Updated August 2018 National Sports Funding
ORGANISATION INFORMATION CONTACT WEBSITE
Sport England Awards of £300 - £10,000 for not-for-profit organisations to help Tel: 03458 508 508 www.sportengland.org/funding Small Grants more young people 14+ and adults take part in sport Email: Programme [email protected]
Sport England For organisations looking to take over sports facilities, a sports Tel: 03458 508 508 www.sportengland.org/funding Community Asset club wanting to expand or you have a great idea for a project Email: Fund Awards of £1,000 - £150,000 [email protected]
Big Lottery Lottery grants of between £300 and £10,000 to fund projects Tel: 0345 10 20 30 advice line www.awardsforall.org.uk Awards for All which involve people in their communities through local groups and activities. The project must meet at least one of the Big Lottery’s outcomes
Big Lottery Fund £10,00 - £100,000 is available for projects to support: Tel: 0345 10 20 30 advice line www.biglotteryfund.org.uk Reaching •Lasting and sustainable changes to places and spaces Communities •Communities to develop happier and stronger relationships •Taking action to focus on the root causes of social problems
Biffa Award – Grants available to provide and improve community buildings Tel: 01636 670000 http://www.biffa-award.org/ Community located within 10 miles of a Biffa operation. 4 themes Email: biffa- Buildings biodiversity, cultural facilities, community spaces & recreation. [email protected] & Recreation Sports equipment, pitch improvements and floodlights are not eligible. £10,000 - £75,000 is available
Football Has various funding streams including: Premier League, FA Tel: 0845 345 4555 www.footballfoundation.org.uk Foundation Facilities Fund, Small Grants Email:enquiries@footballfound ation.org.uk
Persimmon National programme where charities and local groups can Email: https://www.persimmonhomes.co Community apply for funding up to £1,000 to match money they have [email protected] m/charity Champions already raised. Grants are awarded monthly, up to £2,000 is m available each month
BlueSpark Grants available to improve the education and development of Email: http://bluesparkfoundation.org.uk Foundation children and young people, most grants under £5,000 contact@bluesparkfoundation. /how-to-apply/ org.uk
Tesco Local Tesco Bags of Help uses money raised from the 5p bag charge Tel: 0121 237 5780 www.groundwork.org.uk/Sites/tes Community for projects to improve outdoor spaces in communities. cocommunityscheme Scheme Groundwork administers the grant distribution, up to £4,0000 is Email: available each month via a public vote [email protected]
WHSmith Trust Uses money raised from the 5p bag charge. Grants up to £500 https://blog.whsmith.co.uk/comm Community Grant are available, although the vast majority of awards are for much unity-grants-application/ less. Match funding is not required and there is no public vote
Asda Foundation The Asda Foundation goal is to help transform communities and https://www.asdafoundation.org/ improve lives. 5 different types of grants are available including Local Impact Grants that will fund sports projects
Wilko Helping Each Wilko store has a budget to give a little helping hand to http://corporate.wilko.com/stories Hands local groups and community projects. You could get Wilko gift /supporting.php cards, products or volunteers to help with whatever you’re doing for your community - whether it’s a raffle prize to help with fund raising or tins of paint and extra helpers to do up a community centre
Local Sports Funding
ORGANISATION INFORMATION CONTACT WEBSITE Cornwall Community CCF administer a variety of small grants (under £5,000) Tel: 01566 779333 www.cornwallfoundation.com Foundation Grants focusing on geographic areas in Cornwall, young people, Email: (CCF) mental/physical health, Comic/Sport Relief [email protected]
Cornwall Councillor £100 to £1,000 is available to assist projects run by community Tel: 0300 1234 100 www.cornwall.gov.uk/community Community Grant groups. Grants are available for: vulnerable children or adults, -and-living/grants-advice- Scheme young people, facilities for older people, community facilities, service/cornwall-councillor- Community Chest local environment projects, community safety. community-grant/
Cornwall Sports Partnership – August 2018 2 Sita Cornwall Trust Support community improvement projects around landfill sites Tel: 01579 346816 www.sitacornwalltrust.co.uk owned by the waste management company SITA UK and the Email: Environment Agency throughout Cornwall. Grants up to [email protected] £35,000 are available.
Note - with the commissioning of the Waste Incinerator at St Dennis, the future of this fund is currently uncertain
Coastline Housing £5,000 per year is available via 2 Grants, Small Grant up to http://www.coastlinehousing.co.u Community Fund £100 and Project & Activity Grant up to £1,500. The project k/training-and-funding needs to benefit the wider community and 25% of people involved must be Coastline customers
Redruth Charity Trust Supplying kit and equipment for Youth Sports Clubs with a Chris Hailey Youth Sports Award venue in the TR15 and TR16 postcode area. Up to £1000 per Tel: 01209 212446 club. Applications accepted December/January and Email: awards are made in April. [email protected]
Redruth Charity Trust Funding non-profit making clubs and organisations in the TR15 Chris Hailey Community Awards and TR16 postcode area. Up to £1,000 per organisation is Tel: 01209 212446 available but most awards are around £300. Applications Email: accepted May – July and awards are made in September [email protected]
West Cornwall Youth Aims to give disadvantaged youngsters (age 10 – 21 years) Tel: 07837 067585 http://westcornwallyouthtrust.org/ Trust the chance to experience activities. West Cornwall residents Email: are described as living west of a line approximately joining St [email protected] Austell to Newquay
St Dennis and 2 Funds are available for groups in the area – small (for grants Tel: 01872 243539 https://www.stdennisnanpeanct.o Nanpean up to £1,000) and general (for grants greater than £1,000). Email: rg.uk/ Community Trust [email protected]
Samworth Brothers For groups in a 20 mile radius of Launceston & Callington. www.samworthbrothers.co.uk/Our Sports Opportunity Two types of grants; up to £1,000 for projects nominated by - Fund Samworth Brothers staff and a number of Major Project grants Responsibilities/Community/Sports awarded for larger projects. Projects should support the social -opportunity-fund and economic development of local communities by helping young people develop confidence, self-esteem, better life skills and increasing participation in sport
Cornwall Sports Partnership – August 2018 3 Funding for Disability Sports Projects
ORGANISATION INFORMATION CONTACT WEBSITE Peter Harrison The foundation has an Opportunities Through Sport Programme Tel: 01737 228000 www.peterharrisonfoundation.org Foundation aimed at assisting sports activities or projects for disabled or Email: / disadvantaged individuals to fulfil potential and develop enquiries@peterharrisonfounda personal & life skills. Charities or CASC’s are eligible to apply. tion.org
Boost Charitable The trust aims to Build On Over-looked Sporting Talent. All of its Tel: 020 7767 5559 www.boostct.org Trust activities, are designed to 'champion the disabled and Email: [email protected] disadvantaged and to inspire them to overcome their Boost Charitable Trust, 5 St challenges through the power of sport'. Bride Street, London, EC4A 4AS
The Clare Milne This fund supports small well run disability projects, in Cornwall, Tel: 01566 779333 www.cornwallfoundation.com Trust (CCF) especially for adults, with a strong support from volunteers. Email: Grants up to £1,200 are available. [email protected] m Dan Maskell Tennis Grant individuals, disability groups and programmes, clubs, Tel: 01737 831707 www.danmaskelltennistrust.org.uk Trust schools and associations to help with the purchase of / wheelchairs, tennis equipment and grants for coaching
Margaret Dobson Support people with a learning disability aged 16 – 25 to learn Email: www.margaretdobsontrust.btck.c Trust skills to help them live more independent lives. Up to £5,000 is [email protected] o.uk/ available
Sports Foundation Support physically disabled individuals and groups from South Email: www.sportsfoundationforthedisabl for the Disabled West England and Wales. £1,000 is available to contribute sportsfoundationforthedisabled ed.org towards sporting activities, sporting equipment, or costs towards @gmail.com achieving a physical challenge.
Bruce Wake Established to encourage and assist leisure activities for the Tel: 0344 879 3349 brucewaketrust.co.uk/index.php/ Charitable Trust disabled. Criteria - Beneficiaries are physically disabled grants/ wheelchair users, Improved access for wheelchair users, A sporting or leisure activity involving disabled wheelchair users.
Cornwall Sports Partnership – August 2018 4 Sport Specific Funding
ORGANISATION INFORMATION CONTACT WEBSITE Rugby Football Seeks to invest in community rugby facilities enabling them to Email: [email protected] www.rugbyfootballfoundation.org Foundation finance capital projects which will improve facilities. /index.php/what-we-do/grants- The Helping Hand Grant provides £500 - £1,500 for eligible loans Capital Projects with the club matching the grant £ for £ the Ground Match grant scheme provides grants between £1,500 and £5,000 the Interest Free Loan scheme provides loans up to £100,000
LTA - The LTA has two key objectives for 2017 – 2027. To double the https://www.lta.org.uk/venue- (Lawn Tennis number of children playing tennis and double the number of management/facilities-advice/# Association) times infrequent adults play tennis. 2 Grants are available: Tennis Together Fund - aimed at getting more people playing tennis at a grassroots level. The LTA want multiple organisations joining to create a Community Tennis Network Growing the Game Fund - this fund supports smaller venues who cannot be part of a Community Tennis Network
The Rowing Aims to aid and support young people (U18 or still in full time Email: http://www.therowingfoundation. Foundation education) and the disabled of all ages. The foundation gives applications@therowingfound org.uk/index.php grants of £500 - £3,000 focusing on equipment that will be used ation.org.uk on the water
The RYA Grants for developing the participation of boating for those who Tel: 023 8060 4271 http://www.rya.org.uk/aboutus/h Foundation may otherwise find it difficult to partake in the sport due to age, owwework/charity/RYAFoundatio infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances. Email: [email protected] n/Pages/Grants.aspx Applications up to £3000 may be submitted at any time and will be processed by the Trustees on receipt Applications over £3000 are considered at the next Trustees meeting The National Grants up to £75,000 to encourage the development and Email: http://www.thenationalhockeyfo Hockey Foundation growth of hockey in England. Focus on: nathockfoundation@btinternet undation.com/grant-process Getting young people to participate in hockey .com Enabling the development of hockey at youth or community level
Cornwall Sports Partnership – August 2018 5 Funding for Social Impact Sports Projects
BBC Children in Fund organisations working to combat disadvantage and to Tel: 0345 609 0015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programm Need make a real difference to children and young people's lives U18. es/articles/1N4ddmFHns8VPKjyp3 Two grants are available up to £10,000 and over £10,000. Email: [email protected] PMYwn/apply-for-a-grant
Duchy Health Health, Wellbeing and Healthcare related projects can apply for Tel: 01872 276116 http://duchyhealthcharity.org/ap Charity small and larger grants (no amount specified) ply-for-a-grant/
Esmee Fairbairn Social Change and Children & Young people projects are Tel: 020 7812 3700 https://www.esmeefairbairn.org.u Foundation funded, but there is a lot of ineligibility so check your project fits Email: k/children-and-young-people their strict criteria [email protected]
South West In partnership with the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation is a small Tel: 01373 813088 https://www.the- Foundation grant programme for grants up to £1,000 aimed at supporting Email: foundation.org.uk/grants-and- small charitable organisations. [email protected]. resources-for-groups/ uk Trust House Applications from organisations addressing issues in rural areas. www.trusthousecharitablefoundat Charitable Sports projects would fit under the Community Support criteria. ion.org.uk/grants/ Foundation Small, medium and large grants available up to £45,000.
The Hedley The Hedley Foundation's principal aim is 'to effect change for Email: http://www.hedleyfoundation.org Foundation the better in the lives of young people'. The Foundation makes [email protected] .uk/ grants to small charities working with young people in the areas k of Recreation, Sport, Training, Health and Welfare, Support and outdoor Education of young people. The maximum grant available is £5,000 with the average grant £3,000.
The Lord Taverners Supports organisations seeking to encourage youth participation Richard Anstey www.lordstaverners.org in cricket and other sporting/leisure activities. The scheme wishes Tel: 020 7821 2828 to fund organisations involved with young people who have Email: social, environmental, physical or learning disadvantages. [email protected]
Wooden Spoon Funding over £5,000 is available for projects that: Tel: www.woodenspoon.org.uk/our- (The children’s •Enhance and support the lives of young people (under age 25) grants/how-to-apply/ charity of rugby) who are disadvantaged physically, mentally or socially Email: •Work directly with children and young people and have a [email protected] positive influence on their lives as a result of the activities or service provided
Cornwall Sports Partnership – August 2018 6 Central Social and Grant up to £1,000 are available for projects focusing on young Tel: www.csrt.info/how-to-apply.html Recreational Trust people (under age 21) from NGB affiliated Boxing clubs, Martial Arts clubs and Youth Services providing a social and community Email: service. Funding for equipment and maintenance of properties [email protected] is eligible
Percy Bilton Charity Grant up to £5,000 are available for registered charities who Tel: 020 8579 2829 www.percy-bilton- work with disadvantaged young people (under age 25), people charity.org/percy-bilton- with disabilities (physical or learning disabilities) or mental health organisations problems and older people (aged over 60)
Cornwall Sports Partnership – August 2018 7 Funding for Individuals
ORGANISATION INFORMATION CONTACT WEBSITE Lord Lieutenants Fund Aims to help young people aged 14 – 23 years who have Tel: 01566 779333 www.cornwallfoundation.com for Youth demonstrated the desire and capability to accomplish great Email: (Cornwall Community things – in the field of sport, but who are in danger of being [email protected] Foundation) held back by personal or family hardship, or disability. Grants om of up to £5,000 are available. Average award £1,000 GLL Sport Foundation Available to athletes connected to a GLL/Better facility. Tel: 020 8221 4922 www.gllsportfoundation.org/ Athletes receive: 1) Financial support ranging from £200 - £1250 and/or 2) Training membership providing free access to GLL venues 3) Sport science support through access to physiotherapy, injury rehabilitation and other sport science programmes. Cornwall Talented Supports individuals (age 12+) with true sporting talent who are Tel: 01872 323344 www.cornwallsportspartnership.c Athletes Scheme working towards the highest levels of success in their chosen Email: o.uk/cornwall-talented-athletes- (CTAS) sport. No funding, but provides free access to leisure centres cornwallsportspartnership@co scheme in Cornwall to help support their training needs rnwall.gov.uk
Sports Aid Applicants between age 11 and 18 and must be in the top 10 www.sportsaid.org.uk in their age group in UK or in a national age group squad if a member of a team sport. All applications are made through National Governing Bodies and must be endorsed by them.
Talented Athlete Government funded programme, managed by UK Sport. TASS Tel: 0191 243 7356 www.tass.gov.uk Scholarship Scheme – provides athletes aged 16+ in education with tailored Email: [email protected] TASS (Sportsaid) package of service worth up to £3,500 in value. These may include coaching, strength and conditioning, lifestyle, support, physiology and sports medicine. The Dickie Bird Assists financially disadvantaged young people U16 to Tel: 07503 641457 www.thedickiebirdfoundation.co. Foundation participate, in the sport of their choice irrespective of their uk/home/grant-infprmation social circumstances, culture or ethnicity. Funding is available for sports equipment, not coaching or travel.
The Ron Pickering Funding available to both able and disability UK Athletics www.rpmf.org.uk/apply-grant Memorial Fund athletes aged between 15 – 23 years. The Fund assists young athletes with training and equipment costs in order that they can reach their potential. No minimum or maximum grant award, but they are generally less than £500.
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