Our funding principles

The new partnerships we are seeking -  with a wide range of organisations - require new principles for the way we provide funding. 

These include:

Supporting both our larger national partners and smaller community sports groups

• Longer term commitment to partners (eg supporting county sports partnerships and other partner organisations over a funding cycle, rather than annually)
• Availability of small grants with simplified conditions

The pursuit of excellence and better outcomes

• Providing a range of grants designed to support all the outcomes we seek, particularly through themed round funding
•  A competitive approach to selecting the best bids to receive funding
• Greater promotion of sport for sport's sake
• Supporting innovation, in order to make a step change

Greater flexibility in the way that funding is distributed, to ensure it meets the needs of applicants

• Themed rounds to enable the funding focus to change over time
•  A move away from regional decision making to a national process
•  The integration of capital and revenue funding

Minimising bureaucracy while ensuring accountability

• Making application criteria more transparent
• Streamlining our online and offline application processes
• Providing an application process that focuses on the ability of applicants to deliver
• Providing the highest quality guidance for funding applicants.