Eilish McColgan founded Giving Back to Track after experiencing firsthand the enormous financial burden of participating in athletics at a high level. Giving Back to Track’s mission is to break the barrier to entry into sports by providing free after-school clubs to deprived areas in Scotland and donating funds to local athletics clubs to use toward athlete fees. The organization has also given out five scholarships – inclusive of a small financial grant, athlete clothes and shoes – to young girls ages 16-20 to allow them to participate in sport at a high level. Eilish and her boyfriend, fellow Olympian Michael Rimmer, run the organization on their own and use 100% of the money raised on Giving Back to Track projects. To date, the couple has opened an after-school club in Dundee with plans to extend to Edinburg, Glasgow and Aberbeen.

The P&G 2024 Athletes For Good grant will allow Giving Back to Track to expand its free after-school clubs in Edinburg, Glasgow and Aberbeen and start a shoe and spike fund to source trainers for deserving athletes.