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NEW #BFLEARNINGWEEK 2025 EVENT: INTRO TO SPORTED

Helen Clayton joins #BFLearningWeek 2025 with ‘Introduction to Sported’, taking place on Tuesday 19th August at 6pm-7pm.

Date: Tuesday 19th August 2025, 6pm-7pm

Guest Speaker: Helen Clayton (Sported Partnership Manager)

Host: Chris Turner (BF Coaching & Workforce Development Manager)

About the session

Sported is the largest grassroots sport charity in the UK, supporting around 5000 organisations across the country by helping clubs to be more sustainable and to receive grant funding. Join Helen Clayton from the charity to learn more about how they support sports clubs, and how your club could get involved.

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn more about Sported.
  • Understand the support that clubs could access.
  • See where clubs can sign up for support.

About the guest speaker

Helen Clayton:

Helen has been involved in the sport sector for over 20 years, previous roles include college lecturer, coach, school sports coordinator and sports development officer.

During her time with Premiership Rugby, Helen developed the Hitz project in all 12 Premiership clubs, the programme used sport and rugby to develop young people, provide them with educational opportunities and find them work. This project was introduced in Argentina and Colombia and continues to grow.

Helen then took a break from working in the sports sector and worked for Business in the Community as part of their Business Connector programme, coordinating volunteers from business to reinvigorate communities through networking and maximising resources and capacity that was already held within those communities.

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About BF Learning Week

BF Learning Week is an annual opportunity for our members and wider community to join online developmental and informative sessions in subjects from coaching to community development. Due to the work being made in the para and seated fencing spaces, such as the SwordSeat™, the aim for 2025 is to focus on accessibility and disability inclusion.

The week will take place between the 18th and 22nd August 2025.

A full timetable, updated regularly, can be found here: BF Learning Week 2025