Your team, together.
Run your club from a dugout in the rain, using nothing more than your phone. Fixtures, squads, availability, match fees and match teas in one place.
OPEN SPORT FOUNDATION · FOUNDING PROPOSAL
Sport belongs
to everyone.
Everyone deserves to play. Everyone deserves to belong. We’re building an inclusive movement for all team sports, especially welcoming more women, girls and young people. Our first pilot starts with UK hockey.
All team sports. Friendship, teamwork and belonging.
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PLAY IS THE POINT.
Everyone has a place in the game.
Everyone has a place in the game.
MADE FOR REAL-WORLD SPORT01 / THE BEGINNING
01 / WHY WE EXIST
More playing.
More belonging.
More celebrating.
The best part of sport happens together. The team spirit, the friendships, the first match, the unexpected win and the joy of showing up.
Our mission is to make team sport accessible, affordable and welcoming for everyone. Participation, teamwork, friendships and belonging are central to Open Sport. We celebrate playing together, helping others and growing confidence.
INCLUSION / EVERYONE DESERVES TO BELONG
Everyone deserves to play.
Everyone deserves to belong.
Open Sport welcomes people of every gender, age, ability, identity, background and level of experience. We particularly want more women, girls and young people to discover the joy of team sport, including people who have never felt welcome at a club.
We prioritise participation, teamwork, friendship, health and belonging. Winning can be wonderful. Every person deserves to feel valued, supported and included, on and off the pitch.
Our success is measured by the people we bring together, the friendships we help create and the opportunities we open up.
02 / OUR BIG, AUDACIOUS GOAL
1,000,000
people playing amateur
sport every week.
Our long-term ambition.
One person. One team.
One match at a time. ↗
03 / WHAT WE'RE BUILDING
Built around
the joy of playing.
For all team sports, including hockey, football, netball, rugby, basketball, cricket and volleyball. No Open Sport player subscriptions. Clubs manage their own fees.
Every win counts.
Celebrate personal milestones, Player of the Match and the people who lift others up.
Share the feeling.
Tell your team's story through moments, results and local club identity.
ONE PLATFORM / EVERY LEVEL OF SPORT
From the dugout
to the federation.
Run your club from a dugout in the rain. Grassroots sport is powered by volunteers. We are building easy-to-use tools that work on your phone, wherever your team plays.
Our long-term ambition is a complete open-source platform to run a club, league, national governing body or international federation. The following capabilities describe our roadmap, not the full functionality of today's demo.
Membership and clubs
Registration, teams, volunteers, committees, membership and insurance.
Leagues and competitions
Fixtures, squads, results, tables, tournaments, promotion and relegation.
Officials and coaches
Umpire and referee appointments, coach qualifications and development pathways.
Safeguarding and welfare
Junior protections, safeguarding oversight, welfare processes and reporting.
Governance and integrity
Member voting, committees, constitutions, disciplinary cases and appeals.
Finances and facilities
Fees, sponsorship, grants, budgets, venues, equipment and bookings.
Community and recognition
Messaging, volunteering, player milestones, participation and achievements.
Insight and growth
Participation trends, inclusion measures and sporting-body reporting.
Starting with grassroots hockey in the UK, designed for all team sports and sporting bodies of every size. Explore the full platform vision.
04 / TRY IT FOR YOURSELF
Discover your next
team experience.
Step inside a fictional hockey club and see how Open Sport works. Explore fixtures, teammates, match teas and the captain's tools. No account needed.
Open the full demo ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Best for smaller screens. Your practice choices stay in your browser.
Having trouble seeing the embedded demo? Open Open Sport directly ↗. The demo is a working prototype with fictional players and no live club data.
05 / FOUNDING CHARTER · DISCUSSION DRAFT
How we want
to work together.
Read our complete draft charter. The founding group will decide the legal structure, membership and voting rules, and how any national federations would work with the Foundation.
Belonging and shared responsibility
Everyone deserves dignity and a genuine chance to take part. We propose fair, evidence-based policies, clear ways to raise concerns, and safeguarding and privacy built in from the start.
A voice for the people who play
Players, clubs and volunteers should help make decisions. We propose elected leadership, published decisions and budgets, and independent routes to appeal.
Local clubs, shared tools
Clubs should retain local autonomy within shared standards. We propose open-source software and reinvesting any surplus in grassroots sport.
06 / WHERE WE ARE
Starting small.
Thinking big.
We're beginning with grassroots hockey in the UK, creating a platform where every team sport and every type of player can eventually feel at home.
NOW
Shape the foundations
Brand, community, architecture and our first club conversations.
NEXT
Launch a hockey pilot
Bring teams together for a genuinely useful match-day experience.
THEN
Grow the community
More clubs, more sports, more moments worth sharing.
07 / COME PLAY A PART
Help shape
Open Sport.
We're building Open Sport with grassroots clubs, players, volunteers and people who believe sport should bring us together.
Founding members, pilot clubs and volunteers
Founding members will help shape the charter. UK hockey clubs can help test the pilot. Volunteers can help with outreach, safeguarding, design or software.
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST · COMING SOON