Creating a lifelong sporting habit

Funding opportunities for clubs

Andrew Hanson

Sport England

29 November 2012

Creating a lifelong sporting habit

Sport England’s strategy

• To create a sporting habit for life

• To increase once a week participation from age 14 +

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Key funding considerations

• Eligibility – are you properly constituted, with appropriate

governance and financial arrangements?

• Need – can you clearly demonstrate the demand for your

project?

• Prior commitments – we cannot fund projects to which you

are already committed

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Inspired Facilities

• Improving and refurbishing community sports facilities

• Up to £50,000 for community groups and clubs, no match

funding requirement

• Up to £150k for statutory organisations, match funding

needed

• Next round opens 4 March 2013

• www.sportengland.org/inspired

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Improvement Fund

• Capital projects to improve the quality and experience of

sport

• Awards of £150,000 - £500,000

• Round 1 focus – artificial grass pitches and swimming pool

changing

• Round 2 date and focus to be announced

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Iconic Facilities

• Strategic facilities for at least two sports with ability to

deliver mass participation

• Awards of £500,000 - £3 million

• Current round closes 17 December 2012

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Protecting Playing Fields

• Improvement, creation and reinstatement of playing fields

• Awards of £10,000 - £50,000

• Ownership or 25 year lease requirement

• Strong community involvement

• Next round open 10 Dec 2012 – 18 Feb 2013

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Small Grants

• Awards of £300 - £10,000

• Formally constituted voluntary groups and statutory

organisations

• New and measureable activity in a recognised sport

• Completed within 12 months of award

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Sportsmatch

• Awards of £1,000 - £100,000

• £-£ matched funding from a maximum of 5 sponsors

• Priority to commercial sponsorship, but private donations

and charitable funding are also eligible

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What else is out there?

• Sportivate – 6-8 weeks of coaching for 14-25 year olds.

Contact WASP

• Inclusive sport – recently closed. £8 million investment in

increasing participation among disabled people

• Get Healthy, Get Into sport – recently closed. £5 million

investment in getting inactive people playing sport

• Active Colleges – College Sport Makers / Further

Education Activation Fund

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Summary

• Capital and revenue funding is available

• Project proposals must meet our strategic objectives

• Competition is strong

• Partnerships are key

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