Place-based sport for development accelerators: a viable route to sustainable programming?

This commentary explores a novel approach to building and managing sustainable community-based Sport for Development (SfD) organizations. Specifically, we outline the potential for place-based accelerators to support emerging local leaders in growing their capacity, leadership and social entrepreneurship capabilities, networks, and SfD organizations for sustainability. Place-based SfD accelerators could address concerns with organizational sustainability, local agency, and both individual and organizational capacity, given their innovative approach to leadership development and management, social entrepreneurship, and design thinking. Our intention in this commentary is to stimulate dialogue about the potential for place-based accelerators to support emerging local leaders, thereby leading to more sustainable community-based SfD organizations prepared to meaningfully address local issues and enact transformational social change.