£208,000 awarded to Liverpool School Sports Partnership (LSSP) as it celebrates 25th anniversary.
Our regional grant marks the start of its mission to offer a net-zero cost service to affiliated schools in Liverpool.
LSSP is a not-for-profit organisation that works with schools in Liverpool to enhance and develop sporting and wellbeing initiatives for children and young people. This one-year grant will support its ongoing work to ensure school sport is accessible for all.
With many schools citing the ever-increasing costs associated with sport as a major barrier for participation, LSSP will use our grant to offer its Enhanced Membership Package to schools at a significantly reduced rate, which is expected to save schools currently in its network a combined total of over a quarter of a million pounds, whilst continuing to create equal opportunities for all young people to take part in a variety of high-quality sport and wellbeing intervention programmes.
Ruth Dixon, our Regional Grants Manager, said: “The work LSSP completes across Liverpool is vital. Having been out to see its team in action, we’ve witnessed the incredible role its coaches and staff have in making a positive impact on children and young people’s health and wellbeing. We are delighted to support such a worthwhile organisation and are excited to follow its journey.”
A proportion of the grant will also be used to hire a new member of staff who will deliver its 12-week intervention programme, ‘I AM’, into secondary schools to equip students with practical coping strategies designed to build resilience, improve emotional regulation, and reduce negative behaviours that affect learning and wellbeing.
Joint CEO at LSSP, Jimmy McGinn, commented: “We are absolutely delighted to have been awarded this grant and on behalf of everyone at LSSP, I would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to the team at the Steve Morgan Foundation. The money will profoundly impact the lives of all young people across Liverpool.”