About Us

Live it and get active. ‘LIGA’ was founded in 2017 by Gurmeet Singh and Matthew Jenkinson. In 2016, Gurmeet and Matty both met at a graduate internship, after graduating from Teesside University, 3 months prior with degrees in sport. On the internship, their roles required them to help improve sports in the community, which included working with schools. 

Gurmeet and Matty quickly noticed that there was a real lack of education around fitness and nutrition amongst children in primary schools, and the diversity of sports offered was limited. Recognising a clear need for improvement, they devised a simple exercise and lifestyle improvement programme adapted to all ages in primary schools. The programme was piloted for free in five primary schools and immediately received high praise from the schools. Some schools were willing to fund the programme to keep it going. This is were LIGA started. At the time, Teesside University business school’s Launch Pad was offering a 12-week business start-up mentoring programme called ‘FUEL’ with the opportunity to pitch for funding at the end. Both Gurmeet and Matty thought it was a good opportunity to enrol in the programme during the internship. Fuel helped the idea develop into a fully functional business (CIC) that would help support the wider community.