World-leading facilities are not simply the most
attractive in terms of design, nor the most advanced in terms of
equipment - they are sustainable in their operations and
focused on their users.
Online applications can be submitted at any time from 24
September 2012, up until 5pm on the 17 December 2012.
Sport England's Iconic Facilities fund draws on the
inspirational pull of London 2012 to create local beacons for
grassroots sport. We are investing £30m over the next three years
into innovative, large-scale, multi-sport facilities' projects.
They will deliver against local authority and NGB facility
priorities, whilst also demonstrating long-term financial
viability.
Places
People Play
The Iconic Facilities fund is part of the £155m Places
People Play initative which will deliver an Olympic and Paralympic
legacy of increased sports participation by bringing the magic of a
home Games into the heart of local communities.
It is being delivered by Sport England in partnership with the
British Olympic Association, the British Paralympic Association,
with the backing of The London Organising Committee of the Olympic
Games and Paralympic Games.
Iconic Facilities is one of the three Places programmes which
will transform the places where people play sport, in cities, towns
and villages across the country.
The facilities supported through these
programmes will be the only ones to carry the London 2012
Inspire mark, a permanent celebration of their role in the legacy
of the Games.
In this way, Iconic Facilities will
use the inspirational pull of London 2012 to enchance a successful
existing funding programme, previously known as the Sustainable
Facilities fund.
Find out more about Places People Play
About the fund
The Iconic Facilities fund will
direct capital investment into a small number of strategic facility
projects that will significantly contribute to an increase in mass
participation in sport across England. These facilities will be
promoted as best practice and will provide a network of regional
and local sports facilities delivering mass participation across a
number of sports.
Key features which applications must demonstrate are a robust
needs and evidence base which supports the need for the project and
the proposed facility mix; strong partnerships which will last
beyond the initial development of the project and underpin the
long-term sustainability of the facility; multi-sport provision and
activity that demonstrates delivery against two or more NGB
strategic priorities and a capital development completion programme
with achievable milestones and timescales.
Iconic Facilities will prioritise funding to projects that
provide:
- Strategic facilities in England for at least two National
Governing Bodies of Sport
- Large scale capital developments delivering key priorities
identified in local authority sports facility plans
- A regionally significant facility for two sports or more
supported by the National Governing Bodies of Sport. (At least one
facility of regional significance for two sports will be supported
in this round of funding)
- Multi-sport facilities, but with a focus on sporting activities
that will drive high participant numbers
- A mix of facility provision to encourage regular &
sustained use by a large number of people
- Indoor and/or outdoor facilities
- An enhancement, through modernisation, to existing provision
and/or new build
- Confidence in their ability to deliver with detailed designs
and planning permission secured
- A strong project team, led ideally by a Local Authority
(providing capital funding)
- A long-term sustainable business plan attracting public and
private investment
- Quality in design, but are fit for purpose to serve the
community need
- Operating models, which may include an emphasis on community
ownership (e.g. social enterprises, trusts)