Ross Podyma, strategic director, Sporting Communities CIC
Sporting Communities is an ethical not-for-profit organisation that provides a broad range of children and young people's services which fall into the category of “community development”. At the heart of our work is the supporting of local people and communities in overcoming their immediate challenges, raising aspirations, and inspiring people to be the change makers we so desperately need.
We began our journey more than 50 years ago in Stoke-on-Trent as a local charity called Hanley Youth Project serving the community's needs. Like many small charities, both then and today, we operated hand to mouth, often sacrificing personal growth and development to ensure that the people we serve came first. Working in highly deprived neighbourhoods, the demands on our services were constant and the time reacting to a barrage of local issues occupied every waking hour, leaving very little time to reflect, only to react.
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