10 YEARS OF THE GLL SPORT FOUNDATION CONTENTS

Welcome – Sally Gunnell, Patron 03

Impact in Numbers 04

102 Medals 05

8157 Athletes 07

Chair’s Notes – Peter Bundey 09

Making a Difference 10

Partners 12

National Sporting Partners 14

Sponsors and Supporters 15

Ten-Year Outlook 16

GLL MANAGING DIRECTOR MARK SESNAN (BACK ROW, SECOND FROM RIGHT) WITH GSF ATHLETES AT OUR 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION WELCOME When I was first introduced to the GLL Sport Foundation in 2007 and the opportunity to come on board as Patron was offered to me, it was a simple yes, as achieving peak sport performance as an athlete and inspiring and supporting athletes to achieve their goals have been key drivers for me through my life; so there was an obvious direct synergy. When we launched the programme in 2008 at the House of Commons, I was positive with regards to the impact we could make to athletes across London; this same position is true today but to be able to do this across the UK where we are today, supporting athletes across 75 parts of UK including areas in , Northern Ireland and Wales, is testament to the programme that GLL created. I didn’t realise quite how impactful the success of the GLL Sport Foundation would be. It is staggering to think we have provided over 16,000 athlete awards and provided these athletes with nine million pounds of support. “We will play a greater role in the sporting pathway with centralised sport funding being squeezed further, most importantly impact thousands of athletes sporting journeys which in turn will positively impact their local community.” I am proud to be Patron and with GLL at the helm of this programme I know the Foundation will deliver equally positive results into the years ahead, and play a greater role in the sporting pathway with centralised sport funding being squeezed further, and most importantly impact thousands of athletes, sporting journeys – which in turn will positively impact their local communities. I would like to thank all councils, sponsors and partners to the Foundation over the length of the programme: your commitment has contributed to its success greatly. And finally, I would like to thank all the athletes: you have delivered such phenomenal sporting successes and inspired future generations of athletes to achieve their goals and our wider communities to be more physically active. Sally Gunnell OBE SALLY GUNNELL, PATRON OF THE GLL SPORT FOUNDATION Patron, GLL Sport Foundation AT THE 2018 HOUSE OF LORDS RECEPTION 10 YEARS OF SUPPORTING TODAY’S AND TOMORROW’S ATHLETES

16,200+ 90% 117 Athlete awards No other funding Sports supported 33

72% 10% 33% 75 33 Athletes aged Paralympic/disabled BAME areas of the UK Olympic & Paralympic under 21 sport athletes supported athletes supported medals won supported £9,200,000+ TOTAL SUPPORT VALUE 102 MEDALS Olympic & Paralympic Successes The GLL Sport Foundation supports athletes from the regional to international level. Numerous athletes have competed on the international stage’ and 107 athletes have reached the pinnacle at an Olympic/Paralympic level across three Olympiads (, London and Rio), resulting in 42 Olympic and Paralympic medals and 60 medals.

London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games – 13 medals won Olympics • Gold – Nicola Adams (Women’s flyweight boxing) • Gold – Anthony Joshua (Men’s super heavyweight boxing) • Silver – Gemma Gibbons (Women’s 78kg judo) • Silver – Zac Purchase (Men’s doubles rowing) TEAM GB BOXER AND LONDON 2012 • Bronze – Constantine Louloudis (Men’s eight rowing) GOLD MEDALLIST ANTHONY JOSHUA • Bronze – Lutalo Muhammad (Men’s 80kg taekwondo)

Paralympics • Bronze – Jane Campbell (Women’s team table tennis) • Bronze – Aaron McKibbin (Men’s team table tennis) • Bronze – Ross Wilson (Men’s team table tennis) • Bronze – Ben Quilter (Men’s 60kg judo) • Bronze – Alexandra Rickham (SKUD class sailing) • Bronze x2 – Susie Rodgers (S7 100m freestyle and freestyle relay)

“Seven weeks ago I tore my ACL and ruptured my knee ligament and there was a huge question mark as to whether I’d be here today, so to have won bronze is fantastic. I am overjoyed at what is the biggest event of my life and to have the opportunity to perform in front of a home crowd. I hope that my performance and those by other Paralympians has inspired the next generation to be involved in sport. I’d like to thank the GLL Sport Foundation for all their support in the lead-up to the Games.” Ben Quilter Paralympic Judo Bronze Medal Winner PARA GB JUDO ATHLETE AND LONDON 2012 BRONZE MEDALLIST BEN QUILTER Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games – 26 medals won

Olympics • Gold – Constantine Louloudis (Rowing men’s four) • Gold – Scott Durant (Rowing men’s eight) • Gold – William Satch (Rowing men’s eight) • Silver – Lutalo Muhammad (Taekwondo 80kg) • Silver – Olivia Carnegie-Brown (Rowing women’s eight) • Bronze – Dina Asher-Smith (Athletics 4x100m relay) • Bronze – Daryll Neita (Athletics 4x100m relay) • Bronze – Tom Daley (Diving synchronised 10m platform)

Alumni • Gold – Nicola Adams (Women’s flyweight boxing) • Silver – Zoe de Toledo (Rowing women’s 8) • Bronze – Anyika Onuora (Athletics 4x100m relay) TEAM GB 4X100 RELAY SQUAD WINNING Paralympics BRONZE AT THE RIO 2016 OLYMPICS • Gold – Aled Davies (F42 Shot Put) • Gold – Megan Giglia (C3 Cycling – Individual Pursuit) • Gold – Michael McKillop (T37 1500m) • Gold – Pamela Relph (Rowing – Mixed Coxed Four) • Gold – Louis Rolfe (C2 Cycling – Team ) • Gold – Susie Rodgers (S7 Swimming – 50m Butterfly) • Bronze – Amy Marren (S9 Swimming – 200m IM) • Bronze – Aaron McKibbin (Para Table Tennis – Team) • Bronze – Alexandra Rickham (Para Sailing – SKUD 18) • Bronze – Lucy Shuker (Wheelchair tennis – doubles) • Bronze – Louis Rolfe (C2 Cycling – Individual Pursuit) • Bronze x2 – Susie Rodgers (S7 Swimming – 50m Freestyle and 400m IM) • Bronze – Ross Wilson (Men’s team table tennis) • Bronze – Gaz Choudhry (Wheelchair Basketball)

“I have been supported by the GLL Sport Foundation for over five years and their support has been vital for my para swimming journey. I can’t believe I’ve won gold; I was trying for the silver if I’m honest!” Susie Rodgers, Paralympic Swimmer Gold Medal Winner Following her success at the Games, Susie is now the most decorated PARA GB SWIMMER AND RIO 2016 Paralympian since GLL launched the programme in 2008. PARALYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST 8157 ATHLETES Over 10 years the GLL Sport Foundation has supported 8157 athletes with more than 16000 GSF awards, resulting in a sizable inspiration programme.

Inspiring Communities The GLL Sport Foundation not only supports athletes on their own sporting journeys, it also gives them the opportunity to inspire the next generation and wider community residents by attending events in their local communities. This has been a central objective of the Foundation from the beginning to now, and has been achieved through over six hundred sport and community events, as well as annual award events to celebrate athletes and present their GSF awards, nationally and locally. TEAM GB LONG JUMPER JJ JEGEDE Teaching Children to Swim ATTENDING SCHOOL SWIMMING GALA GLL teach over 120,000 children per week to swim through ‘learn to’ and school swimming lessons, this vital life skill is a core component to GLL’s physical activity commitment. Supported athletes attend hundreds of lessons and galas across the UK to inspire participation and success.

JJ Jegede, GB long jumper, explained: “Getting children physically active is so important, and swimming is one of those skills we should all have. If my attendance at these events inspires them to take up the sport or want to excel, that is job done for me.”

Inspiring local communities to be more physically active Fresh from his heavyweight gold medal success at the London 2012 Olympics, Anthony Joshua attended the 2012 Club Games, a GLL event focused on an older people’s Olympics: community residents aged over 60 compete in sporting events and collectively they represent their home area (Borough). The Club Games is the annual showcase to the weekly running club programmes that run across the UK.

Anthony explained, “Physical activity is important for us all and today’s TEAM GB BOXER ANTHONY JOSHUA competitors are inspiring me as well as their family and friend networks.” ATTENDING BETTER CLUB GAMES Increasing physical activity and performance sport opportunities for disabled people In 2008, the GLL Sport Foundation built a core partnership with two sport clubs with a grass root to Paralympic focus; both clubs were based within GLL- operated centres and had a plan for future success. These clubs have developed with GLL and are now thriving from grass-roots up through the pathway to Paralympics GB. The Foundation provided stability for the clubs and in turn the clubs have provided GLL with pathways for community residents wanting to participate and excel in swimming and wheelchair basketball. Both clubs, elite players have also in turn supported inspiring and engaging the next generation.

London Titans Wheelchair Basketball Club and GB player Freya Levy explained: “I have developed so much in sport and as a person through Titans, and I am thankful to GLL for their commitment to the club and to me from the start.”

London Disability Swimming Club Head Coach Michelle Weltman explained: “The Club’s development and individual swimmer success is testament to GLL’s focus on sport and athletes: we have achieved so much and look forward to so much more with this continued partnership with GLL.”

Celebrating Local Success Award events were run across England; the events enabled a direct showcase of local talented athletes. Athletes were given their awards for the 2017/18 cycle and core interview panels ran to bring sporting journeys to life to show how the GLL Sport Foundation makes a direct, tangible impact. GLL COMMUNITY EVENTS CHAIR’S NOTES – PETER BUNDEY The GLL Sport Foundation is now one of the largest independent supporters of sporting talent in the UK. “Over the past 10 years, with the continued generosity of our sponsors and partners, we have now awarded £9 million of support to over 16,000 athlete. This support is across a range of financial awards, training access to facilities, sports injury rehabilitation and sport science services. Our research identifies that a remarkable 90% of these awards are given to athletes who receive no other funding or support programmes. So we are confident that we are making a difference to our supported athletes. We are proud also that we have athletes representing 117 sports including Olympic, Paralympic, Special Olympics and Deaflympic Sports. The wealth of young sporting talent within our local communities is truly inspiring. We are delighted to play our part in supporting the development of sporting talent across every region where GLL operate sports and leisure facilities. We believe that the vast majority of the athletes who benefit from the GLL Sport Foundation will give something back to sport and society in a positive way, whether as a future champion inspiring the nation, sports coach, volunteer, fund raiser or as an inspirational role model to other young people to get active and involved in sport. Young people need positive support, and sport needs rising talent to keep Britain improving on the world stage. We can make a positive contribution to both agendas. I would like to thank all our sponsors and partners for their unwavering commitment and contributions to making the Foundation so successful, and join them in wishing all of our athletes sporting success for the coming years.” Peter Bundey Chair, GLL Sport Foundation PETER BUNDEY, AT GLL SPORT FOUNDATION BT TOWER ROAD TO RIO EVENT MAKING A DIFFERENCE Athletes at the heart of an athlete-focused programme. An informative, approach with care and compassion.

“When I first started to compete internationally the GLL Sport Foundation was my only source of funding and I sincerely say but for GSF I would not have transitioned from a skinny kid that loved sport to an Olympic medallist. I’ll never forget the help I received.” In London 2012 Lutalo brilliantly secured a bronze medal after beating a string of world leading fighters; this was the culmination of many years of dedication. Lutalo was selected for the Rio 2016 Games and but for a last second flying kick would have secured his dream and Olympic title.

“Being a double Olympic medallist is something that I have always wanted!! Coming so close to gold has made me even hungrier to be an LUTALO MUHAMMAD, OLYMPIC TAEKWONDO ATHLETE Olympic champion. One piece of advice I’d give is pick one sport, one discipline and stick at it. Take it from me you will get good and once you are good enter competitions, its competitions that really hones talent and skill”. Lutalo Muhammad

“On the 10th September, 2016 my life was turned upside down following a racing incident which left me paralysed from the ribcage down. In January 2017, I wrote an email to the GLL Sports Foundation informing them of my injury, stating that I understood if our professional relationship could not develop any further under the current circumstances.

However, I was overwhelmed by the response of the GLL Sports Foundation, and am pleased to say that during my first year back into competitive sport GLL Sports Foundation was with me every step of the way.” Benjamin Pritchard BEN PRITCHARD, PARA – ROWER 1236 PHYSIOTHERAPY SESSIONS The GLL Sport Foundation provided 1236 physiotherapy sessions to keep athletes training and competing. That’s why GSF is an athlete-focused programme that provides not only financial awards, but also training memberships, physiotherapy and sport science – all focussed on supporting and developing athlete performance.

Physiotherapy and sport science The programme has worked in partnership with core organisations to provide athletes with access to sport science expertise:

• Crystal Palace Physiotherapy Group • Middlesex University and London Sport Institute • Rebound Physiotherapy, Belfast • Sports Injury Clinic and Human Performance Centre, University of Bath • The Physiotherapy Clinic, Gosling Sports Park • The Osborne Clinic, Newcastle • Highworth Physiotherapy Clinic • Sports Medicine Physiotherapy Clinic – Cardiff Metropolitan University

Conrad Williams, GB 400m runner, explained the impact the sport science programmes make: “Physiotherapy and sport science are vital to those marginal gains for athletes at all levels. The Foundation, through physio provision, made significant impact to Delhi and Commonwealth Games Rio performance levels.”

Coaching and employment opportunities The programme has directly linked with GLL in providing supported athletes with learning, training and coaching qualification opportunities through to employment.

Tyler Saunders, GB and London Titans Wheelchair Basketball Club player, stated how the programme supported him as a performance athlete and then within his professional career: “The Foundation played a vital role during my elite wheelchair basketball career; it was a strong support partner to me, then the programme played an equally vital role in my transition period through to my professional career, to the extent where they funded my fitness instructor course, and provided a placement in a centre to support me to where I am now running a successful personal training business.”

Training memberships The programme provides athletes with free training memberships, enabling access to Better sport and leisure venues across the UK for both core training programmes and also complementary elements.

Tin-Tin Ho, GB table tennis player, explained what impact the training membership made: “The membership has helped throughout my development phases from daily court access to develop my game and tactics, through to the gym as I required further strength and conditioning, as I moved from teenage age groups through to seniors.” PARTNERS The GLL Sport Foundation has been proud to work with local authority, public sector and sporting partners. The shared commitment to promote sport and physical activity has enabled the GLL Sport Foundation to maximise its support of talented young athletes and local communities.

The Foundation has expanded from supporting athletes in eighteen areas of the UK in 2008 to seventy-five in 2018.

England Northern Ireland • Allerdale Borough Council • North Kesteven District Council • Belfast City Council • Bath and North East Somerset Council • Nottingham – Better Gym Nottingham • Bournemouth – Better Gym Bournemouth • Reading Borough Council Wales – Rivermead Leisure Complex • Bradford – Better Gym Bradford • Bridgend County Borough Council (Halo Leisure) • Reigate and Banstead Borough Council • Cambridge City Council • Cardiff City Council • Carlisle City Council • Rugby Borough Council • Chiltern District Council • Sheffield – Better Gym Sheffield • Copeland Borough Council • South Bucks District Council • Crawley Borough Council • South Hams District Council – K2 Crawley (Freedom Leisure) • South Lakeland District Council • East Cambridgeshire District Council – The Hive • South Oxfordshire District Council • Eden District Council • Swindon Borough Council • Epsom & Ewell Borough Council • Taunton Deane Borough Council • Gosling Sports Park • Telford Tennis Centre • Guildford Borough Council – Ash Manor / Guildford • Vale of White Horse District Council Lido / Guildford Spectrum (Freedom Leisure) • West Oxfordshire District Council • Herefordshire Council (Halo Leisure) • Woking Borough Council (Freedom Leisure) • Lincoln – Better Gym Lincoln • City of York Council • Manchester City Council • Mid Sussex District Council (Freedom Leisure) • Newcastle City Council • North Somerset Council – Churchill Sports Centre London In the following Local Authority partnerships, the GLL Sport Foundation has • Barking Sporthouse and Gym worked in partnership with the identified localised athlete support programme: • Bellingham Community Project England • Bexley – Better Gym Bexley • Herefordshire Council – Halo Sport Foundation • Bexleyheath – Better Gym Bexleyheath • Rugby Borough Council – Rugby’s Excellence in Sport Awards • Brentwood – Better Gym Brentwood • West Oxfordshire District Council – West Oxfordshire Sports Awards • London Borough of Barnet • London Borough of Brent – Wembley Leisure Centre Northern Ireland • London Borough of Camden • Belfast City Council • London Borough of Croydon • Mayor of London – Crystal Palace National Sports Centre London • London Borough of Ealing • Royal Borough of Greenwich – Greenwich Starting Blocks • Stratford – Better Gym East Village • London Borough of Hackney – Hackney Youth Sport Fund • Royal Borough of Greenwich • London Borough of Islington – Sport Islington • London Borough of Lambeth – Lambeth Gifted and Talented Programme • London Borough of Hackney • London Borough of Newham – Newham Sports Academy • London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham • Westminster City Council – Champions of the Future Programme • London Borough of Harrow • London Borough of Hillingdon Wales • London Borough of Islington • Bridgend County Borough Council – Halo Sport Foundation • London Borough of Lambeth • London Legacy Development Corporation – Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park GLL and the GLL Sport Foundation has worked in partnership with the below • London Borough of Merton leisure trusts, to operate the GLL Sport Foundation across their relevant • London Borough of Newham partnerships: • Romford – Better Gym Romford • Sidcup – Better Gym Sidcup • London Borough of Southwark – Columbo Centre

• London Borough of Sutton GLL Sport Foundation has worked in partnership with National Governing Bodies • Sutton Sports Village of Sport and their talent pathways through the below national partnerships: • London Borough of Tower Hamlets • London Borough of Waltham Forest • Westminster City Council NATIONAL SPORTING PARTNERS The GLL Sport Foundation has built strong connections to UK sport talent pathways through its national partnerships with SportsAid in England and Wales, and the Mary Peters Trust in Ireland. These partnerships have enabled engagement to core National Governing Bodies of Sport, ensuring the right athletes are supported with the right support at the right time.

SportsAid have been the central pillar to the GLL Sport Foundation since the partnership began in 2009; since those early beginnings nearly 800 athletes have benefited from £600,000 of direct funding and support.

Supported athletes have been direct nominations from their National Governing Body because of their Olympic and Paralympic potential.

SportsAid Chief Executive Tim Lawler explained: TIM LAWLER WITH SPORTSAID PATRON HER ROYAL HIGHNESS “We are really proud of the impact SportsAid’s partnership with the GLL Sport THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE WITH SUPPORTED ATHLETES Foundation is making in sport. Together we’re able to focus on giving young athletes across the UK recognition of their sporting potential and financial support to aid their development. Many of these young athletes aspire to compete in future Olympic and Paralympic Games, and the support offered by the Foundation will make that possible.”

The Mary Peters Trust partnership has played the core national role for the GLL Sport Foundation in Belfast. The partnership has ensured that both Ireland and Great Britain athletes living in Belfast are supported at the right time with the right support.

Mary Peters Trust Patron Dame Mary Peters explained: “The partnership with the GLL Sport Foundation ensures that both developing athletes are correctly supported and athletes beginning their pathway are recognised and their success celebrated.”

DAME MARY PETERS WITH GLL SPORT FOUNDATION CHAIR PETER BUNDEY AND AMBASSADOR MICHAEL MCKILLOP 3rd Tier Sponsors and Supporters: SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS • Lyreco • Annodata • KJ Evans Electrical • Brenntag • Pumps and Motors • Communisis The GLL Sport Foundation recognises the significant contribution of our • Speedo • Taylor Made Designs • Insite sponsors and supporters; it is their shared commitment that has enabled the Foundation to be the largest independent supporter of sporting talent across the UK, and in doing so support thousands of athletes to achieve sporting Past Sponsors success. • Bunzl Vending Services • Powerade • AccessPlus

1st Tier Sponsors: • Margolis • Birdsall • Gladstone • Tennant Group • Coffee Point • McCabe Ford Williams • Noah Design

2nd Tier Sponsors: GSF Board: Chair – Peter Bundey Board Members – Mark Sesnan, Jennie Seale, Kim Wright, Susie Rodgers

Charles Trace – 2008 GLL Sport Foundation Vice Chair, and Chief Operating Officer, Bunzl and Coffee Point. “With little outside financial help available to these young athletes, it is imperative that communities and businesses work together to enable dreams to come true.”

Stephen Barton – 2016 UK Managing Director, Technogym “The partnership with GLL and the GLL Sport Foundation is key to our aspirations to support athletes and our wider communities. We are passionate about supporting talent and through this programme we have seen and know our sponsorship is truly making a positive difference to talented athletes up and down the UK.” TEN-YEAR OUTLOOK The GLL Sport Foundation has endeavoured to bridge the gap in sports inequalities for the past 10 years, and in many cases has succeed in doing so. In a further 10 years’ GSF will support more athletes to achieve their potential and create a lasting legacy.

We are delighted that the GLL Sport Foundation has continued to showcase and support the extensive wealth of young sporting talent within our local communities for the last 10 years and will continue to do so for many more. The GLL Sport Foundation will be supporting athletes to inspire the next generation of young children to follow in their footsteps and take up their chosen sport. Our athletes help to inspire the next generation of sporting talent by providing local communities and young people with positive role models and development opportunities. We hope to develop this further and strengthen our inspiration programme while developing more partnerships with local communities.

We want to continue to build the ‘GSF Family’, not only supporting athletes from afar but being able to have the personal touch that goes beyond an application form and an email. Being able to be an extended support network to answer questions and provide guidance is a big part of the GLL Sport Foundation, and this will continue to be so, moving forwards.

In the next 10 years we will see 3 Olympics: Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024 and Los Angles 2028. As ever, GSF will build links with partners and sponsors over these Olympic cycles to provide security in funding for athletes. We will have many athletes representing their various countries and all will have aspirations to compete at an . There will also be many international junior championships taking place that are vital for young athletes to gain the experience they will need for senior competitions and beyond. We will be providing support to make sure athletes have the best chance of achieving their goals.

Over the past 10 years it has become clear that an overlooked but vastly important part of an athlete’s journey is their life after sport: GSF will be working to create a programme that can support athletes to have positive careers outside of performance sport. We will further enhance the current offers of sports science and physiotherapy.

Keeping athletes fit and able to compete is a key part of the support, and can be the difference in athletes meeting their potential. More development in this area can be made and will provide a holistic approach to athlete support. Better and GLL are registered trademarks and trading names of GLL (Greenwich Leisure Limited), a charitable social enterprise and The continued growth of GLL and our partnerships across the UK means we can extend our impact into registered society under the Co-operative & Community Benefit new regions and communities. In the next 10 years there will be much change in sport and society, but & Societies Act 2014 registration no. 27793R. Registered office: we can assure our athletes that the GLL Sport Foundation will still be here. Middlegate House, The Royal Arsenal, London, SE18 6SX. Inland Revenue Charity no. XR43398