Sportsmatch is now closed to applications
for projects that will start in the 2012/13 financial year.
Details of future rounds will be posted on this website when they
become available.
Applications must be submitted through the
My Applications online portal on this website and we
advise you to submit your application as early as
possible.
To help prepare your application, you can
download a dummy version of the online application form. This
form cannot be used as an application form. You must
apply online.
We recommend that you take time to read this
guidance document in full before beginning your application and
should you need any clarification or advice please call the
Sportsmatch team on the Funding Helpline 08458 508 508. You may
also want to view our terms and
conditions of funding which will tell you your obligations
under the award contract should your application be
successful.
How long will it take?
Once we have received your application
and supporting documents, it should take no longer than 12 weeks
for you to receive a decision. However, this only applies if you
send all the necessary information with sufficient detail when you
submit your application. Otherwise, we will email you and you will
have to send us the required information so we can continue to
assess your bid, which may affect the timescales involved.
All non-statutory organisations must
remember to submit:
- Its constitution / governing document
- Its most recent annual accounts (or 3 years
of income and expenditure projections if you have been operating
for less than 12 months)
- Copies of its last three bank statements
All applicants must remember to
submit:
- Sponsors Declaration Form (or other
appropriate evidence of sponsorship)
- Child Protection Policy/Vulnerable Adults
Protection Policy (where appropriate)
- Any Project Delivery Plan you may wish to
provide
All of these documents can be uploaded with
your application or sent by post but your application will not be
considered complete until we have received them.
Without Prejudice Permission
It is Sport England policy that no funding
will be made in aid of expenditure to which the applicant
organisation has committed itself by purchase, contract or other
binding agreement before receiving a written award, unless it has
obtained our written consent prior to the commitment.
Written consent prior to the commitment,
Without Prejudice Permission (WPP), can be requested if there
have been some extenuating circumstances that meant you have not
been able to submit your application 12 weeks before your project
is due to start. It will be granted in exceptional circumstances
only and where doing so does not impinge on your ability to comply
with our terms and conditions of award if your application is
successful.
Please be aware that being granted permission
does not commit Sport England to give any financial assistance to
the project and will only be issued where the project appears to
satisfy Sportsmatch eligibility criteria and any decision to
proceed with the project is entirely at your own risk.
To request WPP you must contact a member of
the Sportsmatch team on 08458 508 508 and quote your Unique
Reference Number (URN).