Aims/priorities: The funding aims to support the sustainability of local sports clubs, thereby ensuring more people have access to local sports.
This year's focus is on community sports clubs and organisations who are in need due to the impact of the pandemic and the cost of living crisis and may be threatened with closure.
Priority will be given to applications which clearly demonstrate:
- Access to sport for one or more underrepresented groups, including women and girls, people with disabilities, from racially diverse communities, from the LGBTQ+ community or from lower socio-economic groups.
- Sustainability of activities to keep people playing.
- An increase in reach to engage with even more people.
- Expansion of activities to engage with new audiences that groups have not worked with before.
- Broader social impact on the local community, e.g. tackling crime and anti-social behaviour, reducing loneliness, supporting mental health and well being.
Who can apply? Applications are accepted from not-for-profit organisations, including charities, community groups and traditional sports clubs.
To be eligible for funding, applicants must:
- Be either registered charities, community interest companies or clubs with a structured governance and constitution.
- Demonstrate that they are using sport for social purposes, e.g., targeting communities facing disadvantage, engaging people from under-represented groups, or addressing local issues such as crime and anti-social behaviour.
Clubs that are targeting communities from deprived areas are encouraged to apply.
Grant amount: There is a funding pot of £200,000 for 2023.
Unrestricted grants of £2,000 are available.
The funding should be spent within a six-month period.
Application process: The guidelines and information on the application process are available on the Cash4Clubs website.
Applicants should hear by 17 January 2024 whether they have been successful or need to provide more information.
Deadline: Sunday 31 December 2023, but may close earlier if a large number of applications are received.
Contact information: Email: grants@sported.org.uk
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