Education establishments will be required to
have a robust needs and evidence base in place which underpins the
need for their project.
There should also be demonstrable community engagement and
working partnerships. Local Education Authorities
(
LEAs
) and
schools can apply to the programme to enhance existing grass
pitches so that they can be opened up for use by the local
community, or bring into use disused land in order to establish
and/or host a community sports club - school link.
The emphasis must be on community use and educational applicants
must be able to demonstrate that the sports pitches provided will
be available to the community for a minimum of weekend use through
a formal Community Use Agreement.
In addition, adequate changing accommodation must be available
on site to support community use.
The maximum grant available is £50,000 and all projects will be
required to identify partnership funding of not less than 30% of
the total project cost.