The Sport England Small Grants Programme

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You can apply for any sum from £300 to £10,000 but the total project cost cannot exceed £50,000

The Sport England Small Grants Programme uses lottery funding to make awards of between £300 and £10,000 to not-for-profit organisations to deliver new community projects to either grow or sustain participation in sport or to support talent development.

The following pages of our website should help you answer the following questions:

  •         Who can apply?
  •         What we will and what we won’t fund?
  •         How to apply for funding?
  •         What makes a good application?

In addition to this guidance, we can also offer help through:

* Please note that as from the 1st of April 2011 an updated interpretation of the Small Grants policy will be applied to all new applications.  Any application submitted after this time will be subject to these.  For further information regarding this please click on the Want to apply section of this website – referencing “What we will” & “What we won’t fund”, alternatively please download a copy of our application guidance.

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