Funding available to clubs and groups
Key Streams
There are several funding streams that a club can access. Please see below a breakdown of some of the key funding streams.
Fund Name: Sport England Movement Fund
Description: Has the broad goal of getting more people active and tackling long-standing inequalities by targeting specific groups with long-term inactivity.
Amount: Awards of £300 - £15,000 are available to not-for-profit organisations.
Timeframes: No deadline, 8–10 week turnaround.
For more information: Funding guidance | Sport England
Contact: funding@sportengland.org
Fund Name: National Lottery’s Awards for All
Description: The fund has a community focus to ‘improve the places and spaces that matter to communities’ through community provision.
Amount: £300 - £20,000.
Timeframes: No deadline, 4-10 week turnaround.
For more information: National Lottery Awards for All England | The National Lottery Community Fund
Contact: general.enquiries@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
Bid Writing/Applying for funding
The process of writing a funding bid can be the difference between accessing funding and not accessing it.
Below are some key takeaways from trainings, discussions with partners and governing bodies on what will often go into successful funding bids:
- Find out what the funders prioritise and ensure that is your focus in the application process e.g. The National Lottery’s Awards for All focuses heavily on the community, so a bid is more likely to be successful with this organisation if it focuses on community benefits.
- Reach out to the organisation before applying to make sure that your project is appropriate for that specific fund.
- Lean on the support that is available through your Active Local Partnership.
- Try to demonstrate that you are applying for funding to meet a specific need within your club/community depending on the fund being applied for.
- Use statistical data to back up why your project is needed. Herts Insight is a good starting place.
- Consider the possibility of using a Sports funding consultancy to write your bid. They are mostly ‘no win no fee’ and the Herts Sport and Physical Activity Partnership commissioned a specific organisation to write bids on behalf of other organisations (find details at Funding with Funding4Sport).
Useful Links and Information
The Herts Sport and Physical Activity Funding Newsletter: Funding Newsletter
Community Alliance Broxbourne and East Herts Newsletter and Funding Bulletin: Community Alliance BEH - Newsletter
Grantway: A global search platform for funding opportunities: Portal for funding
Current Funding Opportunities at the Herts Sport and Physical Activity Partneship: Funding for Everyone