Timescales

Round Three

Opens: 14 May 2012

Closes: 5pm 9 July 2012

Round 3 runs from 14 May 2012 and applications can be submitted to Sport England up until 5pm on the 9 July 2012.

The assessment of applications will not begin until after the closing date and any applications received after this date will not be accepted.

Applicants will be notified of a funding decision approximately 10 weeks after the closing date.

If your application receives support from Sport England, you will receive a site visit where a technical agronomist survey will be carried out, and possibly an operational assessment of your project. The technical and operational assessments will be considered and may affect the final funding decision.

We have allowed a relatively short time to assess bids and if we receive a much larger number of applications than we anticipate, we may need to extend the assessment periods to ensure all applicants are treated fairly.

 If this happens, we will notify all applicants as soon as possible.

Decisions

A Project Board will consider applications, techincal and operational reports and make recommendations to Sport England's Project Committee who will make final funding decisions.

Possible outcomes

Applications will be assessed and initially classified as one of the following:

  • Unsuccessful
  • Award - conditional offer

Unsuccessful

If your application is unsuccessful , you will receive formal notification of this decision together with a brief explanation of why your project did not receive support.

Unfortunately, due to the competitiveness of the programme, a significant number of applications will not be successful. It is critical that you consider the programme criteria before applying.

Award – conditional offer

Successful applicants will be offered an award which is subject to technical assessments and confirmation of costs.

Support will be give from a Sport England Development Manager to help with any developmental aspects of the project.

What next?

If your organisation does receive a conditional award, you will be fully briefed on the next steps by your Development Manager. This will include an explanation of all funding paperwork and reporting requirements. A key element will also be the roles and responsibilities of parties in terms of working with the Sport England appointed agents and contractors.

This phase will be very different to capital programmes that Sport England has previously run.

In most case the technical and construction elements of the project will be managed by our consultants including the site investigations, specification, tendering, procurement and construction phases.

Appeals

Unsuccessful applicants will be advised of the opportunity to make a formal appeal within 21 days of receiving the decision.

Measurement and evaluation

To ensure the investment made is delivering the agreed outputs and outcomes we will monitor all projects.

We are required to demonstrate that the Lottery grant has been used for the purposes for which it was awarded and we will measure the amount of sporting activity being achieved.

We therefore expect successful applicants to monitor the use of the facilities and provide us with data on activity levels at six monthly intervals through our online reporting tool.

Further information

For further information and queries please contact Sport England Funding Helpline on 08458 508 508.

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