Innovation Fund
Programme dates
The Innovation Fund is is now closed
The Innovation Fund is an open programme which
ran in 2009/10. It has now stopped and will not be opening again
for applications.
The 09/10 open programme attracted 218 applications, of which
only five have been awarded or are under active consideration. As
previously reported, a number of the shortlisted projects have
involved legal requirements which are taking us considerably longer
to resolve than anticipated.
The Executive Team at Sport England may be soliciting a very
small number of potential projects in 2010/11. This will enable
more effective use of officer time, manage customer expectation
better, and optimise the number of awards made in the time
available to deliver impact. Please note that we are not seeking
expressions of interest for this.
We remain committed to the original principle of supporting
innovation in community sport as we continue to find new ways to
grow participation, and we will go on working with innovation
experts beyond the community sport sector for the benefit of
grassroots sport. Our support for innovation is not the sole
preserve of the Innovation Fund: innovation is supported more
widely across all funding streams.
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