At Sport Legacy Institute, out work is mission-led and design-driven. We take on the challenges too big, too complex, and too important to ignore - from keeping people in work to reimagining participation in sport. We don't just study the problem. We build the playbook for change.
These are the rules we play by - the ones that move ideas into action.
This work demands more than talent. It demands courage, emotional investment, and the will to fight for braver choices.
We stay with the problem until we find the human truth - and design solutions people can feel.
This work demands more than talent. It demands courage, emotional investment, and the will to fight for braver choices.
We stay with the problem until we find the human truth - and design solutions people can feel.
This work demands more than talent. It demands courage, emotional investment, and the will to fight for braver choices.
We stay with the problem until we find the human truth - and design solutions people can feel.
This work demands more than talent. It demands courage, emotional investment, and the will to fight for braver choices.
We stay with the problem until we find the human truth - and design solutions people can feel.
This work demands more than talent. It demands courage, emotional investment, and the will to fight for braver choices.
We stay with the problem until we find the human truth - and design solutions people can feel.
This work demands more than talent. It demands courage, emotional investment, and the will to fight for braver choices.
We stay with the problem until we find the human truth - and design solutions people can feel.
We seek to expose the gaps of opportunity in the health system. We're dedicated to this, because we know true value lies hidden in the gaps that are yet to be seen. It requires dedication, heart and belief in the power of collaboration.
Together with our team of partners, we support one another to activate more than we once thought possible. Pioneering innovative concepts, creating solutions that people can truly feel.
We start upstream - by opening up the space to ask the right questions, clarify ambition, and surface possibilities that have been stuck between stakeholders or buried in plans.
We help define the opportunity in terms the system will understand - credible, fundable, and timely. Not a wishlist. A hypothesis worth backing.
We don't test in isolation. We design interventions to live inside real systems - so they can run, scale, and be adopted without needing exceptional circumstances.
We stay long enough to make sure others can take it forward - aligning teams, shaping delivery logic, and helping resourcing and governance hold up under pressure.
Once something's moving, we help surface the proof - not with case studies, but with tools, narratives, and infrastructure that others can use and invest in.
Once something's moving, we help surface the proof - not with case studies, but with tools, narratives, and infrastructure that others can use and invest in.
Sport is formative. It shapes who we are and what we believe we can do. Sport inspires us all. It brings us together - across differences, across generations, across communities. And its legacy runs deeper than the game itself. Discipline. Teamwork. Boldness. Heart.
At Sport Legacy Institute, we carry that forward. Not for medals or scoreboards, but to break down the barriers that limit health, performance, and opportunity - and to build healthier lives, stronger communities, and resilient economies.
We operate behind the scenes with regional leaders who are making the biggest bets on South Yorkshire's prevention economy.
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Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre
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Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre
Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre
We work with delivery partners, funders, and system leaders across health, sport, education, and infrastructure.
If you're working on challenges that require human-centered solutions and innovative approaches, let's start a conversation.
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