Funding Opportunities – Dec 2016

European City of Sport 2016 – Stoke-on-Trent

Funding available for:

1. Community Grants – up to £2000 for clubs based in Stoke-on-Trent. Funding for coaching courses, equipment etc. Contact Geoff Beadle – mailto:geoff.beadle@stoke.gov.uk
2. Talented and Elite Athlete Support – up to £1000

Contact:

• Online: stoke.gov.uk/CityOfSport16
• Email: CityOfSport16@stoke.gov.uk
• Social Media – facebook.com/CityOfSport16  – twitter.com/CityOfSport16

East Staffordshire Sports Scholarship Nominations Go Live

Applications and nominations are now being invited for the 2017 East Staffordshire Sport Scholarship Awards. The annual awards will take place at the Hilton at St George’s Park on Friday 10th March 2017.

Elite sports performers and coaches who have performed in their chosen sport at regional level or above can also apply for Grant Aid to help them with training and competition costs to assist them in achieving full national and international honours.

The full criteria for applying for grant aid and making nominations is available on the Council’s website at http://www.eaststaffsbc.gov.uk/sports-development/sports-scholarship along with online and downloadable application and nomination forms.

Hard copies of the forms can also be picked up from the leisure centres in Burton and Uttoxeter, and the Customer Service Centres. The deadline for applications and nominations is Friday 9th January 2017.

For further information or assistance with applying or nominating for a Sports Scholarship Award please contact Emma Varnam on 01283 508192 or emma.varnam@eaststaffsbc.gov.uk

Sport England – Nationwide search begins for brilliant ideas to support inactive older people

We’ve put tackling inactivity right at the heart of our new strategy Towards an Active Nation – which means over the next four years, we’re going to triple the amount we invest in helping inactive people become active.

As a first step, we will be investing up to £10 million into projects that help inactive older people get active through our Active Ageing Fund.

Download our Active Ageing Prospectus

Sport England – new funding and when to apply

In January 2017, Sport England will be launching two new funds to support projects for groups.

Volunteering has traditionally been encouraged because it is such a great enabler for people to play sport. This is absolutely crucial – grassroots sport depends on the thousands of people who give their time to help others – but we also want to focus on what volunteers get out of volunteering in sport, and help ensure they have a meaningful and high-quality experience.

In December 2016, we will:

• Announce full details of a new £3 million volunteering fund to diversify the range of people who volunteer, and as a first step, support people from lower socio-economic groups to volunteer in sport. There are 5.6 million sports volunteers giving their time at least once a month in England – the most popular setting for volunteering. But our research shows that people from lower socio-economic groups are under-represented – just 31 per cent volunteers compared to 51 per cent from higher socio-economic groups.

We want to work with a mix of organisations in this fund, some of which will be new to us.

The fund will be open in the New Year and we expect to start making awards in the spring.

Local delivery

Where people live and work plays a big part in the choices they make about the sport and physical activity they do.

In our strategy, we announced that we would be funding 10 places to develop and implement local strategies for physical activity and sport. These will be pilots to learn lessons from and will particularly focus on addressing inactivity and working with under-represented groups.

In December 2016, we will:

• Invite expressions of interest to become one of our local delivery pilot projects. If you’re interested in helping the types of people who aren’t normally active by putting their needs first, then this is the fund for you.

We want to support pilot projects in both urban and rural areas and in different parts of England. We’re expecting expressions of interest to be from local consortia. You won’t be asked to make a funding bid at this stage. Instead we’ll want to get some basic details about the area you’re considering.

In January and February 2017, we’ll hold a number of working sessions to help interested partners develop their ideas. That means by March 2017, we’ll be able to identify the three or four pilots which will go forward immediately and up to 10 which will require further development during 2017.

Tackling inactivity

Helping people who are inactive is one of our major priorities. Over the next four years, we’re dedicating at least 25 per cent of our total resources to tackling inactivity.

In December 2016, we will:

• Publish an investment guide on inactivity, describing the type of projects we’re looking to support, the people we want to benefit and the outcomes we’re seeking to achieve
• Open the first phase of our Inactivity Fund, which will focus on projects that help older adults (55+) to get active. We will be making up to £10 million of National Lottery funding available. We’re targeting older adults first because our insight tells us this age group is much more likely to be inactive: 42 per cent of people aged 55+ are inactive compared to 29 per cent of the population as a whole.

Based on the work we’ve already done on inactivity, we anticipate bids ranging from £250,000 to £500,000, but if you want to work on a smaller or larger scale, please do get in touch to discuss your ideas – we’re open to a range of options.

If you want to bid, you will need to submit your expressions of interest by noon on 13 February 2017. We plan to make the first set of awards in June 2017.

Facilities

The places where people play sport have a really big impact on a person’s experience and likelihood they will come back regularly. That’s why we’re continuing to invest in all types of facilities, especially multi-sport for our major strategic investments.

In December 2016, we will:

• Launch the first phase of our new Community Asset Fund. If you’re an organisation looking to take over sports facilities, a sports club that wants to expand or you have a great idea for a project that’s clearly needed in the local community, then this could be the fund for you. £7.5 million will be available for single and multi-sport community facilities in this phase.

Based on similar projects we’ve already supported, we expect to make awards of between £5,000 and £150,000. You’ll be able to submit your bids from the beginning of January 2017. We plan to make the first awards from April 2017 onwards.

It might be that your facilities project is already right for one of our open funding programmes, like our Strategic Facilities Fund. Find out more here.

In January 2017, we will:

• Publish our wider facilities investment guide, giving partners more information on the type of projects we’re looking to support, the people we want to benefit and the outcomes we’re seeking to achieve.

Sport England Investment Guides

Spirit of 2012 Trust
Spirit and Fawcett Society announce new small grants programme

In partnership with The Fawcett Society, the UK’s leading charity campaigning for gender equality and women’s rights, and BE Group, we are delighted to announce the launch of a new small grants opportunity – Spirit of Women Changemakers.

The Changemakers grants have been created as part of our Spirit of Women programme to mark and celebrate the centenary of the iconic moment in 1918 when women first won the right to vote. .

Changemakers will award grants of between £5,000 and £15,000 to organisations for new projects which offer creative, cultural, sporting or volunteering responses to the following challenges:

• Improving women’s body confidence and challenging objectification in all areas of life, including in personal relationships
• Challenging traditional gendered caring roles and the undervaluing of care

Table Tennis England Disability Table Grant Scheme

The Table Tennis England Disability Table Grant Scheme gives the opportunity to organisations or charities which work with people with disabilities or impairments to purchase a table tennis table at a subsidised rate, with prices starting from £160. Sport England is providing the funding for the scheme.

The Disability Table Grant Scheme feeds into Table Tennis England’s target to increase the number of disabled people regularly participating to 25,600 by 2017, as set out in the Mission 2025 document.

It works on an application basis. Applicants should work with over-16s. Please note, replacement of worn tables is not covered by the scheme.

Each successful application also receives a resource pack including 10 bats, 12 balls, a ladder board and knockout cup posters. Delivery and installation is included.

Application forms can be downloaded below, or for more information on the scheme, please contact Development Project Support Officer Helen Dennett on development@tabletennisengland.co.uk or 01908 208883.

Access the application information

Tesco Bags of Help grant

Bags of Help is Tesco’s local community grant scheme where the money raised from the 5p bag levy in Tesco stores is being used to fund thousands of community projects across the UK. The projects must meet the criteria of promoting community participation in the development and use of outdoor spaces.

What types of projects will Bags of Help fund?

Bags of Help will fund projects that deliver a physical environmental improvement or encourage the use and long term sustainability of outdoor spaces.

Projects that would typically receive funding include (but are not limited to):

• Developing nature trail in a local park or nature reserve
• Purchasing bee hives and seeding wildflower meadow on a community allotment
• Providing forest school sessions in a primary school for 12 months
• Developing a garden in a hospice, purchasing plants, benches and pergola
• Supporting artist in residence to work with the community to develop an art trail.
• Setting up a growing project for sheltered accommodation residents
• Supporting a gardening project which helps local isolated residents form a gardening club
• Supporting practical training for young people learning horticultural skills
• Funding a series of summer events in a local park
• Funding a programme of beach clean up events
• Repainting swings and play equipment in a park
• Supporting community run summer sports and leisure activities in parks.
• Helping to set up Britain in Bloom local group, purchasing plants, planters, forks, spades and compost.
• Developing a community garden or orchard
• Supporting local football club with the purchase of nets, balls and coaching sessions for under 12’s

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GALAXY Hot Chocolate Fund

The fund  looks to help small, local community projects and groups and give out five £300 donations each week. Four are decided by a panel of judges and one by the peoples choice which has the most weekly votes.

There is also an Outstanding Volunteer Award  each week, the winner is chosen by a National Volunteer Organisation and wins a Galaxy Chocolate Hamper! 

All you need to do is register your details first, simply describe your organisation and then say how you will use the £300! See snippet below from Whalley Range Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club, Manchester .

There is a list of Frequently Asked Questions that contains some more info

https://www.galaxyhotchocolate.com/fund-frequently-asked-questions/

It is running until 26^th February 2017.   Winners are chosen every Monday. There will be no winners selected by the Fund or NCVO during the period running from 19^th December 2106 until 1^st January 2017. Any applications submitted during this period will be combined with those submitted in the week commencing 2^nd January

Note:  No winners will be selected during period 19 December until 1^st January. Any applications submitted during this period will be combined with those submitted in the week commencing 2 January 2017. So perhaps have a think when is best to apply!

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