Access Sport Annual Review 2024-2025

Access Sport is a charity working to combat exclusion, hardship and poor health among disabled and disadvantaged young people by building thriving, inclusive community sports clubs in the most deprived areas of England. Operating across Birmingham, Bristol, London, Manchester, Oxford and Sheffield, the 2024-25 annual review reports a record 34,606 young people reached — a 69% year-on-year increase — alongside 604 clubs supported and 1,124 coaches trained. Work spans place-based Changing Places programmes, sport-specific inclusive offers including Flyerz hockey and Hoopz basketball, and partnerships with the ECB, British Cycling and Nuffield Health. The charity's 2022-2027 Stand For Inclusion growth strategy drives continued expansion. Key figures from the report: 34,606 young people reached in 2024-25 — a 69% increase on the previous year's figure of 20,495.