Organisation and Good Governance
Funding, Sustainability, Good Governance, Safeguarding, Management, and Innovation
The functioning of grassroots sport relies on diverse funding sources. Volunteers are often the greatest asset of sports clubs and donate many working hours. Public funding, and funds generated by lottery and sports betting activities, provides earmarked funding and other funds that are available for free use. The solidarity mechanism within the European Sport Model is an important tool to ensure that a wide array of sports are being offered, also those with a lesser commercial potential, by redistributing revenues created by elite sports to benefit the grassroots sport.
Good governance projects have achieved reassuring results when intrinsically motivated and conducted by the sports movement itself. Sports and their structures vary from country to country, and thus there are no generalisable solutions but purposeful practices acknowledging the sports and country’s specificities.
Online courses and manuals
How to manage a sport club
You will gain knowledge on how to modernise your sports club, gain new members, improve the economy and financial aspects, communicate, and more. Designed by CHAMP project.
Published: 2021
Score all 17 manual
Score All 17 is a product of the Sport for Sustainable Development (SSD) Erasmus+ projectand a transcontinental initiative between 5 partners from 3 continents (Africa, Asia, Europe). Coordinated by ENGSO Youth.
Published: 2020
Sustainable local sports events
Sport organisations are increasingly aware of environmental sustainability when organising their events due to their potential to damage the environment. Designed by ENGSO Youth.
Published: 2021
Publications
Research: Challenges and change readiness
in grassroots sport
Innovation and change management in sport.
Published: 2023
Podcast: Challenges and change readiness
in grassroots sport
Innovation and change management in sport.
Published: 2024
Position paper on sustainability
Sustainability is something that individuals, companies, governments and also sport organisations have to consider.
Published: 2022
Position on European Sport Model
The focus is on the bottom part of the pyramidal structure – the grassroots sport movement.
Published: 2023
EYSP 2023 Conclusions paper
The document puts forward the voices and ideas of the young participants in a set of recommendations.
Published: 2023
Digital technologies & AI in grassroots
Opinions on the digitisation of the sports industry differ. Threat or opportunity?
Published: 2022
Projects
CHANGE
The CHANGE project will contribute to the promotion of integrity and values in sport by focusing on promoting and improving good governance in sport.
2023-2025
SSD PROJECT
Sport for Sustainable Development project was a collaboration between 5 partners from 3 continents: Europe, Africa and Asia:
2019-2022
CHAMP
CHAMP project aimed to give the sports movement innovative tools and education for modernisation. The main output was the online course.