Alphabet of Sports Funding. ‘A – D’
All England Netball Association Youth Trust
To support the development of netball for those aged under 21. Equipment, courses, coaching, facilities and promotion of netball are all eligible. Projects must demonstrate a long-term impact/benefit. Funding up to £5,000. To find out more visit;
www.englandnetball.co.uk/About_Us/AENA_Youth_Trust.php
Awards for all
Fund projects that enable people to take part in art, sport, heritage and community activities, as well as projects that promote education, the environment and health in the local community. Funding between £300 - £10,000. To find out more visit;
www.awardsforall.org.uk
Big Lottery – Reaching Communities
The Reaching Communities programme has two strands:
1. Reaching Communities revenue and small capital – funding from £10,000 to £500,000 for revenue projects and/or smaller capital projects up to £50,000
2. Reaching Communities buildings – funding of between £100,000 and £500,000 for large capital projects
Reaching Communities funds projects that help people and communities most in need. Projects can be new or existing, or be the core work of your organisation.
Every project we fund must:
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Respond to need - Need is the term we use to describe a problem or issue, or situation where something needs to change to make things better for a person, or group of people or environment.
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Involve the people who will benefit from the project in planning and running the project
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Achieve one or more of the following four outcomes:
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People having better chances in life, with better access to training and development to improve their life skills
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Stronger communities, with more active citizens working together to tackle their problems
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Improved rural and urban environments, which communities are better able to access and enjoy
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Healthier and more active people and communities.
Funding is available between £10,000 - £500,000
To visit their website click here;
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_reaching_communities
BBC Children in Need
Grants to organisations that work with disadvantaged children and young people
To visit their website click here;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/grants/
Cash 4 Clubs
Sport in the community is about local people, local facilities, local groups and organisations working together to provide opportunities to enjoy sport
Cash 4 Clubs offers all sports clubs in the UK the chance to win grants ranging from £250 to £1000. It is 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
Funding is available between £250 and £1,000
To visit their website click here;
http://www.cash-4-clubs.com/
Coalfield Regeneration Trust
This grants programme is about helping groups who respond to local need. They are also proactive in developing ideas and projects that address key issues such as worklessness, isolation, skills, sector development and sustainability.
The Trust is interested in working with partners to deliver projects and programmes that will contribute to the regeneration of coalfields communities.
Level 1 grant programme (£500-£5,000) to small organisations to help them develop. At the other end they gave large grants from £10,000 to £100,000 to bigger voluntary, community and statutory organisations.
To visit their website click here;
http://www.coalfields-regen.org.uk/englandgrantinformation/default.asp
Dickie Bird Foundation
The vision of the Foundation is to assist financially disadvantaged young people under 18 years of age to participate, to the best of their ability, in the sport of their choice irrespective of their social circumstances, culture or ethnicity and to ensure that, in doing so, they improve their chances both inside and outside sport
To visit their website click here;
http://www.thedickiebirdfoundation.co.uk/
Funding News
Olympics-Basketball gain reprieve over UK Sport funding
British basketball has earned a reprieve over the UK Sport decision to cut all its elite funding in the build-up to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics although the outlooks still looks bleak for the country’s volleyball and table tennis.
To find out more click here;
http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/thomson-reuters/130201/refile-olympics-basketball-gains-reprieve-over-uk-sport-funding&hl=en&geo=us
