Sporting Capital invested into Sport for Confidence CIC (SfC) with a loan of £100,000 to extend their work into more leisure centres. It helped their work become more mainstream, leading to ongoing growth and wider recognition.

Sport for Confidence, based in Essex, is a pioneering and award-winning social enterprise helping to address inequalities in sport and physical activity participation, ensuring that ‘Everyone Gets to Play’. It places allied health professionals directly into leisure centres to enhance the experiences and opportunities for people facing barriers to participating in sport and physical activity.

Typical participants include those with learning disabilities, mental health issues, people living with dementia, autism, physical impairment or disability, homelessness, and many other complex health needs. In addition to all the physical and mental health benefits associated with physical activity their sessions are designed to promote wider occupational outcomes including; independence, improved confidence and self-esteem.

The Sporting Capital loan and development work:

• Supported the costs associated with taking on more staff, equipment and other costs to create the organisational scale to deliver their growth strategy.
• Reviewed the business case and loan affordability leading to the impact investment being secured by SfC.