Active Humanity

Rooted in communities. Powered by global sport.

A global movement using sport to strengthen humanity

Sport has extraordinary power to move people. Active Humanity exists to turn that power towards stronger communities.

We are building the global platform that connects the power, reach and resources of global sport with locally rooted communities.

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Young women competing in a basketball match on an outdoor community court
Community sport in seven countries: basketball, karate, football, athletics, swimming and rugby

Where sport does its work: seven communities, four continents

A packed international crowd beside a community sports session on grass
The world's attentionWhere sport does its work

Yet the community organisations where sport creates some of its greatest social value remain under-resourced and disconnected from much of that power.

People are moving less.
People are more disconnected.
The organisations closest to communities are the least resourced.

The gap is investment, connection and mobilisation at the scale sport is capable of.

The attention exists.
The money exists.
The love for sport exists.

What remains fragmented is the global infrastructure connecting that power to locally rooted communities.

Active Humanity exists to build that platform.

What Active Humanity is

The global platform for sport and communities

Active Humanity is a UK-registered charity building a global movement using sport, movement and play to strengthen communities.

We do not aim to become the largest deliverer of sport programmes. We aim to fund, connect, amplify and mobilise alongside locally rooted organisations, and bring the attention, capital and cultural reach of global sport behind them.

FundCommunity organisations, through grants and multi-year support.
ConnectGrassroots organisations and global sport.
MobilisePeople and influential voices.
AmplifyCommunity stories, on a global platform.
UnlockInvestment that would not otherwise reach communities.
CreateLasting community impact.
Thousands of runners setting off together at a mass participation event

Our model

Global power.
Local leadership.

Local organisations provide

  • Local leadership
  • Community relationships
  • Delivery
  • Trust
  • Cultural knowledge
  • Continuity

Active Humanity provides

  • Funding
  • Capability
  • Safeguarding
  • Campaigns
  • Global connections
  • Athletes and ambassadors
  • Major-event opportunities
  • Fundraising relationships
  • Learning and impact
A community group of all ages, including wheelchair users, holding equipment from many different sports

Our scale comes from enabling others, not replacing them.

The core community infrastructure

The Global Community Network

Local organisations lead. Active Humanity helps them go further.

We are building a growing international network of locally rooted community organisations that retain their independence, identity and leadership while gaining access to resources and opportunities they could rarely reach alone.

FundingMulti-year supportLeadership developmentSafeguardingEquipmentCampaignsAthletes and ambassadorsGlobal sport partnershipsMajor-event opportunitiesPeer networksFundraising connectionsLearning and visibility
Children training in a martial arts class Children learning to swim at the poolside A coach leading a group of children in a community session Young players competing in a rugby match Children playing basketball on an outdoor city court Girls playing football on a community pitch Adults and children exercising together outdoors on mats A child dancing outdoors in an informal open space

From founding partners towards hundreds of organisations supported each year.

Growth is governed by funding, organisational capability, safeguarding, partner quality and our ability to maintain standards. If growth dilutes quality, we slow growth, not standards.

Explore the Global Community Network

How we work

Six engines. One purpose.

Community investment is the destination. The other five engines help take more resources there.

01Community investmentRaising and deploying funding into grassroots organisations and community leaders.
02Global campaigns and mobilisationTurning public attention into action, participation, fundraising and momentum.
03Athletes, ambassadors and influencersActive relationships with athletes, coaches, creators and respected public figures, not decorative ones.
04Global sport and major eventsWorking over time with global sport, federations, leagues, clubs and major sporting events.
05Partnerships, philanthropy and capitalMobilising money and resources from philanthropists, foundations, corporations, governments, sport and the public.
06Learning and impactMeasuring outcomes, improving programmes, informing grant-making and protecting credibility.

Evidence keeps us honest. It does not define us.

The Active Humanity flywheel

How the model compounds

Each engine strengthens the others. The model is a cycle, not a list of activities.

The Active Humanity flywheel
  1. Global sport and athletes
  2. Attention
  3. Campaigns and mobilisation
  4. Participation and fundraising
  5. Community investment
  6. Stronger communities and stories
  7. Learning and impact
  8. Credibility and bigger partnerships
  9. More global sport and resources

Each turn makes the next turn stronger.

Four impact priorities

What we are working towards

Four priorities govern where investment goes and what we measure.

Children learning to swim HealthMore people moving, and measurable improvements in physical and mental wellbeing.
Young children running together on a grass pitch Belonging & social cohesionStronger relationships, greater trust and more connected communities, creating opportunities for people from different backgrounds to move, meet and belong together.
A mixed-age community group including wheelchair users on an athletics track Equity and opportunityGreater access and opportunity for people and communities often excluded.
An international stadium at night ringed by the flags of many nations International cooperationUsing sport to bring people, communities and nations together. Sport diplomacy sits here, as a longer-term ambition to be earned.

Reach is not impact. Every impact claim must be credible and traceable.

A full international stadium during a major athletics event

Global sport and major events

When the world watches, communities should benefit.

Major sporting events concentrate extraordinary attention, capital and collective emotion. Active Humanity aims to help turn those moments into lasting community benefit.

Community legacyParticipationInclusionSocial impactPhilanthropyPublic mobilisation

The world's biggest sporting moments should leave communities stronger after the stadiums empty.

Global sport and major events

A large crowd of supporters from many nations

Public participation

A movement people can join

Active Humanity must become more than an institution funders understand. It should become something people can participate in.

FansAthletesSchoolsClubsWorkplacesFamiliesCommunitiesCompaniesPhilanthropists
MoveParticipateVolunteerGiveAdvocateConnect

A movement that only institutions can participate in is not a movement.

These routes are in development. Tell us you are interested and we will come to you first.

Current stage

Ambitious about the future.
Honest about today.

What exists now

  • A registered UK charity
  • Defined purpose and strategy
  • Governance foundation
  • Safeguarding framework
  • Due diligence framework
  • Grant-making framework
  • Early partnership relationships
  • A defined first-stage build plan

What we are building

  • A funded core team
  • Founding community partnerships
  • The Global Community Network
  • Relationships across sport and philanthropy
  • An athlete and ambassador network
  • First campaigns
  • Learning and impact capability

What we aspire to become

  • The global platform for sport and communities
  • Hundreds of organisations supported annually
  • Major global sport partnerships
  • Major-event partnerships
  • Global campaigns
  • Millions of people mobilised
  • Substantial capital flowing into communities

We will not claim what we have not built.

The founding journey

Help build Active Humanity

There are different ways organisations and individuals can help build the movement. This is an invitation to join the founding journey, not to select a package.

Fund

Help establish the institution and the capability behind it.

Connect

Introduce Active Humanity to people and organisations who can accelerate the mission.

Advocate

Open doors and champion the ambition.

We are looking to work with

Global sport organisationsClubs and leaguesAthletesFoundations and philanthropistsBrands and businessesGovernments and citiesCommunity organisations

Partnership before prominence.

Start a conversation
A large community sports session outdoors

In movement there is hope.

Sport already moves the world.
Our ambition is to make sure it moves humanity forward.

Rooted in communities. Powered by global sport.

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