Join Our Global Movement
Gymnasts for Change International (G4CI) is a survivor-led human rights organisation working to transform the culture of gymnastics worldwide. We exist to drive accountability, systemic reform and healing - so that sport strengthens athletes instead of harming them. We are part of a global movement demanding a brighter future for sport - rooted in human rights, dignity, and athlete wellbeing. Join us.
We Support, Unite & Empower Athlete Advocates
We understand the need to protect and support survivors. As an organisation, we are here to serve our community, amplify athlete testimony, and advocate wholeheartedly to create transformation in the sport. As a human rights organisation, our own organisational, trauma-informed policies embody the values we stand for - and lead the way for the wider sports sector.
A System Under Pressure
In recent years, courageous survivors and campaigners, including G4CI, have successfully pushed the sport to confront its failures. Major investigations, including the Whyte Review, the Independent Complaints Process and the Wagstaff Independent Evaluation, have exposed systematic abuse within gymnastics in the UK.
Similar investigations across British sport - including the Swim England review, the British Cycling Report, and the Sheldon Review - have revealed that these problems extend far beyond a single sport. Despite these troubling findings, meaningful reform across sport remains slow and fiercely resisted by foundational parts of the sports system, including clubs, coaches and national governing bodies, which have historically prioritised performance over athlete welfare.
Gymnasts for Change International exists to fundamentally change the culture. High performance does not require harm.
Athlete-Centred is Not a Buzzword
It’s a fundamental reorientation of power in sport - away from the coach, the club, and the federation - towards the child. It means every decision, every training method, every interaction is evaluated by a single question: Is this good for the athlete?
Gymnastics overwhelmingly attracts young girls. It owes a duty of care to its athletes that far exceeds any other sporting context.
Radical change is required to expose the problem and consistently take the steps required to achieve the scale of change needed. And radical change requires radical courage - backed by data and research.
Change Has Been Slow to Take Hold. We’re Here to Accelerate it.
Gymnasts have been reporting abuse for decades. Despite increased awareness, an influx of funding and independent reviews - both in the UK and worldwide - meaningful reform has not kept pace with the scale of harm. As a charity, Gymnasts for Change International uses its platform to drive the change the sport so desperately needs. Our policy work aligns with the UK’s Government strategy ‘Freedom from Violence and Abuse’ - which aims to halve violence against women and girls in a decade.
“Survivor-led movements are built on data, catalytic actions and decades of lived experience. The problems are solvable. They are not easy, but you need to follow leadership from the margins – those who live closest to the problem. They know what safety looks like, what accountability looks like. They need to be centred in rooms – not as tokens, but as architects.”