Students from Vale of Leven Academy in West Dunbartonshire are set to deliver a regular Sporting Memories Club, in a groundbreaking initiative that will support students in making a positive difference to their lives as well as those of older adults. Read more
For older people who would like encouragement and support to be active at home, the Sporting Memories #KITbag service provides equipment, motivation, guidance – and opportunities for companionship. Read more
From ground-breaking initiatives to case studies and recognition of our work, here are just some of the ways in which Sporting Memories works with partners and funders to make a real difference to the lives of older people.
Three fantastic videos from our #TalkAboutSport Weekend Wales, featuring stars from the world of Welsh sport. And a bonus link to a sporting legend who visits one of our Clubs. Read more
On 3 December 2020 we held our first ever online conference, hosted by Alastair Hignell CBE with special guests Henry Winter, Luther Blissett, Sir Jackie Stewart OBE, Ray Fallan and our members and volunteers. Read more
Football chiefs from the Professional Footballers' Association teamed up with the Sporting Memories Foundation and researchers from the Centre for Dementia Research at Leeds Beckett University to produce a guide to help former players diagnosed with dementia. Read more
Sport England invests £500,000 in the Sporting Memories Network three-year project to increase the physical activity of older men with dementia. Read more
A rich history and heritage of sport in Wales is set to support older people thanks to the Healthy and Active Fund of the Welsh Government, Sport Wales and Public Health Wales. Read more
A Big Lottery Scotland grant was received to support work across the Central Belt. Read more
The very first Sporting Memories Foundation conference, Fit for the Future, was held in Manchester on 17 September 2019. Read more
Sporting Memories Co-founders Chris Wilkins and Tony Jameson-Allen received a Prime Minister's Points of Light Award. Read more
Using Rugby Memories to bring together young people in the rugby community with older isolated people. Read more
Volunteers, directors, staff and trustees met with Tracey Crouch MP, with a Ministerial portfolio that includes Sport, Civil Society and Loneliness. Read more
Bringing together generations of sports fans to celebrate memories of London 2012 in a ground-breaking project. Read more
A care home resident in North Lincolnshire living with dementia revealed during a Sporting Memories session that she had previously enjoyed competing in ice-dancing. Read more