TUESDAY 1st JUNE, 2010 

BEYOND SPORT AWARDS 2010 SHORTLIST REVEALED: Street Soccer USA Chosen.

Beyond Sport, the global organisation that promotes, develops and funds the use of sport to drive positive social change across the world, is delighted to unveil the Shortlist for the Beyond Sport Awards 2010.

By reaching this stage of the judging process, each project will receive an invitation to attend the second annual Beyond Sport Summit, taking place between September 27-30 in Chicago.

Thanks to the unique support and goodwill of Beyond Sport’s Global Airline Partner United Airlines, representatives from these projects will be flown from all over world to attend the prestigious Summit in Chicago.

With four months to go until the 2010 event, the Summit already boasts an impressive line-up of speakers including HRH Prince Faisal Al Hussein of Jordan; Rita LeBlanc, owner of NFL SuperBowl champions the New Orleans Saints; Jérôme Valcke, FIFA Secretary General; and two-time Women's World Cup winner and former US soccer captain Julie Foudy. Further speaker announcements will be made in the coming weeks. 

Throughout the Summit, the shortlisted projects will have the opportunity to interact with Beyond Sport's extensive network of corporate business, government, philanthropy, international aid organisations and sporting federations, all with the ability to significantly impact the reach and capabilities of the sport and development movement.

The Awards winners, to be selected by the panel of Beyond Sport Ambassadors, will be announced on the final two days of the Summit. The successful projects in the six Beyond Sport Community Awards categories will receive $10,000 each and a substantial package of business support to help them grow and become sustainable in the future.

These shortlisted projects were chosen from over 350 entries from more than 115 countries that submitted applications to this year’s Awards. 

BEYOND SPORT AWARDS 2010 OFFICIAL SHORTLIST

Best New Project 

• Social Inclusion Programme: Knocking Down Barriers through Sport & Leisure 
  Parent Organisation: Sport 4 Socialisation 
  Zimbabwe
• Reclaim Childhood Summer Leadership and Sports Camps 
  Parent Organisation: Reclaim Childhood 
  Jordan
• Football for Reconciliation 
  Parent Organisation: Play31 
  Sierra Leone
• Step It Up Campaign 
  Parent Organisation: Global Youth Leadership Institute, Inc 
  United States
• Sure Start 
  Parent Organisation: MIFUMI 
  Uganda

Sport for Social Inclusion Award supported by Barclays Spaces for Sports 

• Street Soccer USA 
  Parent Organisation: HELP USA 
  United States
• Figure Skating in Harlem After School Ice Skating and Education Program  
  Parent Organisation: Figure Skating in Harlem 
  United States
• Hope Academy National Project 
  Parent Organisation: Ambassadors In Sport 
  South Africa
• Empowering Women of Nepal 
  Parent Organisation: 3 Sisters Adventure Trekking (3 Sisters)and Empowering Women of Nepal  
  Nepal
• Fútbol Con Corazón 
  Parent Organisation: Fundación Fútbol Con Corazón 
  Colombia

UNICEF Sport for Education Award 

• America SCORES 
  Parent Organisation: America SCORES 
  United States
• Greenhouse 
  Parent Organisation: Greenhouse Schools Project 
  United Kingdom
• The Township Baseball Academy 
  Parent Organisation: The Township Baseball Academy 
  South Africa

Sport for Conflict Resolution Award 

• PeacePlayers International – Cyprus 
  Parent Organisation: PeacePlayers International 
  Cyprus
• Kicking For Peace 
  Parent Organisation: Western Cape Network for Community Peace and Development 
  South Africa
• War Game No More 
  Parent Organisation: Caritas 
  Democratic Republic of Congo

Sport for Health Award 

• GoGirlGo! 
  Parent Organisation: Women's Sports Foundation 
  United States
• Extra Time Programme 
  Parent Organisation: Football Foundation 
  United Kingdom
• Kick4Life: Curriculum 
  Parent Organisation: Women's Sports Foundation 
  Lesotho

Sport for the Environment Award 

• Clean Air Champions 
  Parent Organisation: Clean Air Champions 
  Canada
• SSET 
  Parent Organisation: AISTS 
  Switzerland
• Project Greenhands 
  Parent Organisation: Isha Outreach 
  India

Sport Team of the Year 

• Manchester United – Something to Chew on 
  United Kingdom
• Philadelphia Eagles – Eagles Youth Partnership 
  United States
• Hapoel Tel Aviv – Mifalot 
  Israel

Sport Federation or Governing Body of the Year 

• Namibia Football Association – Galz and Goals 
  Namibia
• Australian Rules Football League – Multicultural Program 
  Australia
• NBA – NBA Cares 
  United States

Corporation of the Year 

• Standard Chartered – Goal 
  India, United Kingdom, Nigeria
• National Grid – Official Partner to the Great Britain Special Olympics 
  United Kingdom
• Capital One – Sports Project 
  United Kingdom

Judges’ Awards 

Most Courageous Use of Sport Award Nominees:

• Project Play 
  Parent Organisation: Beyond The Ball 
  United States
• War Game No More 
  Parent Organisation: Caritas 
  Democratic Republic of Congo
• Restoring Our Children’s Hope 
  Parent Organisation: Right To Play 
  Liberia