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Access Sport is delighted to announce that we have partnered with Clearwater to bring new sporting opportunities to disabled and disadvantaged young people in some of England’s most deprived communities.

Like us, Clearwater is committed to making inclusion the norm in community sport.

As an organisation, they recognise that our work is essential for promoting equality, social cohesion, health, skill development, community pride, and economic benefits.

This partnership will support communities across Manchester, London and Birmingham, enabling us to:

• Provide training opportunities for young people at risk of poverty or social exclusion through our Young Leaders Academy
• Train, equip and support local clubs, groups, coaches and volunteers that want to create or develop their inclusive offers
• Organise multi-sport festivals that give disabled young people the opportunity to try a new sport and signpost participants to inclusive, safe and low-cost sports through our Disability Inclusion programme.

Clearwater’s focus is providing corporate finance advice for mid-market transactions including M&A, Debt Advisory, Modelling and Data Analytics and ESG. They have a rich and respected heritage in private equity, working with investors, entrepreneurs, and management teams over many years.

At Clearwater, they are passionate about providing a lasting legacy through their social mobility strategy. They believe and recognise that barriers exist and look to target these areas through partnerships.

Tom Dixon, Fundraising and Communications Director at Access Sport, said:

“It’s really exciting to launch our new partnership with Clearwater. Creating mutually beneficial corporate partnerships is really important to enable us to raise awareness, secure funding, recruit volunteers and reach more young people. There are huge benefits to the partner too, helping them to reach their corporate and social responsibility goals. Clearwater is the perfect partner for Access Sport, and we are so pleased to work with them. We can’t wait to get started!” 

Jo Daley, Head of Impact at Clearwater, said:

“By supporting local community sports close to our UK offices and partnering with Access Sport, we are working to impact these areas by making lasting changes for current and future generations. Improving mental and physical health, building lifelong skills, and strengthening community identity and pride all have a positive impact”

“Volunteering is a large part of our support, and we encourage employee engagement, growing long term relationships with the local community sports groups”

Together we will break down barriers to make sport accessible, safe and welcoming to all.

This year marks our 20^th anniversary and we are looking for more organisations like Clearwater to partner with. Our 20 for 20 campaign connects partner organisations with crucial projects across Access Sport, positively impacting 20,000 young lives this year.

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