Eddie Izzard launches BBC Get Inspired and Join In partnership
Sports volunteering charity, Join In and BBC Get Inspired have reignited their partnernship for the launch of the Big Help Out, an initiative to recruit 10,000 new volunteers to help out at local sports clubs, groups and events.
Join In patron Eddie Izzard, alongside Paralympic athlete Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, will launch the campaign on 7 July, which looks to build on the success of the inaugural #BigThankYou at BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2014.
Barbara Slater, BBC Director of Sport, said she is "delighted" that the BBC is once again partnering with Join In.
"The Get Inspired website now attracts on average 1.2 million views a month with over 350,000 people referred onto partner activities last year alone," she said. "We want to use that success to build on 2014’s #BigThankYou campaign and inspire more people to get involved with their local sports communities.”
BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2015 will take place on 20 December in Belfast.