sportanddev and Remedy partner to strengthen fundraising in sport for development
Fundraising remains a critical issue, and challenge, for individuals and organisations using sport to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other objectives.
The recent Fundraising Practice in Sport for Good report reveals significant disparities in fundraising capacity and performance across the sport for development (SFD) sector.
Equity remains a major issue, with organisations in Europe and North America securing more funding and facing fewer risks, while Global South actors continue to face resource constraints and other challenges. 48% of European actors surveyed have an annual budget over £500,000 while 80% of those in Africa, Oceania and Latin America have budgets lower than £100,000.
While this issue is not limited to the SFD sector, it is important that more funding flows to actors in under-resourced regions. Addressing this issue requires concerted effort from stakeholders, including donor agencies, civil society, governments, NGOs and intergovernmental actors.
“We are committed to working closely with sportanddev to help democratise fundraising expertise by providing a suite of digital resources, tools and hands-on capacity-building services. Together, we will continue to build and gather bespoke tools, resources and guides to support fundraising activity and professional development in sport for development.” - Rahul Bissoonauth, Remedy Founder
Strategic partnership
The International Platform on Sport and Development (sportanddev) and Remedy have formed a strategic partnership to build the fundraising capacity of organisations and individuals using sport for good. The partnership combines Remedy's fundraising expertise with sportanddev's global reach and network of over 500,000 annual users from 229 countries and territories.
The partnership will include:
- The development and maintenance of a Fundraising section on sportanddev.org, including feature articles, downloadable resources, practical guides, case studies, sector reports, interactive tools, and multimedia content on fundraising in SFD
- The provision of resources in multiple languages where possible, with particular attention paid to supporting actors in the Global South
- sportanddev and Remedy will advocate for greater investment in sport for development, including resources for continued education, training and skills development in fundraising
- Remedy will support sportanddev with fundraising and business development services on a select basis, including recommendations and action items
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Dr Ben Sanders, Executive Director of sportanddev, welcomed the partnership: “Fundraising remains a critical challenge for many organisations in sport for development. We are excited to work with Remedy to strengthen the capacity of organisations to mobilise resources and ultimately sustain and strengthen the valuable work they do in serving communities.”
Rahul Bissoonauth, Co-Founder of Remedy: “We are committed to working closely with sportanddev to help democratise fundraising expertise by providing a suite of digital resources, tools and hands-on capacity-building services. Together, we will continue to build and gather bespoke tools, resources and guides to support fundraising activity and professional development in sport for development.”
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