Sport Central collects, repairs, recycles and redistributes sports gear at no cost to children aged 4-17 in families facing financial hardship. In the past 11 months, 43,975 items were redistributed and stayed in Alberta’s circular economy, while another 19,069 were reused internationally. This critical diversion takes significant staff time, from preparing hundreds of bikes for shipment, to checking and sorting multiple times a day, to shuttling gear between four Edmonton facilities.

Using our Springboard Grant, Sport Central will consolidate into a single warehouse, boosting efficiency by 30 percent. Grant funding will also enhance staff capacity to prepare for this transition, mapping workflows, piloting process improvements and strengthening reuse partnerships.