National funding streams for your club
04 Dec 2012
We have pulled together a variety of funding streams
that are open nationally. Those with an asterisk* indicate that
they are applicable to Northern Ireland. For a full list of NI
specific funding, please
click here.
The Barclays Community Sports Awards - £1000 Awarded
Monthly
Recognise the achievement of an individual at your community
sport organisation for the chance to win £1000 to help your club,
organisation or group develop and grow.
The award aims to recognise the outstanding achievements of
individuals that use sport to benefit communities across the
UK.
The accolade is awarded each month during the Barclays Premier
League football season alongside those for Barclays Player and
Manager of the Month, to highlight the great efforts being made by
many in community sport. The awards are open to any
individual benefiting their community
in any sport.
Each monthly winner receives £1,000 for their group or
organisation, a limited edition trophy and is entered into the
end of season award to win a further £5,000, all donated by
Barclays Spaces for Sports. The end of season award
winner also receives an invitation to a celebratory
event with Gareth Southgate in London.
The 2012/13 season sees a new focus for how the
award money can be spent. At least 50% of the monthly or end of
season sum should now be spent on sports or skills based
qualifications. Further details on this can be found in the FAQ's
below.
The award is being delivered in partnership between
Barclays Spaces for Sports, the Premier League's Creating
Chances programme and the Football Foundation.
For more information on nomination, terms and conditions and the
award please see:
http://www.barclayscommunitysportsaward.com/
Wooden Spoon - Rugby
CURRENT STATUS: Open
• Wooden Spoon supports Rugby projects which
will benefit disadvantaged children and young people and which meet
the terms of their funding criteria and mission statement. Projects
must normally be of a capital nature, with a reasonably long-term
prospective lifetime. Please note that it is Council policy only in
very rare, defined circumstances to support minibus or similar
vehicle projects, recognising that there are other charities which
specialise in these.
• Also, Wooden Spoon only very rarely provides
support for revenue expenditure. Grants are
generally in the range £20K - £100K and representing 25% - 100% of
the total project cost.
For further information visit - www.woodenspoon.com
Sport England Small Grants
CURRENT STATUS: Open
• Awards are for amounts from £300 to
£10,000
• The total project cost should not exceed
£50,000
• Projects must be deliverable within 12 months
and provide a monitoring report within 13 months of the date of the
offer letter
• Projects must seek to increase participation
in sport, sustain participation in sport or provide
• opportunities to excel at a chosen
sport.
• Sporting outcomes must be the main focus of
the project. Applications for projects using sport as a means to an
end are acceptable, but there must be a clear sporting
benefit
• Projects must be focused only on sports
currently recognised by Sport England and delivered to
• beneficiaries based in England
• The priority areas are:
- Projects increasing the number of adults
participating in moderate intensity sports
- Projects seeking to reduce the drop off rates
for 16-19 year olds, in particular the following sports -
Badminton, Basketball, Football, Hockey, Gymnastics, Netball,
Rugby League, Rugby Union, and Tennis.
Apply online here - http://www.sportengland.org/funding/small_grants.aspx
Sport Relief - Community Foundation Programme*
CURRENT STATUS: Open
• Sport Relief aims to support projects that
use sport and exercise to strengthen communities and provide
opportunities for people who are excluded or disadvantaged.
Distributed through Community Foundations
• Focusing on community groups that are using
sport and exercise to: increase access to sport and exercise for
people who face social exclusion and isolation.
• These grants are available up to £10,000 and
are being distributed by the Community Foundation Network.
For more information visit -
http://www.communityfoundations.org.uk/community_foundations/looking_for_funding/comic_relief/
Sportivate - County Sport Partnerships
CURRENT STATUS: Open
• Support for organisations to provide
sport/physical activity to young people aged 14 - 25 years old in
six week blocks.
• The programme aims to ensure 300,000
participants complete coaching sessions and ensure at least 2 in 5
(120,000) participants continue doing sport regularly from
attending these Sportivate coaching sessions. Funding is primarily
for personnel but will also cover basic equipment costs and
facility hire if required.
For more information visit your local CSP website.
Find your CSP website via www.cspnetwork.org
Big Lottery Fund Awards for All*
CURRENT STATUS: Open and Opportunities for Repeat Funding
Awards for All in England offers grants of between £300 and
£10,000 for projects that improve communities, and the lives of
people within them. It is for voluntary and community groups,
schools and health organisations, parish and town councils.
Funding repeat activities - BIG have advised Funding Information
North East that applicants with an income of less than (or equal
to) £30,000 now have the opportunity to apply for repeat and
on-going activities under Awards for All in a pilot scheme running
until the end of March 2013.
Any applications received for repeat and ongoing activities over
this time period, and meeting the criteria above, will be assessed
in the normal way (application materials will not be changed - e.g.
on page 9 of the Guide for Applicants, it will still state repeat
activities cannot be funded but this is not the case for the
duration of the pilot).
For further information, visit http://www.awardsforall.org.uk/england/index.html
OR http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/
for Northern Ireland.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Small Grant Scheme*
CURRENT STATUS: Open
• This scheme concentrates on projects
addressing Rural Issues and Urban Deprivation.
• Applicants must clearly show in their appeal
how their project fits into one or both of these categories.
• Within these overarching themes, we are
interested in three areas, Community Support, Disability and
Healthcare, Arts, Education and Heritage.
• Grants from £5000 to £10000 are available.
For further information visit - www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk
Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards*
CURRENT STATUS: Open
• The Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards
Scheme provides one-off donations of between £500 and £4,000. The
funding we give goes towards providing practical benefits, such as
equipment and resources for projects that directly benefit
children, the elderly and adults and children with disabilities,
living in the local communities around our stores in the UK. There
are two rounds of funding every year for each category.
There are two categories of Community Awards:
1. Grants to support children's welfare and/or children's
educations (including special needs schools)
2. Grants to support elderly people and/or adults and children
with disabilities
For further information visit - www.tescocharitytrustcommunityawards-applications.co.uk
Moto in the Community Trust
CURRENT STATUS: Open
• The Moto in the Community Trust looks to
support a wide variety of local charity and community
projects.
• There are three types of grants under the Moto
in the Community Trust umbrella:
* Community Grant
* 'Making a difference' Grant (employee volunteering scheme)
* Moto Benevolent Fund Grant
• The Community Grant Scheme is the most
appropriate scheme for outside bodies wishing to approach the Moto
in the Community Trust.
For further information visit - www.motointhecommunity.co.uk/grants
SITA Trust Enhancing Communities - Fast Track Fund
CURRENT STATUS: Open
• SITAs Fast Track Fund provides grants of up
to £10,000, available to not-for-profit organisations with a
community improvement project that has an overall cost of no more
than £20,000.
• We can support projects in any of 90 funding
zones around qualifying waste processing sites owned by our
donor
For further information and to check if you are in a zone visit
- www.sitatrust.org.uk/community-funding
Leadership and disadvantaged young people*
CURRENT STATUS: Open
The Rank Foundation supports projects that encourage and develop
leadership amongst young people, or support disadvantaged young
people. The Small Appeals programme awards grants of less than
£7,500.
For more information visit: www.rankfoundation.com
Sportsmatch
CURRENT STATUS: Open
• The Sportsmatch initiative is managed by
Sport England and encourages new or additional sponsorship
investment from businesses, trusts and private individuals into
community based sports projects.
• The minimum award made by Sportsmatch is
£1,000 (£500 for schools), and the maximum is £100,000 to match new
sponsorship from commercial businesses, charitable trusts and
charities, and private donors.
For an application form and guidlelines, go to: www.sportengland.org/funding/sportsmatch
Big Lottery Fund Reaching Communities Grant*
CURRENT STATUS: Open
• Reaching Communities funds projects that
help people and communities who are most in need, and can really
make a difference. Projects can be new or existing activities, or
be the core work of your organisation.
• Reaching Communities want to fund projects
that respond to needs identified by communities, and those that
fund projects that help those most in need including those people
or groups who are hard to reach.
• Applications up to £40,000 will go through a
simpler process and quicker decision making.
For further information visit- http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_reaching_communities
Steven Gerrard Foundation
CURRENT STATUS: Open
• Grants are available to UK charities for
projects that support disadvantaged children and young people up to
the age of 18.
• Maximum grant: £10000 per year for up to 3
years.
For further information visit - www.stevengerrardfoundation.org
Neighbourhood Matched Fund
CURRENT STATUS: Open
• Grants are only available to most deprived
areas. Grants are decided by local panels (you will need to get on
your local panel or apply to them).
• The Government has committed £30m to the
fund.
For further information visit -
http://www.cdf.org.uk/content/funding-programmes/communityfirst/neighbourhood-matched-fund
Henry Smith*
CURRENT STATUS: Open
• Priority is given to work with groups
experiencing social and/or economic disadvantage (people with
disabilities, for example) and to work that tackles problems in
areas of high deprivation (by which we mean those that fall within
the bottom third of the National Indices of Deprivation).
Main Grants Programme is for grants of £10,000 p.a. or
over. There are two types of Main Grant:
Capital Grants
One off grants for purchase or refurbishment of a building or
purchase of specialist equipment.
Revenue Grants
Grants of up to three years for things like core costs (including
salaries and overheads), or the running costs of a specific project
(including staffing costs).
Small Grants Programme is for grants of under £10,000 p.a. There
are two types of small grant:
County Grants
Grants of £500 - £20,000 for small organisations working in the
counties with which we have an historical association, i.e.,
Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Leicestershire, Suffolk, Surrey,
East Sussex and West Sussex. To be eligible to apply for a County
Grant, your annual income must be below £250,000, unless you are
working county-wide, in which case your income must be below £1
million.
Small Grants
Grants of £500 - £20,000 for small UK registered charities working
in any UK county not listed above. To be eligible to apply for a
Small Grant, your annual income must be below £150,000.
For more information visit www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk/grant-programmes
Bernard Sunley*
CURRENT STATUS: Open
As a general grant making trust, the trustees are interested in
and support a diverse range of charities.
The trustees usually support capital projects, not running costs.
In cases where capital grants are made, the projects are usually
expected to be self-financing thereafter.
There are three types of grant; major grants of £50,000 and above,
medium grants between £5,000 and £50,000 and small grants below
£5,000. Small grants account for 80% of those awarded annually.
For more information visit http://www.bernardsunley.org/funding-policy.html
Grow the Game
Local grassroots football clubs can access grants of £5,000
through the Foundation's Grow the Game scheme. Grow the Game
funding increases participation in our national game by helping
clubs to provide opportunities for new players, or training
volunteers to support new players and teams.
The new application window for Grow the Game applications will
close on Friday 21 December.
The Foundation is advising clubs that are interested in applying
for this funding to visit www.footballfoundation.org.uk/apply/grow-the-game/
and contact their local County FA (
http://www.footballfoundation.org.uk/apply/key-contacts/cdms/)
to find out more.
50% funding still available for Respect equipment
The Respect scheme remains open all FA Affiliated clubs to apply
for 50% off of Respect equipment.
The Respect programme was launched in 2008. The FA identified a
range of measures that tackle raging touchline parents, educate
young players and contribute to the positive and fun experience
that we all want young people to have when learning the beautiful
game.
The following equipment is eligible for the 50% discount:
- Touchline barriers
- 'Our club supports Respect' banners
- High-viz pitch marshals vest
- Captain's armbands
- Parent and carer's DVD
- Player cards
The scheme will remain open until the funding has been used up,
so make sure to get your application in before it is too late.
For more information
click here.
McDonalds Kick Start - supporting community football throughout
the UK*
Grants range from £500 to £2500. You can apply for a grant
on behalf of your club as long as you are recognised by the IFA and
have at least one team at or below junior (U18) level. You
can apply for anything which will help to support, grow or develop
your players and the community for one-off grants for a single
project such as improving club facilities, grounds-keeping, tools,
training courses, pitch hire, vehicle hire, washing machines for
kit etc. Examples of things that McDonald's will not support
include: advertising and promotions; fundraisers; team wear/kit;
club trips/tours; holiday training camps and club personnel
wages/expenses including fuel.
The final application cycle for 2012 closes 31 December
2012.
http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/Sport/Football/Investment/small-grant.html
Sports Wheelchair Sponsorship Scheme
The Sports Wheelchair Sponsorship Scheme sponsored by the Hearn
Foundation can assist with the purchase of manual chairs and is
aimed at those between 8 and 25 years of age. Grants of up to 50%
of the cost of the wheelchair are available but individuals must
apply through their sports club, association or school and whose
application complies with the guidelines for the scheme. The grant
will be paid directly to the wheelchair supplier.
The Lord's Taverners also has a multi-sports wheelchair scheme
which enables applicants to obtain a standard chair at a subsidised
cost of £350.
To find out more visit www.lordstaverners.org/charity/support-and-funding/sport-wheelchairs.htm
Santander*
Makes grants of up to £10,000 and can be awarded anywhere in the
UK.
Santander can only support registered, exempt and excepted UK
charities.
Grants are available for activity to develop education and
training. This could be any activity disadvantaged people undertake
where they improve their confidence in a skill or their
understanding of a subject. This does not have to be formal
training or lead to a qualification, although those activities
would be eligible too.
Or to develop Financial capability. This priority covers
activities which help disadvantaged people understand how to manage
their money. It could include budgeting skills, accessing
affordable credit as well as managing the challenges that arise
from being a carer, unemployment, disability or relationship break
up.
Capital and revenue costs can be supported including salaries and
equipment.
Visit www.santanderfoundation.org.uk to find out
more.
Non-Turf Pitch Grants (Cricket)
Re-opens January 2013. Applications can be made for grants
towards the installation of non-turf pitches, practice ends and
nets.
Awards do not normally exceed the following levels:
• Non-turf match pitch - £3,000
• Non-turf practice - £2,000
• Outdoor nets - £1,000
To find out more click here.
Groundmatch Grant Scheme (Rugby)
The Rugby Football Foundation is a Charitable Trust established
by the Rugby Football Union. The purpose of the Rugby Football
Foundation is to promote and develop community amateur rugby in
England.
The Foundation is responsible for a substantial community rugby
programme which includes the provision of rugby development
officers, the training and development of referees and the
production of coaching and technical material.
The Foundation also administers a Capital Fund for the financing
of capital projects aimed at improving facilities which lead to the
recruitment and retention of rugby players.
Development of Community Rugby can be summarised as:
• More People
• Better Places
• Access For All
• Enjoyment
Clubs at level 5 and below can apply for either a Groundmatch
grant of between £1,500 and £5,000 or a Helping Hand grant of up to
£1,500. Both schemes require matched funding on a 50:50 basis and
are for capital works projects that support the retention and
recruitment of community rugby players.
To find out more click here.
Peter Harrison Foundation - Opportunities Through Sport
Applications are accepted from charities throughout the UK for
sporting activities or projects which provide opportunities for
people who are disabled or otherwise disadvantaged to fulfil their
potential and to develop other personal and life skills.
Grants will often be "one off" grants for capital projects. The
Foundation will consider revenue funding for a new project or if
funding is key to the continuing success or survival of an
established project.
The Trustees welcome applications for the following types of
project:
• Projects which provide a focus for skills
development and confidence building through the medium of
sport
• Projects that have a strong training and/or
educational theme within the sporting activity
• Projects that provide sporting equipment or
facilities for disabled or disadvantaged people
• Projects with a high degree of community
involvement
• Projects that help to engage children or young
people at risk of crime, truancy or addiction
http://www.peterharrisonfoundation.org
Cash 4 Clubs - Next Panel March 2013
Cash 4 Clubs offers all sports clubs in the UK the chance to win
grants ranging from £250 to £1000. It's a simple scheme aimed at
giving community clubs a helping hand and provide the opportunity
to raise the money they need to invest in their club.
Any sports club that is registered with its sports' National
Governing body or local authority can apply. You might be looking
for funding to help with coaching of young kids or you may be after
a grant to help buy a new boat or help renovate your current
facilities.
So if you are a sports club that helps its local community then
you are very much the type of club that Cash 4 Clubs helps.
http://www.cash-4-clubs.com/
The Co-operative Membership Community Fund - UK Wide*
Community Fund grants, between £100 and £2,000 are awarded to
community, voluntary, or self-help groups to run projects that meet
the following criteria. To be successful, a group must:
Carry out positive work in the community and:
• address a community issue
• provide a good long-term benefit to the
community
• support co-operative values and
principles
• ideally be innovative in its approach.
http://www.co-operative.coop/membership/local-communities/community-fund/onlineapplicationprocess/
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (Grants - UK)*
£5,000 - £20,000 for Gypsy Roma and Traveller groups to help
skill up young people, improve literacy and work with offenders.
Opens January 2013. Main Fund grants also available.
Funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, this programme will be
delivered by the Travellers Aid Trust. The Travellers Aid Trust
expects to award between 7 and 10 grants a year.
The programme is being launched in January 2013 and will run for
two years. For more information contact Susan Alexander at The
Travellers Aid Trust: info@travellersaidtrust.org
http://travellersaidtrust.org/
http://esmeefairbairn.org.uk/news-and-learning/news-and-events/new-grants-programme-for-gypsy-roma-and-traveller-groups-1
Funding is also still available through the Foundation's Main
Fund which covers: Arts , Education and Learning, Environment and
Social Change
http://esmeefairbairn.org.uk/apply-for-funding/
Let's Colour Project*
In kind support to help VCSE groups, charities and individuals
paint and transform community spaces.
Groundwork and Dulux's Let's Colour Project is open to community
groups, charities and individuals who can nominate a community
space that could do with a splash of colour. Those entering could
receive the paint needed to transform the space for free. Selected
projects will also receive additional support from Groundwork.
The following types of projects are eligible for Let's Colour
Projects:
Housing estates, School frontages, Community gardens,
Urban green spaces, Play projects, Streetscape / town squares /
town centres, Sea front improvements, Community art projects,
Community building , Skate boarding / BMX tracks, Internal building
projects
While a majority of projects will be chosen from online
nominations, not all Let's Colour Projects will be awarded from
this process. After nominating, a decision will be made within 4
weeks.
http://www.letscolour.co.uk/nominate/index.jsp?utm_source=Linx+255+-+22+November&utm_campaign=linx255&utm_medium=email
Source: Grants Online / FINE
GALAXY Hot Chocolate Fund (Grant - UK)
New fund opening 7th January donating £300 each month
to local projects.
GALAXY Hot Chocolate is looking to help small, local community
groups and charities across the UK, with the launch of a new
charitable fund.
The fund, which runs from the beginning of January until the end
of March 2013, will donate cash awards to support warm hearted
people and projects. Each month, deserving recipients will be
selected to receive a donation of £300. There will also be a
monthly People's Choice award, where the public can vote for their
favourite local charity or community project.
Applications to the fund can be made on the GALAXY Hot Chocolate
website www.hotgalaxywarmheart.com
from 7January 2013.
Source: Direct / FINE