Community Basketball

Giving back to the basketball community is at the centre of everything we do at Aspire. Since our establishment we have been involved in award winning community projects, created affordable and sometimes free spaces for the local community to play basketball and been recognised by the police, local councils and Basketball England for our efforts in offering inclusive and accessible basketball.

Stop Knife Crime Initiative

Following COVID-19, Stop Knife Crime organised a fantastic event in the community that brought everyone together, all ages and walks of life, to show their support. Using basketball as a pull we managed to structure a wonderful tournament celebrating unity and taking a stand against knife crime. Watch this space for future collaborations...

Active Suffolk Award Winners 2024

In the summer of 2024, we collaborated with Sport Sense and Community Praxis to bring free and fun basketball sessions to the local community for the duration of the summer. We averaged over 20 children per session ranging from 4 up to 18. Creating this routined safe space saw a massive drop in anti-social behaviour in the area as noted by the Suffolk Constabulary, and led to our nomination with Active Suffolk and eventual win!

Last year we were lucky enough to be nominated for a basketball England award for the 'Community Club of the Year'. We didn't win, but to be runner up amongst so many other amazing clubs was an achievement in itself. Fast forward a year, and we were back again this time with THREE nominations! We were overwhelmed with joy to be the winners of Basketball Engalnd's 'Community Project of the Year' and 'Slam Jam Provider of the year', with head coach Ty being runner up for 'Children's Coach of the Year'. Our community has built so much this past year and we cannot wait to continue to grow on this journey together!

Basketball England Awards 25/26