SportWORKS Projects

CGA Capacity Support - Seychelles

Partners: Seychelles National Olympic Committee (SNOC)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Singapore

Partners: Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Sri Lanka

Partners: National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - St. Helena

Partners: National Amateur Sports Association of St. Helena (NASAS)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - St. Lucia

Partners: St. Lucia Olympic Committee (SLOC)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - St. Vincent & the Grenadines

Partners: St. Vincent & the Grenadines Olympic Committee (SVGOC)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Swaziland

Partners: Swaziland Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (SOCGA)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Tonga

Partners: Tonga Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (TASANOC)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Trinidad & Tobago

Partners: Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Turks & Caicos Islands

Partners: Turks & Caicos Islands Commonwealth Games Association (TCICGA)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Uganda

Partners: Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Zambia

Partners: National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

CGA Capacity Support - Zimbabwe

Partners: Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC)

Initiatives: CGA Capacity Support Program

Cheza Healthy

Partners: National Olympic Committee of Kenya

Initiatives: Queen Elizabeth Scholars Program

CSC partners with the NOCK to support their project called Cheza Healthy in Nairobi. The project has been designated as a Year of Youth activity by the Commonwealth Secretariat and involves creating awareness of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and the role that exercise has in the fight against the NCDs and contributes to achieving the targets/policy areas of SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being.

Coach and Sport Administration Education

Partners: Sport and Recreation Commission (SRC) (Zimbabwe)

Initiatives: Commonwealth Sport Development Program

CGC helped bring together over 60 sport leaders from Zimbabwe and assisted them in drafting a new system of coach and sport administration education.

Coach2Coach (C2C)

Partners: Olympic Aid (now known as Right to Play), United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)

Initiatives: Canadian Sport Leadership Corps

CGC worked with Olympic Aid, now known as Right to Play, to implement sport and play programs for young children in Tanzanian refugee camps. The team’s work helped create the initial recognition of the importance of all children having equal opportunity to participate in play and sport. Integral to the program was ensuring the refugee community could become self-sufficient. As such opportunities were created to help refugee sports leaders plan and implement the group’s activities.

Commonwealth Youth Games 2015

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

Initiatives: Queen Elizabeth Scholars Program

Working closely with the Organizing Committee Secretariat, SASNOC, the local community, and Games volunteers, CGC volunteers were involved in all facets of the planning, delivery, and evaluation of the fifth Commonwealth Youth Games held in Samoa. Their “valuable support” was kindly acknowledged by their host in the post games report.

Commonwealth Youth Games 2017

Partners: Bahamas Olympic Committee (BOC)

Initiatives: Queen Elizabeth Scholars Program

Working closely with the Organizing Committee Secretariat, BOC, the local community, and Games volunteers, CGC volunteers were involved in all facets of the planning, delivery, and evaluation of the Commonwealth Youth Games held in the Bahamas.

Commonwealth Youth Games 2017 Planning

Partners: St. Lucia Olympic Committee (SLOC)

Initiatives: Sport Leaders Abroad Program

Two senior Sport Leaders worked with the St. Lucia Olympic Committee (SLOC) to help plan the prospective 2017 Youth Games, which were later moved to the Bahamas.

Commonwealth Youth Games 2023

Partners: Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC)

Initiatives: Queen Elizabeth Scholars Program

Working closely with the Organizing Committee, Trinbago 2023, the local community, and Games volunteers, SportWORKS Officers were involved in all facets of the planning, delivery, and evaluation of the Commonwealth Youth Games held in Trinidad and Tobago. 

Community Football Club Development

Partners: Bagatelle Football Club, Barbados Football Association, Fyzabad United Football Club, Southend Football Club, Women’s Football League

Initiatives: Sport Leaders Abroad Program

To help further grow community football clubs in Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago, CGC conducted workshops on: developing club structures, volunteer management, coaching, and long term athlete development. Strategy sessions were also held with clubs to help develop their brands and create fundraising and sponsorship opportunities.

Community Multi-Sport Club Development

Partners: Brock University, St. Vincent & the Grenadines Olympic Committee (SVGOC)

Initiatives: Queen Elizabeth Scholars Program

CGC assisted SVGOC in further establishing community, multi-sport clubs in different regions of the country. These clubs collaborate with schools in their communities providing access to sport, while promoting the benefits of education and literacy to students. The work included developing a national sports database, surveying community and club needs, providing support material to help improve governance structures, as well as assisting with fundraising.

Community Schools Physical Education and HIV/AIDS Curriculum Development

Partners: Zambia Open Community Schools (ZOCS)

Initiatives: Canadian Sport Leadership Corps

Working in partnership with teachers and volunteers at three Zambian Open Community Schools, CGC helped develop physical education curriculum that incorporated HIV/AIDS education for orphans, vulnerable, and HIV positive children. Material from the Kicking AIDS Out (KAO) project was also delivered throughout the schools.

Community Sport Development

Partners: Andy Cole Foundation (later known as All Star Kids)

Initiatives: Commonwealth Sport Development Program

CGC managed the co-funding and delivery of a series of soccer coaching clinics in the high-density areas in Harare. A soccer league consisting of six boys and six girls teams was subsequently created, which incorporated AIDS awareness and tree planting activities. Andy Cole, the popular Manchester United soccer celebrity became a patron of the program.

Empowering Girls through Sport

Partners: Yuwa

Initiatives: Sport Leaders Abroad Program

Founded in 2009 and operated in Jharkhand, one of the poorest, least literate, and most lawless regions of India, Yuwa uses girls’ team sports as a platform for social development in rural India, and is now one of the largest girls’ 42 projects 43 projects football programs in the country. Alongside sport development, Yuwa teaches life skills, with a focus on positive coaching. CGC has assisted Yuwa with competitive coaching techniques.

Females Leading Achieving Motivating Empowering (FLAME)

Partners: Physically Active Youth (PAY) Namibia, Sports Coaches’ Outreach (SCORE) Namibia

Initiatives: Canadian Sport Leadership Corps

CGC led the development of a girls’ empowerment through sport program which included: sports, leadership development, team building, health awareness training, mentoring, tutoring, book clubs, and social events. As part of this project, participants gave back to the community through volunteering at local orphanages.

Game On!

Partners: International Alliance for Youth Sport (IAYS), Trinidad & Tobago Alliance for Sport and Physical Education (TTASPE, now known as the Caribbean Sport and Development Agency (CSDA))

Initiatives: Canadian Sport Leadership Corps

Game On! is a mass participation program which provides regular sport and physical activity for primary school-aged children. It was developed by the International Alliance for Youth Sport (IAYS) and coordinated by TTASPE. Game On! uses a sport for all philosophy that starts with the development of fundamental motor skills and then moves to the introduction of modified sport in a fun and child-centered approach. CGC provided volunteers to support the program, one of whom subsequently became a full time member of TTASPE.

Gender Action Plan Development

Partners: Confederation of Southern Africa National Olympic Committees (COSANOC), Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF), Swaziland Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (SOCGA)

Initiatives: Sport Leaders Abroad Program

CGC contributed to, and helped facilitate, the development of the Confederation of Southern Africa National Olympic Committee’s (COSANOC) Gender Action Plan. This involved helping to identify areas of focus, formulating an action plan, and developing a process to aid the creation of country-specific plans. 

Girls on the Move (GOTM)

Partners: Lesotho National Olympic Committee (LNOC)

Initiatives: Canadian Sport Leadership Corps

Girls On The Move focuses on increasing young women’s participation in sport, as well as providing education on social issues facing Basotho women. Girls are exposed to a new sport activity and healthy lifestyle workshops each week for two months, then given the opportunity to choose a sport to participate in free of charge for a year. Many young women have graduated into the National Federation development program, some of whom have gone on to make national teams. CGC supported GOTM’s planning and implementation.

Girls’ Empowerment through Sport

Partners: EMIMA (Elimu Michezo na Mazoezi- Education, Sport and Physical Activity Promotion)

Initiatives: Canadian Sport Leadership Corps

CGC helped strengthen EMIMA’s girls’ empowerment through sport program which helped to fight gender inequality and empower girls. It provided participants with opportunities to develop leadership and life skills, access peer-led health education focused on HIV/AIDS and reproductive health, and participate actively in the development of their communities.