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BC Sport Participation Program
The BC Sport Participation Program aims to increase sport participation in community and school-based sports, while also increasing participation by seniors and people with disabilities.
The BC Sport Participation Program (BCSP Program) helps provincial and multi-sport organizations extend their community reach and improve the quality of sport delivery. The program invests in resource development, training of coaches and leaders, and attracting new participants.
Funded equally by Sport Canada and the Province of BC through 2010 Legacies Now, the BCSP Program is in its second three-year funding phase. Since inception in 2004, it has invested more than $2 million and captured more than 100,000 new sport participants in over 100 communities province-wide, creating new opportunities for children and youth, people with disabilities, seniors, aboriginal youth, and girls and women.
Several of the projects that were initiated in BC to increase sport participation were so successful they expanded nationally. These include Skate Canada’s (BC/Yukon) Pond to Podium, Gymnastics BC’s Kids CanMove, BC Wheelchair Sports’ Bridging the Gap, BC Blind Sports’ Early Intervention Program, and Swim BC’s See Yourself Swimming.
To learn about current provincial projects that have received funding, click here.
Apply for Funding
2010 Legacies Now is pleased to announce the availability of approximately $120,000 for new sport participation opportunities for the remaining two years of the three-year program, funded in part by Sport Canada.
| Download Funding Application and Guidelines |
Success Stories
The BC Wheelchair Sports Association received 3 years of funding through the BCSPP for their Bridging the Gap program, which is changing the lives of many people with disabilities
"When I had my accident I thought I would never be able to do anything. Now I play wheelchair rugby and my sense of pride and happiness is greater because of my participation in sport."
— Participant, BC Wheelchair Sports - Bridging the Gap program
Basketball BC received 3 years of funding for the Basketball BC's Steve Nash Youth Basketball Program.
"I believe everyone in amateur sport would agree that coaching is a key to properly implementing programs, and funding assistance provided by BCSPP has allowed this to happen...[by providing] assistance for start up, equipment, resources and facility."
— Lawrie Johns, Youth Development, Basketball BC’s Steve Nash Youth Basketball Program
The BC Sport Participation Program is supported by the Province of BC and the Government of Canada.
