Sport England Guide - Funding Sport in the Community
Sport England has recently published (6th January 09) its new funding strategy, setting out the investment programmes that will be available to organisations delivering grassroots sport from April 2009.
Funding sport in the community explains how investment will be focussed on organisations and projects that can deliver the key outcomes of Sport England’s overall strategy - ‘grow, sustain and excel’.
Sports clubs, voluntary and community organisations, local authorities and education establishments will be able to apply to these four open-access funding streams worth a maximum of £45 million per year:
- Up to £30 million will be invested via regular themed funding rounds that meet specific needs of community sport
- £7 million will be available in small grants of between £300 and £10,000 to support sporting projects across England
- £3 million will be distributed through Sportsmatch, enabling community clubs to make the most of the funding they receive from the private sector by matching that investment
- £5 million will be invested, through a new Innovation Fund, in projects that identify and pilot new ways of promoting and supporting grassroots sport.
To download a copy of the guide click here.