The Goodpush Alliance is an initiative by Skateistan to support and share knowledge among social skateboarding projects worldwide, so that we can make a bigger impact together. Globally, there are now more than 1,000 skateboarding-for-youth-development projects working in 115+ countries. Goodpush provides a platform for these projects to connect and collaborate, as well as training, resources, and funding.

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Since Goodpush launched in early 2018, we have directly supported 425+ social skateboarding projects in 80+ countries through training, events, and distributing $345,000 in grants.

Goodpush initiatives include:
‍ROLL Models: Leadership program and seed grants for women and non-binary-led social skateboarding projects in Europe
‍Pushing Against Racism: Coordination of the Commitment to Anti-Racism in Skateboarding and the PAR Fund
‍Open Boarders Network: Supporting the growth of skateboarding programs for displaced communities worldwide
‍Collective Impact: Facilitating the creation of a shared Theory of Change with 30+ social skateboarding organizations and running the Annual Survey of Social Skateboarding Worldwide
‍Goodpush Summits: In-person and online conferences bringing together social skate experts and practitioners.

Find out more about some of our recent Goodpush partners from ROLL Models and the Pushing Against Racism Fund below!
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SimplementeOpinión

SimplementeOpinión's participants include individuals from communities of color, LGBTIQ+ individuals, and individuals experiencing homelessness.

Comité de skate Río Claro de Pavones

Comité de skate Río Claro de Pavones organize weekly skate sessions for different levels and additional skate sessions for girls, to create a safe space.

South Sudan Skateboarding

A non-profit collective bringing skateboarding to the youth in South Sudan through their Skate to Recover program.

Maputo Skate

Founded in 2006, Maputo Skate aims to provide young people with “tools” that help them avoid contact with alcohol and drugs, improve school performance, family relationships, train leaders for the future and improve social integration.

CEWAYE

CEWAYE is a local non government organization which is led and focused to young women and youth in marginalized communities. Their mission is to work with, support and empower women and youth.

Drug Free Malaysia

Reaching out to youth by using education, art, music and sports key intermediaries, Drug Free Malaysia hope the culture of self worth in their programs can be applied to youngsters and can produce a positive outcome.

Love CT Inclusão e Resgate

Founded in 2010, the Sao Paulo based collective offers weekly skateboarding, music and creative workshops. In the last 4 years they have been promoting cultural tours with the young people as a way to reframe urban spaces

Timor Skate

The focus of Timor Skate is to share this empowerment with the community in Dili, Timor-Leste, by building a skatepark.

Free Movement Skateboarding

Through skateboarding, Free Movement Skateboardingsupport and promote the wellbeing, empowerment and social cohesion of youth in Athens. Together, on and off the board, they push for a welcoming and diverse Athenian skate scene and society.

U Can Skate

U Can Skate focuses on sharing skateboarding with youth, women and indigenous communities around Mexico. They run a variety of events and programming to introduce more youth into skateboarding, meet ups, lessons, movie premiers, workshops and more.

Kovalam Skate Club

The Kovalam Surf Club always had the principle “no school, no surfing” to encourage children who were not in education. During monsoon they had no way of surfing, so started skateboarding.

Boobiebrettler

Boobiebrettler is a feminist skate community based in Innsbruck, Austria. The organization aims to provide visibility for FLINTA individuals in the skateboarding scene and to create a safe space free from heteronormative ideals and discrimination.

Pirkanmaan Kaarikoirat Ry

Pirkanmaan Kaarikoirat Ry acts on social sustainability, promoting skateboarding ecosystem and infrastructure in Tampere region of Finland, by providing facilities and teaching in skateboarding.

Skateducate

Skateducate is a non-profit organisation that seeks to create an expansive inclusion in the skateboarding community. They do so through weekly sessions, camps, road-trips and non-skateboarding events that bring people together around the skateboard. Their primary crew and users identify as girls, women and non-binary.

Rookie Slash

Geneva based, Rookie Slash promote a healthy lifestyle thanks to community, sports, and self-development. They also hope to strengthen the social cohesion of the city, by limiting communitarianism and discriminatory practices.

Longboard Girls Crew

Longboard Girls Crew is a global community created in 2010 that supports, promotes and empowers girls, women, trans & non-binary people in male dominated sports such as skate and longboarding. Through a strong and diverse online & offline representation, events, videos and conferences, they've organically created communities in 40+ countries, breaking down social barriers and stereotypes about these sports.

Skate Heaven

Based in Edegem, Belgium, Skate Heaven is a indoor skating hall which offers skateboarding, inline skate and scooter lessons. Their goal is to provide a safe space and a community for practitioners of all extreme sports together.

Everyone On Boards

London-based Everyone On Boards is a grassroots organisation bringing skateboarding closer to local communities, opening up this unique culture and giving young people and families from every background the chance to experience and participate. Our mission is to help the community and empowering the girls to equip themselves with the necessary transferable skills to have the confidence to make healthy, informed choices and achieve their full potential.

Verein fur Skateboardkultur

Verein für Skateboardkultur is a non profit organisation in Hamburg, where we try to promote the cultural value that skateboarding has for the city but also add to the culture of skateboarding for skaters in hamburg and also by promoting exchange with other skateboarding and DIY organisations in other places.

Great Skate

Based in Nottingham, UK, Great Skate design and deliver excellent and bespoke skateboarding experiences for beginner skateboarders and set them on a path to a lifetime of happy skating, good physical health and mental wealth.

Haszten

Haszten is a non-profit organisation that is dedicated to promoting physical activity among girls and boys with functional diversity in the province of Bizkaia. Its main objective is to promote learning and expand accessibility to different sports modalities, including skateboarding.

Hera Skate

Hera Skate is a non-profit organisation empowering girls, women, non-binary, trans and queer people through skateboarding and creative arts in Berlin. We aim to create safe, inclusive and accessible spaces of social interaction, collaboration, diversity and inspiration for FLINTA*s within the skate community.

Surf Ghana

Based in Accra, Surf Ghana is a collective that uses the practice of extreme sports as a driver for diversity in education, social inclusion, and empowerment of the youth.

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