Bettering the lives of young people in Scotland, one game at a time

What do we do?

At Rising Stars, we believe sport can shape a young person’s life. We began our journey using basketball to offer children and young adults the opportunity to engage in sports, develop transferable skills and help them achieve their full potential in life.

Gaining recognition on a local and international scale, our plans are to continue with our model as an organisation that uses sport for good, irrespective of the discipline.

Physical Activity for Everyone

We run a range of after school programmes and clubs to get kids active, give them an opportunity to develop sports skills and have fun at the same time

From the Court to the Classroom

From our academic tutoring, mentorship and skills development sessions, we want to build the abilities and opportunities for the kids involved

Trips, Tournaments and more

Part of what we do is get tournaments organised for the kids involved, get trips to amateur and professional matches as well as trips and tours to universities in Scotland

Our partnership with Rising Stars continues to grow because of their unwavering commitment to using basketball as a tool for positive social impact. Shereif and the Rising Stars team are truly inspiring -through basketball, they’re building stronger communities and brighter futures.” – Emma Edwards People Development Manager at BasketballScotland

The feedback from both St Mungo’s and St Martin’s has been really positive. Although the numbers were initially smaller at St Martin’s that children absolutely love the coaches and are delighted to see them every week.

“Generally I think it’s a really good programme. Especially for someone who wanted to learn a bit how to become a good coach. It has been a pleasure to be part of this organisation. I can’t think of anything to improve since it’s a charity, given that there’s limited resources, I think you guys did a great job setting this up. ”

“I feel we have been given resources and stuff. All this information and know-how, we can go out and show we can do it with others.”

“Yeah, I am really keen to take this energy forward and kind of pass it on to someone else. So that we can ask them to pay it forward and by doing this, we can deal with a lot of people”

“For me it was the tutoring support – it certainly helped me in my efforts to get to the City’s College.”

“I have really appreciated the basketball coaching sessions, but more importantly the level of coaching I received.”