England Athletics East Midlands Grant Aid Scheme and Athlete Scholarship
The region runs a grant aid scheme and athlete scholarship to financially support athletes, clubs and other organisations involved with the sport in the East Midlands.
Grants can be applied for upto £1000.00 to support various projects that contribute to increasing / maintaining club membership and improving performance levels across the sport and scholarships for up to £500.00 can be accessed to support athletes in the U15, U17,U20 and U23 age groups who are at the top of the East Midlands Rankings to support and enhance current training programmes and develop the athlete / coach partnership.
Application forms and guidelines can be downloaded below and the Regional team are available to support and guide you through the process so please contact them with any queries or for help or advice.
Please also see below information on how the last grants have been allocated in February 2008
Sportsmatch relaunched.
funded by Sport England will continue to offer pound for pound matched funding to Sporting Stakeholders for projects that encourage sports participation at grass roots level.
Other Sources of Funding
As well as the grants available directly through England Athletics East Midlands there are a number of sporting and non sporting agencies offering a variety of grants to fund specific projects. Below is a brief outline of where funding is available and links to the relevant websites for more information. If you would like to discuss any of these further or would like support or advice in completing a grant application please contact a member of the regional staff
www.sportengland.org Distributes lottery funding to community sport and physical activity through its Community Investment Fund (CIF) Often supports multi activity approaches that are either capital or revenue based (buildings or people) but they also look for significant partnership funding contributions towards the proposal. Speak to the regional office 020 7273 1820 for further information or visit the website.
www.awardsforall.org.uk provides small grant aid for community groups and schools towards either capital or revenue projects that benefit participation in sports activities. Each region has specific criteria for award (east includes a specific focus on rurality, inclusion and equality) Grants p to £10,000 can be accessed or used towards a bigger project as match funding.
http://www.lotteryfunding.org.uk/ Lottery Funding is a joint website run by all Lottery funders in the UK. This site allows you to search information on current funding programmes across the UK.
www.footballfoundation.org.uk supports the development of community grassroots football through significant investment into facilities and development projects. Can support other sports but often up to 80% of the project needs to be football. Potential here for athletics, particularly in rural areas where multi activity approaches are wise.
www.thefsa.net Foundation For Sport & The Arts (funded by Littlewoods Pools) awards community clubs and organisations up to £40,000 towards facility projects that are aligned to well structured development plans. Many sports clubs in the East have benefited from the FSA.
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk Open programmes available to community projects - a range of funding streams that can award both capital and revenue projects. Potential to use Athletics to contribute towards broader agendas such as health, regeneration, education and crime prevention.
www.biffaward.org Provides grant aid for community organisations in areas within a limited radius of a landfill site. Many community sports projects have benefited during the last few years through this programme, particularly in rural areas.
www.funderfinder.org.uk Provides advice and guidance on a range of grant giving bodies that could well support your project
www.governmentfunding.org.uk Provides advice on the range of government funded grant aid that could benefit your project
http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/localnetworkfund/
The Local Network Fund for Children and Young People supports small voluntary and community groups to improve outcomes and opportunities for children and young people aged 0-19.
The object of the fund is to enable communities, with limited opportunities or access to services that many young people take for granted, to develop projects and activities for children and young people.
Advice and support is available to groups for project development, establishing and running community projects and developing safeguarding procedures. The fund offers grants between £250 and £7000.
http://www.defra.gov.uk/funding/index.htm
For information related to funding for projects in rural areas, the DEFRA website is a mine of information. The rural development sector is changing constantly so it will be useful to speak directly with your respective ACRE or Rural Community Council (RCC) in your county as they will be able to give you accurate information. Many non sports rural funding pots can support your athletics project if you can demonstrate how athletics can contribute towards improving the quality of life in your community.
Facility Planning & Design Guidance
Knowing Your Local Facilities - find out what is on your doorstep when initially pulling together a facility proposal. Active Places uses GIS to plot existing facilities in your community
www.activeplaces.com
PPG 17 - Planning Guidance For New Sport & Recreation Facilities
http://www.communities.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1144067
Planning Policy Guidance 17 (PPG17) sets out the policies needed to be taken into account by regional planning bodies in the preparation of Regional Planning Guidance (or any successor) and by local planning authorities in the preparation of development plans (or their successors); they may also be material to decisions on individual planning applications. This replaces the PPG Note 17 published in 1991.
SAPCA - Sport & Play Construction Association
www.sapca.org.uk
The Sports and Play Construction Association, SAPCA is the UK trade association for the sports facility construction industry. SAPCA represents specialist constructors, manufacturers and suppliers of sports surfaces and related products and plays an important role in the promotion of high standards for sports facilities.
With an annual investment in these facilities of over £100 million, the UK sports construction market is one of the largest in the world. The majority of these projects are built by members of SAPCA
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