Your guide to Millions of £s worth of Funding!
A to Z Directory of Funding
The sportessex A to Z Directory of Funding is an easy-to-use tool to help you find funding opportunities for individuals, clubs, sports projects and activities.
There is a wide range of grants and sponsorship opportunities available in Essex, from £100 to over £1 million. Please check the Noticeboard and Directory for regular updates and announcements of new funding sources. If you cannot find a funding source which meets your requirements, we advise you to look at www.grantfinder.co.uk
sportessex highly recommends that before completing an application form, you first contact the relevant funding body to discuss your project or proposal, or you can contact sportessex for help and advice.
Athletes Benevolent Fund
The British Athletes Commission (BAC), in partnership with Sports Aid has set up a Benevolent Fund as part of the BAC's member services with a view to creating, sustaining and developing a fund of monies from which current, recent and past elite athletes can benefit in times of hardship. Eligable applicants may apply under the following situations: injury, hardship, education, one-off need.
Telephone: 0844 335 0866
Website: http://www.britishathletes.org
Awards for All
People have better chances in life – with better access to training and development to improve their life skills.
Stronger communities – with more active citizens working together to tackle their problems.
Improved rural and urban environments – which communities are better able to access and enjoy.
Healthier and more active people and communities.
Telephone: 0845 600 2040
Website: www.awardsforall.org.uk
Cash 4 Clubs
Cash 4 Clubs is a sports funding scheme which gives clubs the opportunity to apply for grants to improve facilities, purchase new equipment, gain coaching qualifications, and generally invest in the sustainability of their club. In 2008 over £30,000 was given out in grants to 30 community sports clubs across the UK. There are three tiers of grants at £250, £500 and £1,000. Previous grants have been awarded to the Southampton Canoe club which received a grant of £1,000 towards purchasing junior paddles and safety equipment; the Rugby Sea Cadets which received a grant of £1,000 to maintain and replace safety equipment; and Ipswich Basketball which received a grant of £1,000 to initiate a new women's team aimed at the 16+ league.
Applications can be submitted at any time and grants are awarded on a quarterly basis.
Website: http://cash-4-clubs.com/
Community Cash Awards
Community Cash Awards are grants from the Prince’s Trust. Anyone can apply who is aged 14-16 and is in school, but struggling or aged 16-25, unemployed or working less than 16 hours a week. The project should aim to improve life in a local community in the
Telephone: 0800 842 842
Dickie Bird Foundation
The Dickie Bird Foundation provides grants of between £100 and £5,000 to individuals under 18 who are not able to participate in sporting activities to the best of their ability due to being financially disadvantaged.
Applicants will be asked for details of their monthly family income and to give details on how they intend on spending the money and the application also requires two referees.
Tel: 0113 2503043
Website: www.thedickiebirdfoundation.org
The new East-links: Leading the Field project offers free sport and active leisure training opportunities in the East of England and is being delivered in Essex through a joint collaboration between sportessex and SEEVIC College.
East Links: Leading the Field provides fully funded training courses for individuals who are employed in, regularly volunteer in or are looking to enter the sport and active leisure sector.
The project is managed by ACER (the Association of Colleges in the Eastern Region), supported by SkillsActive and delivered by County Sports Partnerships, FE Colleges and National Governing Bodies of Sport throughout the eastern region. For more information, click here.
Essex Community Foundation is an independent charitable trust. Since it began in 1996, it has built an endowed fund of over £8 million. It has also awarded over £8 million in grants to more than 2,500 community-based voluntary groups throughout Essex, Southend and
By acting as a broker, Essex Community Foundation can help local voluntary groups secure funding for their work. It awards grants to groups which are charitable in purpose and are working for the benefit of people in Essex, Southend or
In general, one application form accesses most funds. Please see below for a complete list of funds managed by the Foundation and their specific criteria.
Acorn Fund To support social and community activities, encouraging community involvement and self-help and support innovative charitable activity within Essex, Southend-on-Sea and
Bartella Charitable Fund To support charitable activity helping disadvantaged children/young people living in the
Chiron Fund To support new and existing methods of social and community activities, encourage community involvement and self-help within Essex, Southend-on-Sea and
Colchester Fund To support a wide range of local charitable activities in the
Essex & Suffolk Water Community Fund To meet the needs of the community in the districts serviced by Essex & Suffolk Water.
Essex Crimebeat (part of High Sheriffs' Fund) To support projects identified and implemented by young people to make their communities safer.
Fair Share - New Opportunities Fund (Basildon Annuity)To meet the needs of the community in line with priorities identified by the Basildon Local Strategic Partnership, within the remit of health, education and the environment.
Fair Share - New Opportunities Fund (Tendring Annuity)To meet the needs of the community in line with priorities identified by the Basildon Local Strategic Partnership, within the remit of health, education and the environment.
Fair Share - New Opportunities Fund (Tendring Transforming Your Space)To meet the needs of the community in line with priorities identified by the Basildon Local Strategic Partnership, within the remit of health, education and the environment.
The Heath Family Fund To support new and existing methods of social and community activities, encourage community involvement and self-help within Essex, Southend-on-Sea and
The Hew Watt Family Charitable trust To support Charitable activity in
High Sheriffs' Fund To support local initiatives devised to make communities safer places to work and live.
Jerome Booth Family Fund To support Charitable activity in
Key Fund (European Social Fund) To help specific groups of people who are disadvantaged in the labour market improve their employability.
Local Network Fund for Children & Young People LNF is for small voluntary organisations and community groups developing projects and activities for children and young people with limited opportunities or access to services that many young people take for granted.
Margaretting Fund To support charitable activities within the Chelmsford District.
The
Neighbourhood Fund To support local voluntary organisations to develop their capacity to deliver learning opportunities for residents of deprived neighbourhoods.
PB Charitable Fund To support new and existing methods of social and community activities, encourage community involvement and self-help within Essex, Southend and
Royal
Southend Fund To support charitable activities in
Sport Relief Fund To support organisations providing sport and exercise opportunities for people that are excluded or disadvantaged.
William Julien Courtauld Medical Trust Fund To support Organisations who are helping people with medical/health needs in
The Essex Community Foundation will match applications to the most appropriate fund for your project so please do not worry if you do not know which fund you are applying to.
Telephone: 01245 356 018
Website: www.essexcommunityfoundation.org.uk
FANS
FANS stands for Free Access for National Sportspeople and is a scheme designed to provide support to the county’s leading talented sports performers. The scheme provides nationally ranked sports people with free access to participating local authority and private leisure and sports facilities at designated times, for personal training and development. For more information on FANS, or to download an application form, click here.
The February Foundation
This charitable trust makes grants of around £5,000 and looks at each application on case by case basis. The Foundation focuses its grant making around Secondary and Higher Education, including amatuer sport and community based charities. Although no specefic exclusions are stated applicants are encouraged to contact the Foundation themselves to check the eligability criteria.
Website www.thefebruaryfoundation.org
Football Foundation
The Football Foundation provides financial help for football at all levels and is dedicated to revitalising the grass-roots of the game.
Grants are available for FA affiliated under 16-teams and can be used for the purchase of kit. The maximum award is £400.
Funding will also be targeted at community and education initiatives, including study support centres, community coaching schemes and social inclusion projects with grants ranging from £100 to £1m.
Telephone: 0207 534 4210
E-mail: enquiries@footballfoundation.org.uk
Website: www.footballfoundation.org.uk
The Foundation for Sports and the Arts
The Foundation for Sports and the Arts (FSA) provides support for sports and arts related projects and grants of up to £40,000 can be awarded to a wide range of projects. The Foundation’s aim is to enhance the quality of life for the communities to encourage and fund sports and arts at every level with promoting participation and enjoyment being viewed as more important than sporting excellence. Funding is available for capital and revenue projects although capital projects are prioritised and both community groups and organisations can apply for grants.
Website: http://www.thefsa.net/
Jack Petchey Foundation
The Jack Petchey Achievement Award Scheme the Jack Petchey Foundations flagship programme. It is now run in almost 2,000 schools, colleges and clubs throughout London and Essex, contributing millions of pounds to youth organisations.
The scheme is an excellent reward and recognition initiative which enables schools and clubs to celebrate the achievements of young people and receive additional funding for the organisation.
Participating groups regularly select a young person to receive an Achievement Award, and each winner receives:
* A framed certificate and Jack Petchey Foundation medallion.
* £200 to be spent on a school/club or community project of the recipient’s choice.
The young person chooses how their award money is to be spent within the organisation.
Tel: 0208 252 8000
Email: mail@jackpetcheyfoundation.org.uk
Website: www.jackpetcheyfoundation.org.uk
Youth Cricket The Foundation offers a range of grants and equipment under the Youth Cricket category; the Foundation provides complimentary equipment bags containing a variety of cricket apparatus, grants are available for the installation of non-turf cricket pitches, practice ends and nets and the charity also provides a limited number of grants for special projects that benefit youth cricket.
Grants can be used towards the cost of youth cricket festivals, tournaments or regional competitions. They may also be spent on the provision of special coaching schemes. Grants may be awarded towards the cost of other projects directly benefiting the development of youth cricket. Grants are not available for building or renovation of pavilions or the provision of ground equipment. Grants may not be spent on refreshments, trophies, overseas tours, clothing or sponsorship.
Specially Adapted Minibuses Minibuses are available to give young people with special needs the opportunity to see the world beyond the confines of the organisation which cares for them. The buses are used for taking the young people to the seaside, theme parks, day care centres and many other places to help them broaden their horizons. A contribution of £8,000 is required from the applicant towards the cost of the vehicle.
Sport and Recreation for Young People with Special Needs (SRSN) Grants of up to £25,000 are available to enable young people with disabilities to participate in sporting and recreational activities within a group environment. Grants can be used for specially adapted sports equipment, playground equipment, soft play and multi-sensory equipment, riding equipment, pool hoists and water ski equipment. Applications will be considered for equipment to enable an individual to participate in a team/group recreational activities, ie sports adapted wheelchair.
Sports Wheelchair Sponsored Scheme This scheme assists with the purchase of manual sports wheelchairs for young people aged from 8 to 25 years.All applicants for standard sports wheelchairs will be requested to make a contribution of £350 before the order is placed. The Taverners will contribute up to 50% of the total cost (excluding VAT) up to a maximum of £1,500 for a bespoke sports wheelchair.
Website: http://www.lordstaverners.org
Reaching Communities
Reaching Communities funds projects between £10,000 and £500,000 that help people and communities who are most in need, and can really make a difference. Projects can be new or existing activities, or be the core work of your organisation.
Reaching Communities aims to fund projects that respond to needs identified by communities, and those that fund projects that help those most in need including those people or groups who are hard to reach.
The project criteria for applications is as follows:
* People having better chances in life, including being able to get better access to training and development to improve their life skills
* Strong communities, with more active citizens, working together to tackle their problems
* Improved rural and urban environments, which communities are better able to access and enjoy
* Healthier and more active people and communities.
Website: http://www2.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_reaching_communities.htm?regioncode=-eng&status=theProg
All funding must directly help disadvantaged people through education and training and/or financial capability and education and training could include could be any activity disadvantaged people undertake where they improve their confidence in a skill or their understanding of a subject.
Website:
sport:exl
sport:exl is the name of the Essex Foundation for young athletes.
The vision of sport:exl is to award grants and bursaries to aspiring and talented young athletes in the county who need a helping hand to reach their potential. The sport:exl grant making criteria is simple, directing its assistance to those who need it most, from young athletes not yet recognised by the National Governing Body for their sport, to those already at their peak and who may be a future Olympic or Paralympic Champion.
Click here for the full criteria and an application form for sport:exl
Sportsmatch
If you can raise at least £1,000 in sponsorship for your sports project, then Sportsmatch may be able to match that amount. Sportsmatch have priority funding groups of Women and Girls, Black and Minority Ethnic Groups and Disability Groups, however all applications are considered and with £46 million pounds worth of funding being given to sports groups since 1992 its well worth looking to see if your project could be eligible.
Please note that the Sportsmatch awards budget for the 2009/10 financial year is expected to be fully allocated at the upcoming panel meeting at the end of September 2009. Grassroots sports projects that would like to have an application considered at this meeting will need to submit a completed online application by 5pm on Monday, 31 August 2009. Incomplete applications may not be considered.
Telephone: 0207 233 7747
Website: www.sportsmatch.co.uk
The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation currently distributes over £2m per year for projects across the
Website: http://www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk/home.html
UKVillages Community Kitty
Grants are available from £50 to £300 to support small community based projects. Applications can only be made by groups which are registered on their website, however this service is free. Closing dates for applications are the 10th of April and October and applications are judged on their relevance and uniqueness.
Website: http://www.communitykitty.co.uk
UnLtd Sport Relief Awards
UnLtd Sport Relief Awards provide opportunities for young people to bring communities together, to help them promote understanding and solve conflict through sport and being active.
This
Telephone: 0845 3670770
Website: http://unltd.org.uk/template.php?ID=110&PageName=sportrelief
vcashpoint
Working in partnership with the HSBC bank, vcashpoint is a £1 million initiative that provides grants of up to £2,500 to young people to set up their own volunteering projects within their community. The type of activities that could be supported includes sports events for disadvantaged people, or organising a festival to bring different cultures or communities together. vcashpoint will fund new projects or ideas which aim to expand or develop projects which have been carried out once in the past, involving new young volunteers. All projects must create at least three new volunteering opportunities for 16-25 year olds and be youth-led. vcashpoint must be the only source of funding for the project.
