Southend Utd Community Trust have been short listed in the prestigious International Beyond Sports A
Date:Apr 27, 2009BEYOND SPORT AWARDS 2009 - THE SHORTLIST
Beyond Sport, the global initiative which seeks to unearth, celebrate and support the world’s most inspirational sports projects, people and organisations that drive positive change through sport, is delighted to unveil the Shortlist for theBeyond Sport Awards 2009.
By reaching this stage of the judging process, each shortlisted project will receive an invitation to attend the Beyond Sport Summit on July 7-9 in London.
Thanks to the unique support and goodwill of Beyond Sport’s Global Partner Virgin Atlantic, representatives from these initiatives will be flown from all over world to the Summit in London.
This unprecedented, invite-only Summit will be led by influential global figures including Archbishop Desmond Tutu; Sir Richard Branson, President of Virgin Atlantic; Prince Faisal Al Hussein of Jordan; Boris Johnson, Mayor of London; and Wilfred Lemke, United Nations Special Advisor to the Secretary General.
The Awards winners, to be selected by the panel of Beyond Sport Ambassadors chaired by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, will be announced on the final day of the Summit. The successful projects in the six Beyond Sport Foundation Awards will receive £10,000 each and a package of support.
BEYOND SPORT AWARDS 2009 - THE SHORTLIST
Best Project For Health
GRASSROOT SOCCER (South Africa)
Parent Organisation: Grassroot Soccer
MOVING THE GOALPOSTS (MTG) (Kenya)
SAVING LIVES THOUGH DANCE (India)
Parent Organisation: Kolkata Sanved
Best Project For Environment
COACHING FOR CONSERVATION (Botswana)
Parent Organisation: Botswana Predator Conservation Trust
POLAR DEFENCE PROJECT (UK/Norway)
Parent Organisation: English Channel Swimming Association
SOS IRB KIT AID (UK)
Best New Project
COACHES ACROSS CONTINENTS HAT-TRICK INITIATIVES (Tanzania)
Parent Organisation: Coaches across Continents
FOOTBALL FOR SOCIAL OPPORTUNITY LEAGUE (Argentina)
Parent Organisation: Fundación Fútbol para el Desarrollo - FUDE
LOVE.FÚTBOL (Guatemala)
Parent Organisation: love.fútbol
SOCCER FOR PEACE (Colombia)
Parent Organisation: Fundacion Futbol con Corazon
Best Project For Social Inclusion supported by Barclays Spaces for Sports
BOXGIRLS (Germany and Kenya)
Parent Organisation: Boxgirls International / Social Startuo
ETHIOPIA - SPORT BUILDS BRIDGES (Ethiopia)
Parent Organisation: Association Sport - The Bridge
PROYECTO ALACATRAZ (Venezuela)
Parent Organisation: Santa Teresa Foundation
STREETGAMES (UK)
THE INTERNATIONAL (SPORTS) ACADEMY (Nigeria)
Sport For Peace Award
KICKING FOR PEACE (South Africa)
Parent Organisation: Western Cape Network for Community Peace and Development
OPEN FUN FOOTBALL SCHOOLS (Bosnia Herzegovina, FYR Macedonia, Serbia-Montenegro, Croatia, Kosovo, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Moldova, Lebanon, Iraq)
TWINNED PEACE SPORTS SCHOOLS (Israel/Palestine)
Parent Organisation: Peres Center For Peace
UNICEF Chilren’s Rights Award
GOALS FOR A BETTER LIFE (Colombia)
Parent Organisation: Colombianitos
GREENHOUSE (UK)
Parent Organisation: Greenhouse Schools Project
PROMOTING HEALTH, LIFE SKILLS AND FUN FOR BOYS AND GIRLS THROUGH SPORT IN KARAMOJA REGION (Uganda)
Parent Organisation: The KIDS League
THE PLAY SOCCER NETWORK PROGRAM (Cameroon, Ghana, Malawi, Senegal, South Africa, Zambia)
Parent Organisation: PLAY SOCCER
Best Corporate Social Responsibility In Sport Award
DELOITTE DISABILITY SPORT PROGRAMME: TALENTED ATHLETE SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME (UK)
Parent Organisation: Deloitte
NORTHUMBRIAN WATER - WATER FOR HEALTH SPORTING PARTNERSHIPS (UK)
Parent Organisation: Northumbrian Water
THE CO-OPERATIVE STREETGAMES YOUNG VOLUNTEERS (UK)
Parent Organisation: StreetGames and the Co-operative
Best Project By A Sport Federation Or Governing Body
BASKETBALL WITHOUT BORDERS (Africa and United States)
Parent Organisation: National Basketball Association (NBA)
GOAL (India)
Parent Organisation: International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA)
SPORTS TRAINING AND OUTREACH PROGRAM ON HIV (Fiji)
Parent Organisation: Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC)
TWO STRONG CULTURES/IMPARJA CUP (Australia)
Parent Organisation: Cricket Australia
Best Project By A Professional Sports Team
HAPOEL TEL AVIV’S EDUCATION AND SOCIAL PROJECT (Israel/Palestine)
Parent Organisation: Hapoel Tel Aviv
SOUTHEND UTD GOALS LIFE SKILLS (UK)
Parent Organisation: Southend Utd
TEAM GLOBALBIKE (United States)
Parent Organisation: Globalbike Cycling Team
As well as the individual Award categories listed above, there will also be a number of Judges’ Awards, the winners of which will be announced at the Summit:
Most Courageous Use of Sport Award
Humanitarian in Sport Award Supported by Virgin Atlantic
Beyond Sport Special Recognition Award