SportWORKS Projects

Active Community Clubs (ACC)

Partners: Australian Sports Outreach Program, Malawi National Sports Council (MNSC), Swaziland Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (SOCGA)

Initiatives: Canadian Sport Leadership Corps

Working with the Australian Sports Outreach Program, MNSC, and SOCGA, CGC helped expand the Active Community Club (ACC) program to include an HIV/AIDS educational element, and to grow ACCs throughout Malawi and Swaziland. Active Community Clubs empower local leaders and communities to become actively involved in sports, recreation, and cultural activities, and to help address issues such as poverty, HIV/AIDS, inclusion, crime reduction, rural development, nutrition, and adult literacy.

Active Youth in Action (AYA)

Partners: Sports Coaches' Outreach (SCORE) South Africa

Initiatives: Canadian Sport Leadership Corps

CGC helped the Active Youth in Action program in Khayelitsha expand to include girls’ and women’s sport and leadership development. This involved developing and delivering training covering topics such as: assertiveness, health awareness, self-defense, cultural backgrounds, and gender roles.

Aerobics for Mothers

Partners: Australian Sports Outreach Program, Sport and Recreation Commission (SRC) (Zimbabwe)

Initiatives: Commonwealth Sport Development Program

The Aerobics for Mothers program was developed by CGC, working with the Australian Sports Outreach Program and the Zimbabwe SRC. It has grown from a single province to become a country-wide program which is administered by local health units and managed by hundreds of trained nurses. 

African Youth Games 2014

Partners: Botswana African Youth Games Organizing Committee (BAYGOC)

Initiatives: Sport Leaders Abroad Program

CGC volunteer wellness experts supported the second African Youth Games which hosted over 50 African countries in Gaborone in May of 2014. The team worked with athletes to promote proper posture, movement, and general athlete wellness.

Botswana Long Term Athlete Development (BLTAD)

Partners: Botswana Athletics Association (BAA), Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC), Botswana Swimming Sport Association (BSSA), Botswana Taekwondo Federation (BTF), Botswana Volleyball Federation (BVF), Brock University

Initiatives: Queen Elizabeth Scholars Program

CGC is supporting BNOC’s leadership in the implementation of a national Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) program based on that created by Canadian Sport for Life. This has involved: working with various NSOs, helping to develop and implement coach training and accreditation, and coordinating the delivery of primary and elementary school programs across the country. Initial work has focused on athletics, Taekwondo, and swimming, and will continue to grow to other sports as the project unfolds.

Bowling Out AIDS (BOA)

Partners: Department for International Development (DfID), Government of the United Kingdom, UK aid

Initiatives: Beyond the Podium

Bowling Out AIDS (BOA) is a CGC created, cricket-based development through sport program designed to both increase cricket skills, and reduce the incidence and transmission of HIV infections. Designed for Caribbean youth 9-19 years and delivered by trained coaches, youth leaders and teachers, the Bowling Out AIDS program broke new ground in the battle against HIV/AIDS.

Branding and Reorganization Consulting

Partners: Kicking Aids Out! (KAO) Network

Initiatives: Sport Leaders Abroad Program

A SportWORKS Officer helped further develop Kicking Out AIDS! marketing and communication strategy to encompass the organization’s new mission statement.

Camp Able (Active Bodies, Leadership and Esteem)

Partners: Ministry of Education of Trinidad and Tobago

Initiatives: Canadian Sport Leadership Corps

Commonwealth Games champion, Olympic gold medalist, and SportWORKS Officer, Heather Moyse helped found Camp ABLE. In keeping with its “active bodies, leadership, and esteem” theme, this volunteer led, non-profit, sport leadership development camp, provided deaf and hearing-impaired kids from across the Caribbean the opportunity to play sports and gain self-confidence.

Caribbean Coaching Certification Program (CCCP)

Partners: Badminton Canada, Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education Recreation and Dance (CAHPERD), Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC), Coaching Association of Canada (CAC), Field Hockey Canada, Judo Canada, Synchro Canada, UK Sport Council (now known as UK Sport)

Initiatives: Commonwealth Sport Development Program

CGC and partners, which included Caribbean nationals, launched the Caribbean Coaching Certification Program (CCCP). This initiative has contributed to the development of local leaders and fostered leadership qualities in sport participants, through offering standardized training in coaching theory and sport-specific skills spanning cricket, netball and football/soccer. The course has trained leaders on how to use sport as a development tool for individuals and communities and to raise awareness about important health issues such as nutrition, HIV/AIDS, family planning, and substance abuse. 

Caribbean Healthy Lifestyle Project (C-HLP)

Partners: Australian Sports Commission (ASC), Barbados Olympic Association (BOA), Caribbean Netball Association, Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development & Youth (St. Lucia), Organization of Caribbean Administrators of Sport and Physical Education (OCASPE), Trinidad & Tobago Alliance for Sport and Physical Education (TTASPE, now known as the Caribbean Sport and Development Agency (CSDA)), UNICEF

Initiatives: Canadian Sport Leadership Corps

The Caribbean Healthy Lifestyle Project combines sports with personal development and reinforces the value of maintaining a healthy lifestyle while fostering leadership and capacity building amongst youth. The program identifies future leaders and empowers them through training in leadership and presentation techniques to affect positive change within their own community. CGC helped develop the C-HLP program and have continued to support it over the last 10 years in schools, community centers and juvenile detention centers. 

Carolina for Kibera (CFK)

Partners: Carolina for Kibera (CFK), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Initiatives: Canadian Sport Leadership Corps

Carolina for Kibera (CFK) is an international, NGO based in the Kibera slums of Nairobi and supported by the Center for Global Initiatives at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. CGC has supported CFK’s programs which aim to prevent ethno-religious violence in the area through sport and community development.

CGA Capacity Support - Anguilla

Partners: Anguilla Commonwealth Games Association (AGCA)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Antigua & Barbuda

Partners: Antigua & Barbuda Olympic Association (ABOA)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Bahamas

Partners: Bahamas Olympic Committee (BOC)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Barbados

Partners: Barbados Olympic Association (BOA)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Bermuda

Partners: Bermuda Olympic Association (BOA)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Botswana

Partners: Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - British Virgin Islands (BVI)

Partners: British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee (BVIOC)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Cayman Islands

Partners: Cayman Islands Olympic Committee (CIOC)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Dominica

Partners: Dominica Olympic Committee (DOC)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Falkland Islands

Partners: Falkland Islands Overseas Games Association (FIOGA)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Grenada

Partners: Grenada Olympic Committee (GOC)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Guyana

Partners: Guyana Olympic Association (GOA)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Jamaica

Partners: Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Lesotho

Partners: Lesotho National Olympic Committee (LNOC)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Mozambique

Partners: Mozambique National Olympic Committee

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Namibia

Partners: Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Northern Ireland

Partners: Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Council (NICGC)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Samoa

Partners: Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (SASNOC)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Scotland

Partners: Commonwealth Games Scotland (CGS)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program