Before you consider applying for a grant, you need to be
sure that your organisation and your project are suitable for
funding.
The information below will give you some more
information about the kind of organisations and projects we want to
support. If you have any queries then you can always call us on
08458 508 508, or email funding@sportengland.org
Organisations – Who can apply?
Small Grants can fund formally constituted
not-for-profit organisations and
statutory bodies. This might include sports clubs, voluntary
organisations, local authorities,
schools or governing bodies of sport. We will
not fund an individual, sole trader or partnership,
organisations established to make
profit or organisations
not established in the UK.
You will need to have a
written constitution or governing document which should
contain a clear not-for-profit statement and charitable dissolution
clause. Your membership should be open to all sections of the
community and your governing committee should include at least
three non-related and non-cohabiting members. Your application and
supporting documents should show us that your organisation is
appropriately governed. More information can be found on our
Good
Governance Guide.
If your organisation is a branch of a larger organisation, you should confirm that you are
sufficiently independent of them. If you do not have your own
committee, bank account and constitution you will need the support
of your parent organisation, which must
accept overall responsibility for the award.
Projects - Our strategic outcomes
Our mission is to get more people playing more
sport more often. We want to create a sporting habit for life and
we have set a number of key outcomes within our 2012-17 Youth and Community Strategy. We
want all applications to tell us how they help deliver
these strategic outcomes:
a)
An increase in the proportion of 14-25’s playing sport once a
week
b) A
growth in regular (once a week) participation for all those aged
14+
c) A
reduction in drop off at ages 16, 18, 21 & 24
d) Growth in
participation by people (aged 14+) with a disability.
If your project is focused on delivering sport
to people aged 13 and under you will need to demonstrate how it
directly supports our objectives. Different sports have different
requirements and the age at which participation begins to drop off
can be earlier in some sports compared to others.