As part of Game On - Sport for Social Impact, run in partnership with thinkBeyond, we are exploring how sport can be used as a tool to tackle racism and social injustice.
We spoke to Stefanny Alecon, Executive Director at Youth Run NOLA, who shares the organisation's mission to eliminate barriers, and create a safe and inclusive space for BIPOC youth in New Orleans.
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As part of Game On - Sport for Social Impact, run in partnership with thinkBeyond, we are exploring how sport can drive action on challenging racism and racial inequality, and be used to positively influence the conversation, along with how business can play its part.
Here, Nichol Whiteman, CEO, Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation, shares how the organisation is championing racial equality in sport, and its mission to achieve a more equitable and just society.
Tuesday, 7th December 2021, 1-4.30pm GMT.
Sponsored by EY.
As part of our 'MindMatters' channel, we spoke to the Founder & CEO of the world's first crowdfunding platform for homeless people, Alex Stephany, to discuss how he safeguards his mental wellbeing, and that of his team, whilst leading a fast-growing social enterprise.
This month sees the start of the Paralympic Games, and we will explore the transferable skills between sport, employment and entrepreneurship, as well as highlight athletes who have set up businesses to tackle food poverty, mental health, childhood development and the disability employment gap. This is a collaboration with two of our Knowledge Partners, Untapped and thinkBeyond.
In this article, Anna Parisi, Co-Founder, Untapped, shines a light on Paralympians who are focusing on social impact projects outside of their lives as athletes.
In this interview series, we are profiling the winners of the 2020 MB100; leaders combining profit and purpose to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
How Sport-for-Development Organisations can Build Bridges Between Businesses and Refugee Communities
Mary Connor is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Soccer Without Borders, a global non-profit that uses soccer as a vehicle for positive change in the lives of underserved youth. Here, she discusses how its direct-service programmes support refugee and asylum-seeking youth in their journey to create a new home, and the ways in which brands can contribute to the growing issue of displaced people around the world.
This article forms part of a series looking at how sport can support refugee communities, run in partnership with Goal Click and thinkBeyond.
The number of displaced people in the world (including refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced persons) has now risen to 82.4 million, according to UNHCR. In partnership with Goal Click, we will hear from leaders of businesses and NGOs on how brands can engage with refugees and help rebuild their lives after displacement, through the lens of football. Co-hosted by thinkBeyond.
Part of ‘Game On’ - a content stream exploring the intersection of sport, business and social impact, run in partnership with thinkBeyond.
In this interview series, we are profiling the winners of the 2020 MB100; leaders combining profit and purpose to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
With businesses putting an increasing focus on purpose and social impact, we will be looking at the current challenges in measurement and reporting of impact data, and getting expert views on how different types of organisations can improve their data collection to strengthen their business and help achieve the UN Global Goals.