Basketball England’s #ProjectSwish campaign is back for 2022

Basketball England’s #ProjectSwish campaign is back for 2022, enabling ballers up and down the country to invest in their local outdoor court.

#ProjectSwish’s mission is to improve outdoor basketball facilities across England by getting people involved in one of three easy ways:

– Requesting free nets for a local court

– Renovating a court with the help of Basketball England’s activation guide

– Buying a #ProjectSwish ball – proceeds go towards the cost of regenerating outdoor courts

Since 2019, #ProjectSwish has distributed nearly 8000 nets to 3500 courts and has helped individuals and organisations discover and upgrade local outdoor courts through its advice and activation guide.

Basketball England’s Head of Participation Pete Griffiths said:

“#ProjectSwish has exceeded our expectations. We originally ordered 1000 nets to start the project four years ago and that was the target. They lasted 10 days or so, and the demand for nets every summer has continued to increase.

“We love that the project has captured people’s imagination and galvanised local communities to improve their courts by putting up new nets. Their input means we have also been able to collect and map the whereabouts of England’s outdoor courts, and our website court finder is helping more people find places to play ball.

“With a number of high-profile court activations and regenerations and a summer of 3×3 basketball to look forward to, we hope the project will kick on again and inspire more people to download our activation guide and have a go at creating their own art court masterpieces.”