2012 and Beyond - Yorkshire and the Humber

2011 has been the first year for sported. in the region. We launched in June and held our first grant assesment panel in July. Throughout the year we have invested £42,000 in fantastic projects and awarded 17 projects with one-to-one mentoring, we have almost 100 Members in our first year. Our Mentors have been invaluable and a great thanks to those that have supported us on our journey, the skills and experiences that they bring to groups and the communities has been fantastic.

So what lies in store for 2012? We have already held our first funding panel of the year with £34,895 of grants approved and nine projects are to receive Mentor support. As from January the 1st we have expanded our membership to cover the Humber area and we are already receiving requests for support from a number of great projects.

In June we shall further expand our membership area and open for projects in North Yorkshire which will be the final stage in our roll out across Yorkshire.

We intend to hold a number of events this year and we hope that you will be able to attend where we celebrate the great impact that sports projects deliver in our communities.

We shall be introducing more services to support our Members and we continually seek feedback to ensure that this is Member led one of which is our recent addition being our insurance package and the feedback to date has been fantastic with some great cost savings, so remember if your insurance is up for renewal take advantage of the special rates only available to our Members.

Wishing you all the best fo r 2012.