Funding Streams

Lottery funding to help disadvantaged youngsters to get lives on track

Thousands more young people on the margins of society are to benefit from a programme that uses the power of sport to turn their lives around, thanks to National Lottery investment from Sport England.

Get on Track was set up by double Olympic gold medallist Kelly Holmes to help disadvantaged young people develop the skills and confidence to get their lives on track and find a job.

To find out more click here; http://www.sportengland.org/about_us/our_news/dkh_funding.aspx
 
People’s Postcode Trust

The People’s Postcode Trust Opens for applications on 7 April and closes on 24 May. The People’s Postcode Trust provides funding opportunities to small organisations, community groups and charities in Scotland, England and Wales, through grants ranging from £500 – £10,000.

To find out more click here; http://www.postcodetrust.org.uk/small-grants-program.aspx?dm_i=EFR,19ECQ,38P6S3,49VL1,1
 
Funding News

Changes to Sportsmatch

Sport England’s Sportsmatch funding programme is currently being reviewed in order to maximise its impact on community sport.

To find out more click here; http://www.sportengland.org/funding/sportsmatch.aspx

Football Association sets out £150m Facility Strategy

The Football Association (FA) has announced a three-year, £150m facility strategy which aims to improve 3,000 existing natural pitches across England - as well as create 100 new artificial pitches and refurbish 150 existing all-weather sites.

The National Facilities Strategy 2013-15, published yesterday (26 February), outlines how the FA intends to spend £50m each year between now and 2015.

According to the FA, the strategy - developed in consultation with the Premier League, Sport England and the Football Foundation - will ensure the game works together to improve football facilities across the country to deliver a "co-ordinated approach to investment".

Figures from the Football Foundation show that 84 per cent of people cite ?poor facilities? as their most pressing issue preventing them from taking part in organised football - an issue the strategy looks to correct.

To find out more click here; http://www.sportengland.org/about_us/our_news/new_three-year_plan_fa.aspx

To read the full strategy document, click here.

RFU and NatWest launch RugbyForce

The RFU, in partnership with NatWest has launched NatWest RugbyForce, a nationwide programme, designed to make rugby clubs stronger businesses by improving and renovating their facilities with the support of volunteers and the community. The work focuses around the NatWest RugbyForce Weekend, which takes place on June 15 and 16, 2013.
 
To celebrate the launch of this exciting programme NatWest and the RFU will offer clubs who register a chance of receiving lots of exciting rewards and benefits, from on-line toolkits on how to get the most out of your RugbyForceevent, through to possibly attending one of the 35 free planning workshops.
 
As well as guidance and support, the NatWest RugbyForce programme also guarantees funding to 175 RFU associated rugby clubs who have registered for NatWest RugbyForce 2013, through grants of amounts of £500 to £3500.

To find out more click here; http://www.rfu.com/natwestrugbyforce
 
Ofsted recommends national strategy on PE

A report released by Ofsted recommends the government develop a new national strategy on PE and sports in schools, with teaching in more than a quarter of schools not improving pupils’ fitness.

The Beyond 2012 report, released today, found PE and sport had benefited from “considerable” investment over the past decade but said the Department of Education needed to harness momentum from the Olympics and Paralympics.

To find out more click here; http://www.funding4sport.co.uk/2013/02/28/ofsted-recommends-national-strategy-on-pe/