Funding Opportunities – May 2016
Sport England funding simplified
We have also simplified our approach to funding, reducing the number of investment programmes from more than 20 down to seven. And we’ll introduce, new, more straightforward, application forms to help smaller organisations access funding.
Our seven investment programmes 2016-2021 are:
- Tackling inactivity – to help the 28 per cent of people in England who don’t do any sport or physical activity
- Children and young people – to work with children from the age of 5 to increase children’s basic competence and enjoyment
- Volunteering – focusing on the motivations and needs of the volunteers so that volunteering in sport attracts more people from a wider range of backgrounds
- Taking sport and activity into the mass market – focusing on the sports and activities that have mass appeal and can get large numbers of people active
- Supporting sport’s core markets (including talented athletes) – supporting those who already have a strong affinity for sport in a more efficient and sustainable way
- Local delivery – exploring new ways of working locally by investing in up to 10 specific areas to pilot new, more joined up approaches to getting people active
- Creating welcoming sports facilities – with a new Community Asset Fund, and continuing its successful Strategic Facilities Fund, prioritising multi-sport facilities and, wherever possible, co-locating them with other local services.
SAPCA – New resource for funding advice
For visitors to the SAPCA website who are looking for help to get their project off the ground, there is now an extensive list of funding sources. This was created and updated for us by SAPCA funding advisor Karen Wolland of wctd ltd. Karen has extensive experience of working in development and grant funding environments and is a multi-sport projects specialist. Visit: www.sapca.org.uk/funding.
Persimmon Community Champions
Win Up to £1,000 for your good cause or charity
Persimmon Community Champions is here to help local community groups, good causes and charities.
So far since we launched in March 2015, we have donated over £500,000 to fund community initiatives.
All Persimmon’s businesses have £2,000 to give away every month – 28 regional businesses, plus Persimmon’s Space4 and PLC head office. That’s a whopping £60,000 being donated every month.
Our charity match programme gives donations of up to £1,000 to local UK groups and charities, which have already raised vital funds themselves. View the details
What is crowdfunding?
Crowdfunding is an alternative, or complementary, way of raising funding for projects by asking people in the local and wider community to each donate small amounts of money. In exchange for financial donations, supporters receive exclusive rewards.
Whether you need to raise money for new equipment, transportation costs, or athlete development, crowdfunding gives you the opportunity to get the money in a way that brings the local community together.
Find out more from the sports crowdfunding platform Sponsorise.Me – https://us.sponsorise.me/en/home
Comic Relief New grants strategy – what’s next?
Now that we have introduced our new grants strategy, we are looking forward to the next chapter in our grant-making journey, welcoming on board both new and existing partners.
The new strategy will see us continue working with UK and international funding partners, including the Department for International Development, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Queen’s Young Leaders and global healthcare company GSK, to help us achieve our vision of ‘A Just World Free from Poverty’.
Through the new grant making strategy, we will aim to fund new initiatives to help drive great ideas and sustainable change, both in the UK and in some of the world’s poorest communities, as well as continuing to support existing partners and projects. The first of these new funding streams are now open for applicants, with more coming soon.
Now open for applicants:
Sport plays an important role in improving the lives of millions of people in the UK and across the world. Under the right circumstances, sport a powerful tool for helping bring about social change. Our Sport for Change strategy runs across our UK and international funding and within this initiative, we’re seeking proposals which use sport as a catalyst for change, helping people to take ownership and feel empowered. View the full details
Skipton Building Society – Grassroots Giving 2016
Donations of £500 to help fund development for grassroots organisations in our communities.
In keeping with our ethos for mutuality, it’s important to us to give back to our communities and we’re excited by the thousands of organisations, run by local people up and down the country, improving the lives of thousands upon thousands of people. The Society is keen to demonstrate its continued support.
We’ve made it easy for you to enter your organisation for Grassroots Giving. Simply go to the online application form on the website. Just click send once you’ve completed all sections and that’s it!
Postcode Community Trust – Community Grants
The Postcode Community Trust’s Community Grants scheme has opened to applications from registered charities and community groups for projects that advance community development.