As the pandemic continued to rage through the world, 2021-22 was another unpredictable year for us at PSD. Yet, with support from our team members, partners and community stakeholders, we were able to continue to deliver our programs, remain engaged with the sport for development community and get #BackToThePitch. 

• Read our annual report for highlights from our work through the year

PSD has been commissioned by Laureus Sport for Good to conduct a scoping study on organizations across the world that are using skateboarding, dance or other innovative sports for development, as Laureus looks to invest in new, non-traditional sports for social impact. 

• Find out more about PSD’s research, monitoring and evaluation work with organizations

Our peer leaders, who are supported through a scholarship in partnership with KickOff Solutions, attended a 3-day workshop, UNIFY2022, in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. UNIFY2022 was organized by KickOff Solutions to bring together the 50 young women across India from different organizations being supported by KickOff, to come together to meet, interact and learn from each other, while exchanging stories and sharing goals. 

• Find out more about our scholarship program

Powered by the ITTF Foundation’s Dream Building Fund, our Community Table Tennis (CTT) program uses table tennis to teach soft and leadership skills, along with concepts of gender, stereotypes and violence. ITTF Foundation writes about our project and its impact so far. 

10 October is marked as World Health Day. Our Project Officer Hariom Agarwal writes about sportspersons that have spoken out about their mental health struggles and raised awareness on mental wellbeing.