- Parent organisation: Groundwork West Midlands
Federation or Governing Body of the Year
Australian Rugby League Commission
Commonwealth Games Association of Canada (CGC)
Premiership Rugby
Corporate of the Year
Standard Chartered Bank
Telkom South Africa
Visa
Team of the Year
Boston Celtics
Memphis Grizzlies
Queens Park Rangers FC
RIHP NTH QLD RUBIES
Tottenham Hotspur
