Funding Opportunities for Sport

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Funding Opportunities for Sport Physical
Activity
Lisa Goddard Funding Officer
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Awards for All

• Grants of between 300 and 10,000 for people to
  take part in art, sport, heritage and community
  activities, and projects that promote education,
  the environment and health in the local community
• Project should meet at least one of the aims
• Extend access and participation
• Increase skill and creativity
• Improve the quality of life

http//www.awardsforall.org.uk
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BBC Children in Need

• Projects working with children young people
  affected by
• Illness, distress, abuse or neglect
• Disability
• Behavioural or psychological impairment
• Living in poverty or situations of deprivation
• No upper limit of amount applied for
• Next round of funding to open in October for
  November 30th deadline (summer schemes need to be
  submitted in this round)

http//www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/charity/grants.shtml
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Big Lottery Fund

• Community Spaces
• Small grants of between 10,000 - 25,000 -
  rolling basis until January 2011
• Medium grants of between 25,001 - 49,999 -
  rolling basis until January 2011
• Large grants of between 50,000 100,000 -
  09 January 2009
• Flagship grants of between 100,001 450,000
  - 30 January 2009
• The programme helps community groups create or
  improve green and open spaces so that the quality
  of life in neighbourhoods across England is
  enhanced
• The following are some examples of projects that
  Community Spaces will fund
• community gardens and parks
• informal sports areas and multi-use games areas
• nature reserves
• squares and village greens
• churchyards
• ponds and projects which improve the local
  communitys access to green space

http//www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/index/apply-uk.ht
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Big Lottery Fund

• Reaching Communities
• Grants of between 10,000 - 500,000 - No more
  than 50,000 capital costs can be included.
• Reaching Communities, is a demand led England
  wide programme that will provide funding to help
  improve local communities and the lives of people
  most in need.
• Projects must meet at least one of the following
  outcomes
• People having better chances in life, with better
  access to training and development to improve
• their life skills.
• Stronger communities, with more active citizens
  working together to tackle their problems.
• Improved rural and urban environments, which
  communities are better able to access and enjoy.
• Healthier and more active people and communities.
• Statutory bodies including schools can apply

http//www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/index/apply-uk.ht
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Co-op Community Fund

• Small grants under 5,000
• There are three charitable purposes covered by
  the Community Fund.
• Relieving poverty this includes any project
  that aims to improve conditions for those less
  fortunate, such as helping the residents of a
  particular housing estate or helping people who
  are suffering any form of ill health.
• Improving education this includes any project
  that aims to provide education in the community,
  such as nurseries, youth centres and so on.
• Other purposes benefiting the community this
  includes projects that benefit the wider
  community, such as environmental projects,
  protecting heritage sites or promoting racial
  harmony.

http//www.co-operative.coop/en/community-fund/
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East Midlands Airport

• Fund Objectives
• In order for an application to be successful it
  must meet at least one of the following Fund
  objectives
• To bring the community closer together through
  facilities for sport, recreation and other
  leisure time activities.
• Offer environmental improvement and/or heritage
  conservation.
• Improve awareness of environmental issues through
  environmental education.
• Encourage and/or protect wildlife.
• The project must lie within the community funds
  area of benefit see map on website

http//www.eastmidlandsairport.com/emaweb.nsf/Cont
ent/CommunityFund
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Faiths in Action

• Faiths in Action is a 4 million grants programme
  open to faith, inter faith, voluntary and
  community sector organisations at national,
  regional and local levels in England.
• Grants of up to 12,000 are now available in
  round one, to be spent over two years from April
  2009 to the end of March 2011 Round One
  deadline is 1st November 2008
• The fund has four key priorities derived from the
  Governments framework Face to Face and Side by
  Side A framework for partnership in our multi
  faith society
• A. Developing the confidence and skills to
  bridge and link
• B. Supporting shared spaces for interaction and
  social action
• C. Developing structures and processes which
  support dialogue and social action
• D. Improving opportunities for learning which
  build understanding

http//www.cdf.org.uk/bfora/systems/xmlviewer/defa
ult.asp?argDS_CDF_TECHART_23/_page.xsl/27xsl_arg
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Football Foundation

• Facilities grants
• Under 20,000
• Over 20,000 up to 1 million
• Community grants
• Under 9,000
• Over 9,000 - The Football Foundation is not
  accepting any new applications to the Community
  Scheme (grants of 9,000 - 250,000) until
  further notice.
• Goalpost Safety Scheme
• An individual grant cannot exceed 50 of the cost
  of a pair of goals up to a ceiling of 3,000. An
  applicant (such as a local authority) may apply
  for up to a maximum of 10 grants.
• Junior Kit Grant
• 400

http//www.footballfoundation.org.uk/apply
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Foundation for Sports the Arts

• Support to a wide range of activities where there
  is clearly beneficial impact across the
  community. Their particular goal at this time is
  to encourage active participation by young
  people.
• They look for evidence of energetic fund raising
  and the involvement and commitment of local
  people in trying to help themselves, where an
  award of up to 40,000 can make the difference
  between success and failure.
• The Foundation will cease funding activities at
  the end of March 2009

http//www.thefsa.net/
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Grassroots Grants

• 1.24 million will be made available until March
  2011 as grants of up to 5,000 for small groups
  in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
• VAL is running the Small Grants Programme.
  Funding totalling 1,244,738 is available to
  small voluntary and community sector (VCS) groups
  across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
  Each area has a pre-determined budget. This
  programme will run from Autumn/Winter 2008 until
  31st March 2011.
• VCS Groups can apply for funding for as many
  times as needed to a maximum of 5000 in total
  over 3 years.
• The aim of the Small Grants Programme is to
  respond to the diverse needs of communities.
  Grassroots Grants are a key element of the
  Government Strategy for building stronger and
  more active communities.

http//www.voluntaryactionleicester.org.uk/news/20
08/sep/grassroots-grants-open-businessattachments
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Healthy Hearts Grants

• Heart Research UK Healthy Heart Grants support
  innovative projects designed to promote heart
  health and to prevent or reduce the risks of
  heart disease in specific groups or communities. 
  
• Grants of up to 10,000 are available to
  community groups, voluntary organisations and
  researchers who are spreading the healthy heart
  message.
• Applications are only accepted during January and
  February for the May round of grants and July and
  August for grants awarded in November, each
  year.  Applications received at any other time of
  year will be returned.

http//www.heartresearch.org.uk/healthy_heart_gran
ts.htm
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Kellogg's Active Living Fund

• The fund will give small grants to fund projects
  and activities that directly lead to people
  taking part in sustained physical activity. The
  aim of the fund is to help remove the barriers
  which stop people being active.
• Applications can be considered for projects
  engaging with young people up to 25 years of age.
  However priority will be given to applications
  requesting support for family units children
  and adults undertaking physical activity
  together.
• Maximum grant of 1,000

http//www.kelloggs.co.uk/company/corporaterespons
ibility/activelivingfund/
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O2 Its your Community

• Small grants of up to 1,000
• Basically your idea needs to
• Bring together and benefit your community
• Have long lasting effects that will keep going
  once the money has been spent
• Have real, tangible results that you can see
• Demonstrate fresh, bold thinking, which is
  innovative enough to inspire others
• Online application process decision within one
  month

http//www.itsyourcommunity.co.uk/Default.aspx
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Sportsmatch

• Match sponsorship which has been given to an
  eligible sports body by a company, Trust or
  private individual to fund projects to encourage
  new participation at grassroots level.
• The maximum amount of sponsorship monies they
  will match is 50,000 and the minimum is 1,000.
• Funding priorities are
• Women and girls
• Black and Minority Ethnic groups
• Disability groups

http//www.sportsmatch.co.uk/index.html
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Torch Trophy Trust

• The aim of the Bursaries is to help volunteers to
  improve their skills as coaches or officials but
  are unable to do so without funding. The
  Bursaries provide financial support for those
  wishing to undertake training.
• A Torch Trophy Trust Bursary is awarded to enable
  individuals or groups to enhance their knowledge
  in order to assist their club, organisation or
  community to develop their chosen sport, by
• Providing funding for volunteers.
• Encouraging and helping voluntary workers at
  club level. Making grants of up to 1000
  available to individuals or groups. Developing
  talent, increasing knowledge and improving
  skills. Supporting grass roots sport and
  recreation.

http//www.torchtrophytrust.org/bursaries.htm
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Other Funders Support

• National Governing Bodies Grant Aid
• Local Authorities Grant Aid
• Registered Charities Charitable Trust
  Foundations
• Sponsorship
• Fundraising

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• Further information support

Lisa Goddard L.Goddard_at_lboro.ac.uk 01509
226767 07786 675147