Sport Relief
What is Sport Relief?
Sport Relief harnesses the power and passion of sport to change lives for the better.By doing sport, having fun and raising money, everyone can do good and feel good.
All the money raised is spent by Comic Relief to help vulnerable people living incredibly tough lives both at home in the UK and across the world's poorest countries.
The all important why?
When you rise to the challenge for Sport Relief – either by doing something sporty to raise cash or getting sponsored to enter the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile – you’ll be helping to change lives.All the money you raise will be spent by Comic Relief to help people living unimaginably tough lives both at home in the UK and across the world’s poorest countries. So by getting involved and raising money, you can feel good and do good too!
Sport Relief Goes Global!
2006 saw thousands of young people from Africa and India sign up to complete the Sport Relief Mile for the first time.
The Mile has traditionally been run in the UK, but a partnership with the British Council and Youth Sport Trust's Dreams +Teams programme saw Sport Relief go global.
Sainsbury's Sport Relief Miles were run in Cameroon, Egypt, India, Nigeria, Ethiopia and South Africa.
Cameroon
Hundreds of young people got in the spirit by taking part in Sport Relief games and events. Among the most spectacular was a dodge-ball game for blind athletes, while deaf and mute children joined in football matches.
The money raised is being given to a social centre that uses a foster family approach to care for and reintegrate Cameroon's orphaned and disadvantaged children.
Egypt
500 participants aged between 5 and 90 years-old sprinted, walked and meandered for Sport Relief. Activities included a painting competition for local artists, and the winners handed out the 'Done It' socks to those who completed their Mile.
£1,000 was raised and is being given to local groups that work with orphans and cancer patients.
India
Sport Relief landed in New Delhi, where about 600 children from local schools took part in a wide range of games and activities.
These included hoop throwing, three-legged races, hockey and traditional Indian games.
Money raised was donated to Sport Relief.
Nigeria
Nigerian Sport Relief took place in Lagos and well over 1,000 young people turned up to sing and dance their Mile. This created more of a carnival than a run, with people using the Sport Relief socks as headgear!
The Nigerian event raised awareness of Sport Relief and the issues surrounding child abuse and child poverty.
Ethiopia & Africa
A Sport Relief walk took pace in the centre of the capital city, Addis Ababa, with 2,000 young students and their teachers taking part. While in South Africa several Dreams +Teams schools completed their Miles.
