Columbia Threadneedle Foundation
Sport
We recognise the unique power of sport to engage and motivate, build comradery and improve emotional and physical wellbeing, particularly among young people.
Access Sport
We are proud to be principal corporate partner to Access Sport. Since 2013 the Foundation has supported Access Sport, a dynamic UK national charity that gives children and young people, particularly in disadvantaged areas, access to a wide range of quality local sport, harnessing the power of sport to tackle social exclusion, inactivity and obesity.
Access Sport believes every child should have access to the developmental and health benefits of sport and every community should have a thriving, inclusive and sustainable sporting offer. It builds thriving community sports clubs led by volunteers in the country’s most deprived urban areas. The charity’s impact extends beyond participants: clubs become a beacon in their local community, local volunteering is multiplied, and volunteers upskilled bringing significant economic, social and environmental benefits.
Learn more about Access Sport.
A LA PAR
A LA PAR is a Spanish charity that supports people with learning disabilities by promoting inclusive sport through its mountain bike school which offers activities such as inclusive sessions for athletes with and without learning difficulties and countryside cycling routes on weekends.
The Foundation provides annual funding to enable A LA PAR to bring its members together with professional sports people so that they can participate in the Tanspyr mountain bike race, a seven day event that consists of seven stages totalling around 800km and above 20,000m of elevation ascent. Transpyr is a demanding challenge and is considered one of the best mountain bike adventures globally. The route immerses riders in the scenery and culture of the Pyrenees, from the southern slopes of the Pyrenees, crossing and merging Catalonia Pyrenees, Aragón, Navarra and Euskadi.
Columbia Threadneedle has an office in Madrid and our Spanish employees are pleased to support the activities of A LA PAR.
Latest Columbia Threadneedle Foundation News
19 December 2023
Supporting our communities in 2023
Supporting our communities in 2023
In 2023 Columbia Threadneedle Foundation’s ongoing support for its long-term charity partners enabled them to deliver vital work to improve individual lives, whilst also driving fundamental social change.
19 December 2022
Columbia Threadneedle Foundation – 2022 review
Columbia Threadneedle Foundation – 2022 review
With our support, our charity partners continued to deliver their vital work to transform lives for the better.
1 December 2022
New partnership targets financial vulnerability
New partnership targets financial vulnerability
A £60,000 grant from Columbia Threadneedle Foundation to Fair By Design to fund a research project looking at how the poorest in society can secure more and better access to affordable insurance.