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Funding For Protecting Sports
Playing Fields - 2012 Legacy Fund |
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Communities across the country are
invited to bring the 2012 legacy to
life in their area by bidding for
support for a local playing field
through the second £2 million round
of Protecting Playing Fields. |
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Applications for the second round
can be made between 24 October 2011
and 12 December 2011, with community
and voluntary sector groups able to
apply without partnership funding. |
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More info:
Funding For Protecting Sports
Playing Fields |
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Women's Sporting Calendar 2012 - Now
On Sale |
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An Opportunity to Raise funds for
your school or Club |
24 British
Olympians/internationals:
300
women's events listed |
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The Women’s Sporting A3 Calendar
2012 is now on sale. Twenty four
action shots of Great British
sportswomen to motivate you right
through the Olympic year. Plus over
300 non-Olympic events listed for
women to watch, attend, enjoy and
take part. Make 2012 a special year
for women’s sport, advance its
profile and help raise funds for
women’s sporting/charities
including an opportunity to raise
funds for your own school or club..
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More info:
Women's Sporting Calendar 2012 |
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Get Involved In
Free Sport |
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The second application round for
FreeSport 2011 is now open! |
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Grants of up to £1,500
are available
to deliver free sports coaching to
Londoners. Applications can be
submitted until 5pm, Friday 7
October. |
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FreeSport is part of
the Mayor's Sports Legacy Programme,
helping organisations deliver a
grass-roots sporting legacy
across London. |
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The GLA is working with
Interactive, Pro-Active London
Partnerships and NHS London to build
on the success of last year’s
programme and give people across
London the chance to take part in a
wide range of free sport and
physical activities in the build up
to the 2012 Games and beyond. |
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Application support |
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Each Pro-Active Partnership will be
holding application surgeries
designed to give you help and
guidance for completing your
application form.
Find details of your nearest surgery
here |
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Apply now! |
To play your part
in this year’s FreeSport programme
visit the
applications website and
complete the application form.
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Inspired Facilities |
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A new funding stream announced which
you may find useful for your club.
"Inspired Facilities is an easier
way to apply for facilities
funding." |
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Inspired Facilities is focused on
making it easier for local community
and volunteer groups to improve and
refurbish sports clubs or transform
non-sporting venues into modern
grassroots sport facilities. |
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Part of Places People Play, Sport
England’s programme to deliver a
London 2012 legacy of increased mass
participation in sport, it is
investing £50 million of National
Lottery funding in up to 1000
community sports projects between
2011 and 2014. |
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More info - see
Inspired Facilities |
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Zurich Community Trust |
This funder supports groups or
charities that work with
disadvantaged people in order to
help them achieve a more fulfilling
and independent future, moving from
dependence to independence.
Grants between £500 - £2,000 are
offered addressing various needs
including disability and learning
disability. |
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Website:
www.zurich.co.uk/zurichcommunitytrust |
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KBC Trust Grants for Youth Projects |
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Email:
zottecox@aol.com |
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Funders for up
to £2k for youth in the Royal
Borough of Kingston |
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Sportsmatch |
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Sportsmatch brings additional
funding to not-for-profit
organisations that have secured
sponsorship to deliver new projects
to get people playing and enjoying
sport. Grants from £1,000 up to
£100,000 are available to match
sponsorship from the commercial
sector, private individuals or
charitable trusts. |
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Clubs,
voluntary organisations, sports
governing bodies, councils, schools
and universities can get their
applications in now, and the first
awards will be made in early April.
To find out more
click here |
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If you would like to apply for
funding and would like some advice,
please do not hesitate to contact a
member of the Active Kingston Team. |
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Young Kingston |
| Young Kingston gives grants to young people
aged 5 to 19 (up to 25 if you have
disabilities) who live or study in the Royal
Borough. |
| You can apply for a grant of up to £500 to
support your development as a sportsperson
or to help you with a group project. |
| You must show how you could use the grant to
benefit the wider community – and
representing Kingston at a high level in
your chosen sport would fit well. |
| You can find out more and download an
application form from
www.youngkingston.org.uk |
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Play Sport - London
Facility Fund |
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| The PlaySport London: Facility Fund is part
of the Mayor's commitment to deliver a
sporting legacy from the 2012 Olympic and
Paralympic Games. |
| The overall aim of the PlaySport London
Facility Fund is to raise participation
levels in sport in London through the
funding of sports facilities. The fund will
help to provide affordable, good quality
local facilities within local communities. More info - see
links below |
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PlaySport on Football Foundation
Site |
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| Funding 4
Sport - New Website Launched! |
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| Funding 4 Sport has just launched its new
website to provide a One Stop shop for
Sports Clubs, Local Authorities, Governing
Bodies of Sport, University students and all
those interested in sport, play and physical
activity development. |
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Funding 4
Sport newsletter 2
newsletter 1 |
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Neil Desai
Foundation - New Funding News Just In! |
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| The Neil Desai Foundation has just announced
that they are now in the position to award
small grants, up to £500 to sports clubs in
Kingston. |
| Some of you may have met Urmi Desai during
our recent Club Night where she explained
the reasons why the Foundation was set up
and the forthcoming opportunity for clubs to
apply for funding.
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Guidelines and
Application Form and please visit the
Neil Desai Foundation website to find
out more and maybe consider this very
worthwhile Charity when holding fund-raising
events. |
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Awards for All
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| Awards for All is a Lottery
Grants scheme funding small local community
based projects. The aim is to help improve
local communities and the lives of people
most in need. |
| A comprehensive guide and
application form is on the
Awards For All website. |
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Cash4Clubs |
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Cash4Clubs is a sports
grants scheme which gives clubs a chance to
win grants ranging from £250 to £1000 for a
variety of projects from improving
facilities, buying equipment or gaining
coaching qualifications. The scheme is
funded by Betfair and
supported by SportsAid. |
The application form is easy
and available on-line, grants
are awarded quarterly following selection by
the committee. |
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More
info:
Cash-4-Clubs.Website |
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The Dickie Bird
Foundation |
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| The Dickie Bird Foundation
aims to help disadvantaged young people
under the age of 18 to participate in sport
to the best of their ability irrespective of
their social circumstances, culture or
ethnicity. The grants will help with the
cost of clothing, equipment and contribute
towards travel costs. |
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More
info:
Dickie Bird Foundation Website |
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Football Foundation |
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| Football Foundation is playing a
key role in revitalising grass roots
sports investing in our parks, sport
and playing fields. |
| They have a number of
schemes available on the
Football Foundation website |
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GRANTnet |
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| GRANTnet is a
straightforward free to use service from
GRANTfinder which can help users identify
suitable funding for their projects. |
| More information on the
GRANTnet website |
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The Jack Petchey
Foundation |
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| The Jack Petchey Foundation
is a grant giving charity that funds
programmes which benefit young people aged
11 - 25 years of age. They also have schemes
that support and recognise club volunteers. |
| Funding applications are
open during certain times of the year so it
is worth keeping an eye on the
The Jack Petchey Foundation website |
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London Marathon
Charitable Trust |
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| The London Marathon
Charitable Trust offers grants to refurbish
and expand sporting facilities. Grants are
only available at certain times of the year,
the application form is very easy to
complete and the monitoring is not too
onerous, unlike some! |
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form visit the
London Marathon Charitable Trust page |
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The Lord’s Taverners |
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| The Lord’s Taverners offer
grants to give young people under the age of
25, able-bodied or with disabilities a
sporting chance. Funding is available for a
variety of things such as manual sports
wheelchairs or specially adapted mini-buses. |
| More information from
The Lord’s Taverners website |
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| Royal Borough
of Kingston
Grants Unit |
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| Royal Borough of Kingston
Grants Unit has a number of grants available
for local voluntary organisations. Project
and Strategic Grants have the deadline for
submission of 31st October but smaller
Neighbourhood grants are on a rolling basis. |
| All application forms and
criteria are on the
website. |
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SITA UK |
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| SITA UK runs a small grants
scheme of up to £10,000 through the Landfill
Communities Fund to support physical
improvements to community facilities. |
| There are five application deadline dates
during 2010. |
| Further information is
available on the
SITA Trust website |
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Sport England Small
Grants Programme |
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| Sport England Small Grants
Programme has been set up to help local
community sport projects which aim to
increase and sustain participation, develop
opportunities. |
| They can also help clubs expand their age
groups and purchase kit or even pay
additional coaching fees. |
| More information:
Sport England Small Grants Programme |
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The Capital Community Foundation |
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| Has useful information on grants
available. Objectives of The Capital
Community Foundation include Funding
charities, community groups and
social enterprise with a focus on
community based action and projects
that do not attract mass public
support. |
| More information:
The Capital Community Foundation
website |
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Running Sports |
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Running Sports News & Courses - Funding For Your Club
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Active
Surrey
Information |
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Funding Guide |
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