ChangingLIVES is an athlete mentor scheme which brings world class sports performers into schools across the country to motivate and engage young people. With a host of Olympic, Paralympic, World and Commonwealth medals between them, the athlete mentors bring the excitement of their sporting successes to the classroom. Each athlete mentor has been selected for their ability to engage with young people through their own contrasting stories of success and struggle. They highlight the challenges they had to overcome including bullying, dyslexia, exclusion and living with a disability.
ChangingLIVES Athlete Mentors add value to a wide range of Youth Sport Trust programmes and events including Sky Sports Living for Sport, Deutsche Bank Moving Generations, Step Into Sport, the UK School Games and the Young Ambassador Conferences.
The largest programme currently supported by changingLIVES Athlete Mentors is the Sky Sports Living for Sport programme. All schools running the Sky Sports Living for Sport are offered the opportunity to have an athlete mentor to support the programme. The athlete mentors parallel the British Athletes’ Commissions “Six Keys to Success” with the lives of young people by instilling values of belief, determination, hard-work, belonging, people skills and time management.
Athlete mentor team:
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Sam Coombes: 800m Runner
Karen Cromie: Paralympic rower
Tom Davis: Member of GB judo team
Gail Emms: Olympic Silver medallist, Badminton
Dermot Gascoyne: International Boxer
Nick Gillingham: Double Olympic medallist swimmer
Joe Glanfield: Olympic Silver medallist, Sailing
Craig Heap: Commonwealth Gold medallist, Gymnast
Rachael Mackenzie: World number 1, Thai Boxer
Mike Mullen: World Champion, BMX
Nicola Minichiello: World Championship Silver medallist, Bobsleigh
Tim Prendergast: Paralympic Gold Medallist, Athletics; T13 800m and 1500m
Helene Raynsford: Paralympic Gold Medallist, Rowing
Michelle Robinson: Olympic Triple jumper
Kevin Simpson: Wheelchair Tennis Player
Adam Whitehead: European and Commonwealth Gold medallist swimmer
Kerry Williams: England Hockey
Click here to download a changingLIVES information sheet