Funding
The Cheshire & Warrington Sports Partnership is not a grant-making body, and does not have any funds of its own which are available for clubs or individuals. However, part of our role is to help clubs and individuals to access funding which is available from other organisations, as well as channelling funding from other sources through the community sports networks across Cheshire & Warrington.
Below is information on funding which you may find useful. We are developing this page, so check back regularly for new funding information.
Funding News
Download the latest Sport England funding newsletter - Nov / Dec 2005 (pdf 85k).
Click here to view a useful summary of various different funding sources for sport.
Local Authorities
Please use this link to visit your Local Authority's Sports Development Team.
Awards for All
The ceiling for funding awards for North West local communities has been raised to £10,000 and a new lower threshold level of £300 has also been introduced. Download this information sheet for full details (pdf, 40Kb).
Visit the Awards for All website - http://www.awardsforall.org.uk/
Sport England Funding
Download the Sport England Funding Leaflet (PDF)
Visit the Sport England Website - National - Funding Page
Community Investment Fund
The new Community Investment Fund opened on 5 May 2004. Applicants can seek funding for projects (both capital and revenue, or a combination of the two), which support the Sport England objectives of start, stay and succeed. Anyone wishing to apply for Sport England funding should contact the Sport England funding line on 08458 508 508.
You will be asked to answer a few basic questions about your project, upon satisfactory responses being made and submission of basic supporting information you will be sent an application form plus guidance to complete and return to the North West office.
The Big Lottery Fund
The Big Lottery Fund was created by merging the New Opportunities Fund and the Community Fund. It will hand out half the money for good causes from the National Lottery. The aim is to build on what both funds have achieved so far and to make it easier to apply for Lottery money and see where it goes. The Big Lottery Fund is currently undertaking a period of consultation in order to decide how to best distribute its monies.
For more information, call: 08454 10 20 30
Regularly updated information on the Big Lottery Fund's new programmes is available at www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/publications.htm
Sportsmatch
Sportsmatch is the government's grass roots sports sponsorship incentive scheme. The Scheme can match £ for £, a sponsor's new investment in a bona fide development programme.
Visit the Sportsmatch website http://www.sportsmatch.co.uk/
Sports Related Charities
The Charity Commission for England and Wales is the regulator and registrar for Charities. There website features a 'Search' facility, which lets you search the list of charities by keyword, ie: 'sport'.
Visit the Charity Commission of England & Wales Website.
Sports Aid
This organisation gives grants to elite athletes achieving international status. Funding is available for costs of training, travel and coaching incurred whilst preparing for major competitions. Sportsaid also offers grants to young people to develop their talents and to sports people with a disability. In both cases applications must be made with the support of the governing body.
Visit the Sportsaid Website http://www.sportsaid.org.uk/
Sports Relief
Sport Relief was set up by Comic Relief and BBC Sport to use the power and passion of sport to tackle poverty and disadvantage. Its aim is to help people living in Cheshire & Warrington who are facing some form of disadvantage or social exclusion because of low income, rural or social isolation, age disability, race, sexuality or gender. Grants can be made for projects based on one of the three themes below and that use sport & exercise to strengthen communities and provide opportunities for excluded or disadvantaged people.
The themes are:
- Increase access to sport and exercise.
- Help people who are experiencing difficulties in their lives to regain their confidence and self esteem
- Encourage people to take part in sporting activities that bring communities together.
The maximum grant available is £2,000, minimum £250. In exceptional circumstances grants may be made up to £5,000.
Sports Relief grants are distributed from Heart of England Community
Foundation 024 7688 3416. The panel meets several times a year
Visit the Sports Relief Website http://www.sportrelief.com/