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
21 abril 2020
Foundation supports Covid19 relief efforts
Foundation supports Covid19 relief efforts
Columbia Threadneedle Foundation is pleased to join other long-term funders of UK charities, in signing a statement recognising the impacts of covid19 and providing reassurance of our ongoing support across London’s communities.
Tiempo de lectura - 2 min
21 febrero 2020
La primera escuela de Mountain Bike inclusiva en España
La primera escuela de Mountain Bike inclusiva en España
El 10 de febrero de 2020 la Fundación Columbia Threadneedle y el Club Deportivo de la Fundación A LA PAR firmaron un acuerdo de colaboración enfocado a fomentar el deporte inclusivo, la Fundación Columbia Threadneedle apadrina mediante patrocinio la primera escuela de Mountain Bike inclusiva en España.
Tiempo de lectura - 3 min
21 junio 2019
La Fundación apoya A LA PAR en España
La Fundación apoya A LA PAR en España
A LA PAR ’es una fundación española que apoya a personas con discapacidades intelectuales y su integración en la sociedad.
Tiempo de lectura - 2 min