The projects we back are always about making a change. Sometimes they are only meant to be short projects with a short-term goal, sometimes they last a little longer, and sometimes they end up turning into full businesses creating change. And since it’s Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) we’re taking a look at Live UnLtd Award Winners
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Here’s a handy Round-Up of some of the things we’ve been sharing this week. We’ve been talking about ways that projects are bringing people together, we had an exciting visit from Sir Steve Redgrave, and we told you about Kidz Lunch Co. We love sharing at Live UnLtd, to keep up with what we’re sharing
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We’ve been talking about how sport changes lives this week at Live UnLtd. And we’ve gathered together some of the highlights into a handy post just for you. Live UnLtd Backs Sport It’s been an incredible year for sport – what with Olympic and Paralympic achievements, Bradley Wiggins cycling to victory in the Tour de
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There are plenty of ways to try and change the world with sport. At Live UnLtd we back loads of different kinds of projects (you can see just some of them here.) from projects that tackle unemployment, to projects that raise awareness of and provide support surrounding autism. One way that people choose to make
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It’s been an incredible year for sport – what with Olympic and Paralympic achievements, Bradley Wiggins cycling to victory in the Tour de France, Andy Murray’s US Open tennis triumph, and Europe’s golfers snatching the Ryder Cup. All are proof that hard work and not giving up in the face of adversity can pay off.
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With the London 2012 Paralympics well underway, we decided to talk about the history of the event, and some of the extraordinary people involved with it. Paralympics: the origins While early local or national versions of the modern Olympics began in England and France as far back as the 17th and 18th centuries, the Paralympics
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Image by suran2007 Now that the paralympics have been going on for a week, we’ve seen plenty of inspiring Paralympians in the biggest competition of its kind. If you saw our post from earlier in the week, you’ll know that the Paralympics is only 50 years old. That’s pretty young compared to the modern Olympics which
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How much does a Paralympics-standard wheelchair cost? Go on, have a guess. You’ll probably be surprised to learn that a top-flight wheelchair can cost £100,000, according to a report by Channel 4 News. Meanwhile, a state-of-the-art prosthethic limb can cost up to £50,000. It’s little wonder then that athletes in developing countries, where there is
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With the London 2012 Paralympics well underway, we decided to find out about the history and the people behind the first Paralympic Games. As we discover, it wouldn’t be stretching the truth to say that the Paralympics have come home. Paralympics: the origins While early local or national versions of the modern Olympics began in
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Somewhereto_ have been running a competition looking for the best talent to perform at the Olympic Park on Friday the 31st August as part of the Paralympics entertainment. And they have now revealed the final ten who will be taking their talents to the big stage this Friday, where the overall winner of the show
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Harley Sanders We all love different kinds of music and we often love that music for different reasons. Sometimes it’s a memory we associate with a song, sometimes it’s because we’ve watched the artist grow and been a life-long fan of what they do, sometimes it’s because it says something we were trying to work
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In the days following the end of London 2012, we decided to talk about running and to highlight the work of the Run Dem Crew Youngers. The Run Dem Crew Youngers are all about building up crews of runners around London using running and creativity to change their community. Head here to find out more. The Olympic athletes have shown us what can
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We spoke to some of the crew leaders from the Run Dem Crew Youngers to find out more about them and their running crew. We’re talking about running all this week at Live UnLtd because your last chance to start a running crew with the Run Dem Crew Youngers is fast approaching! Here’s what some
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The Olympics and Paralympics have got people thinking about getting out and getting active. Now’s the time to start running! Running is free – you don’t need any specific equipment or expensive trainers to do it. In fact, there is no evidence to suggest fancy trainers make you faster, or better, or that they prevent
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“You are given a platform to create a crew around running but using your personality to make it unique. This is the best part because it allows you to stay true to who you really are while doing what you really love.” Running can change your life! That might seem like a bold claim, so
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All of these Olympic athletes are making us look bad. Gymnasts are flipping around on mats and making it look easy. Cyclists are going for miles and barely breaking a sweat. Maybe we’re speaking for ourselves here, though. Maybe you’re keeping yourself as healthy as that lot. In that case – well done! For the
Read MoreThe country has been swept up by the Olympics this weekend. After an opening ceremony that grabbed the attention of the world, the events are well underway. We’ve put together a quick list of some of the most successful and inspiring people from the British Olympic and Paralympic teams of the past. Some you’ll have
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Amazing Runners, Good Apps, and Are You Sharing Too Much? We love sharing stuff at Live UnLtd about people who are changing their world for the better. Just in case you missed anything this week, here’s a round-up of just some of the things we were talking about. 5 Inspiring Running Stories We work with
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Live UnLtd Award Winner, James McLeod We love sharing great stuff about inspirational people, and so we’ve collected 5 inspiring running stories from the past and present. Check out these amazing people! 5 Inspiring Runners A man who lost an arm and a leg while clearing mines in Africa has flown to the USA for the
Read MoreHere’s the inspirational new teaser trailer from the Run Dem Crew, showcasing some of the people involved. Live UnLtd is working with Run Dem Crew Youngers (RDCY) to find young people aged between 14 and 21 years old to volunteer and create their own running crew in their local community in London. RDCY‘s motto is “go hard, or go home”, but it’s
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We’re excited to report that Live UnLtd Award Winner Ceri Davies, founder of the brilliant More Mascots Please project, will take part in the Olympic Torch relay on Saturday (30 June) in Wolverhampton. Ceri, who is 22, has been recognised for her work with More Mascots Please which facilitates parties for disabled and disadvantaged people
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The Summer Of Great Ideas It’s been Bike Nation week on the GOOD blog, the weather’s been great for cycling in the UK, and so it’s been a bike-themed week for us at Live UnLtd. Here are some of the stories of people changing their world we’ve been sharing this week. Bike Nation started with
Read MoreHere are some of the stories of people changing their world for the better we’ve been talking about this week. The number of people in work in the UK has risen, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Find out more and take a look at our interactive map to see how the number
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Image from Mile21.tumblr.com Here are some of the stories of people changing their world for the better that we shared this week. RDC Youngers at the London Marathon Live Unltd Award winners from the Run Dem Crew Youngers were at the London Marathon last weekend. Medals were awarded and spirits were high! Young People in Towcester
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Image from Mile21.tumblr.com The Run Dem Crew Youngers were amongst the runners making their way around the gruelling 26.2 miles of the London Marathon last weekend. After months of training and hard work, 40,000 people joined them in taking on one of the toughest races in the world on Sunday. Below are some videos of
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Bradley and Ben from Kinetics Wales were interviewed on the Jamie and Louise show on BBC Radio Wales about what parkour is, how they got into it, and what Kinetics Wales does. Kinetics Wales is a parkour teaching business and club. The project was backed and supported by Live UnLtd. Listen back to their interview
Read MoreAim High Dance Academy Dance got Hayley Rea through some bad times when she was growing up. As she had a single parent, she often wasn’t able to afford to be able to go to dance classes. So Hayley set up the Aim High Dance Academy as felt she needed to give something back to
Read MoreShow Me Amazing Football to Junior Ogunyemi was more than a sport, it was a discipline. It kept him focussed and out of trouble. When he started coaching it he realised he was in a position of influence to impart something positive into young people’s lives. So he set up Show Me Amazing Football academy
Read MoreFuzion Martial Arts Richard Baskin set up Fuzion Mixed Martial Arts Project to give young people the opportunity to change their lives through martial arts. He teaches mixed martial arts skills whilst encouraging a healthy, fit and active lifestyle through training. They also work with schools that have kids with behavioural, social and emotional problems.
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Comic Relief was launched from a refugee camp in Sudan on Christmas Day in 1985, live on BBC One. At that time, a devastating famine was crippling Ethiopia and something had to be done. That something was Comic Relief. The idea was simple – Comic Relief would get a whole bunch of much-loved British comedians
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