Sports for Change” initiative of HCLFoundation
HCLFoundation’s flagship initiative, ‘Sports for Change’, recognizes the contribution of sports towards personal and social development. It works towards harnessing the positive transformative potential of sports by increasing access and participation in sport at the grassroots.

‘Sports for Change’ views sports as tool for progress and leverages the potential and capacity of sports to foster inclusion and bring people together. As part of this initiative, HCLFoundation empowers young leaders from disadvantaged communities by channelizing their energy towards play and sports. We identify, train, and nurture talent and excellence in sports while making opportunities for play and physical education accessible to children and youth from the urban slum communities. It is an approach based on the belief that play or sport is not just an end in itself but also an effective way to help achieve larger development goals.





‘Sports for Change’ started as a volunteer led movement wherein passionate HCLites devoted their time and skill towards identifying and honing sport talent from the urban slum communities with support from the HCLFoundation team. Over the years, we have been able to successfully train 75,000+ students in various sports such as football, volleyball, kabaddi, athletics, basketball, girls cricket, badminton, athletics, chess, etc. Students have represented and won accolades at the District, State and National Level Tournaments.

In 2016, HCLFoundation launched an Annual National Level Sporting Event under the banner of ‘Sports for Change’. Every year, children and youth who have been part of HCLFoundation supported projects from across India contest to participate at the national level event. Regional qualifiers are organized to identify the most promising sports talent who represent at the National Tournament. The best performing players at the National Tournament are also awarded Sports Scholarships which suppor

📌 Sports Coordinator (Raipur)
🏢 HCLFoundation
📍 Raipur