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 our 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.
Our team of athlete mentors are:
- Alex Danson, Olympic Hockey
- Adam Whitehead, Olympic Swimming
- Chris Cook, Olympic Swimming
- Chris Horsman, Welsh International Rugby Union
- Darran Langley, International boxing
- Dermot Gascoyne, International boxing
- Gail Emms, Olympic Badminton
- Joe Glanfield, Olympic Sailing
- Katy Storie, England International Rugby Union
- Mike Mullen, World Champion BMX
- Nicola Minichiello, Olympic Bobsleigh
- Rachael Mackenzie, World nr. 1 Thai-boxing
- Steve Brown, GB Wheelchair Rugby
- Steve Frew, GB Gymnastics
- Tim Prendergast, Paralympic Athletics
- Tom Davis, GB Judo
changingLIVES information sheet