to launch Sportstar Funder™- a crowd funding platform with a ‘scholarship’ model supporting young sports enthusiasts worldwide.

The platform offers financial support for children and young adults (ages 5-21), as well as disabled and special-needs (aged up to 25 years) globally for their sporting career through crowd-funding sponsorship from benevolent funders.

Crowdfunding is a growing ‘fund raising’ phenomenon that has gripped the world in the last 18 months allowing people to raise funds through direct contact with individuals and institutions. This new frontier in funding has raised billions for various causes from Arts to Zebra Racing!

Sportstar Funder™ is an exciting and unique charity set-up for young talent to seek funding directly from benevolent individuals, charities and institutions through its innovative crowd-funding ‘scholarship’ model. Those who wish to support aspiring sports players can reach out directly through the platform.

This initiative allows young sport enthusiasts to achieve their dreams, whether it's funds supporting training, membership fees or covering cost of equipment for 1 year and beyond.

The importance of sports in today's society is a hot topic, recently debated by the World Economic Forum as "a tool for social change ". The active industry positively influences "social cohesion, tolerance and integration" used to "bridge cultural gaps and educate people" (WEF 2012). Unfortunately, many young children face a financial barrier in pursuit of their skills, hence Umex Union launches this initiative with Innocent Colours Charity allowing children the opportunity to fulfil their potential through community support.


About Innocent Colours
INNOCENT COLOURS LTD - a young UK charity (UK registration number 11322282) addressing the plight of suffering children through specially designed programmes to overcome everyday struggles.
The programmes are managed under the direction and guidance of a team of professionals and operated by Graduate and Post Graduate students in the field of management, public service and affairs, creative arts, psychology and children education.


About Umex Union
UMEX Union is established as a credit union branch based on ethical principles.
The Union encourages saving amongst the ethical-conscious community and promoted business enterprise the socially responsible way to close inequality gaps and put an end to financial exclusion.
The products and services are offered on the ethical investment values, and provides the financial opportunity to progress which would otherwise not be made possible through a conventional bank.
www.sportstarfunder.com