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The Foundation is where London meets basketball for the first time. We develop people; the club develops players. We work in schools, community halls and playgrounds to introduce the game, keep it accessible, and open doors into education, employment and volunteering. And when someone is ready to take basketball more seriously, they step into London Lions club sessions and the pathway beyond.
Your first touch of a basketball: school visits, community sessions, events and clinics.
Ready for more? London Lions club sessions, junior teams and the academy pathway take you as far as your game can go.
Lions teams competing in Europe show every young Londoner what is possible.
One club, one full-circle journey: from playground to podium, and back into the community.
Assemblies and beginner coaching that give thousands of children their first touch of a basketball.
Bring The Lions To Your School
Free and low-cost sessions that promote health, wellbeing and inclusion.
Renovating courts and halls so more of London can play.
Coaching, officiating and off-court careers through the Workforce Development Programme.
A hardship and scholarship fund so cost is never the reason a young person stops playing.
Euroleague Basketball's social responsibility programme, delivered here in London.
young people aged 5–18 took part in Foundation activity
attendances across our programmes
of participants were completely new to the Foundation
of participants from Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities
of participants were girls
from London's most deprived boroughs, including Barking & Dagenham, Hackney, Islington, Newham and Tower Hamlets
From unaccompanied minors and refugees, to girls-only clinics, to our One Team programme for young people with special educational needs: the work is practical, local and measured.
The UK's first dedicated pathway into careers in basketball off the court: coaching, officiating, media, marketing, operations and events.
U16 · work experience and enrichment in secondary schools
Live now at New City College Hackney, with Basketball England qualifications
University placements with Westminster and UCFB Wembley
Paid roles across basketball, in and beyond the Lions
We are working to formalise the WDP into HNC, HND and degree-level routes following the 2025–26 pilot year. Educational providers and students: email foundation@thelondonlions.com.
As a EuroCup club, the Lions deliver One Team, Euroleague Basketball's award-winning community programme. Over eight weeks each season, trained coaches and Lions players run structured sessions that use basketball to build life skills with groups who need it most, with a Lions player serving as One Team Ambassador.
No basketball experience needed, just enthusiasm and reliability. Volunteers support school sessions, community programmes, game days, events and content. In return you get training, experience and a team around you.
Email us with a bit about yourself, your availability, and how you'd like to help, and we'll be in touch.
Email foundation@thelondonlions.comThe Foundation is a registered charity. Donations fund school programmes, community sessions, coach training and court renovations, and Gift Aid adds 25p to every £1 from UK taxpayers at no cost to you.
The Foundation is governed by a Board of Trustees who set strategic direction and hold us accountable to the communities we serve.
President of the London Lions, connecting the Foundation's work with the wider Lions organisation.
We are expanding the Board with expertise across sport, education, community development and governance. Interested? Email foundation@thelondonlions.com.
Registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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