| Rugby Football Foundation |
| The RFF operates a scheme to target the updating of
playing facilities across the country, and has set up the
Ground Match initiative, offering grants between £1500
and £5000 to clubs who wish to make small improvements
to their pitches and changing facilities. This is done on £
for £ basis, and an annual fund of £1 million is available.
The RFF also operate an interest free loan scheme. They
also support community development, but financially
support themselves appointments of regional
development officers rather than operate grant funding
schemes for this. This funding provision and process is
currently under review and it is likely that new funding
initiatives will be announced in the near future. There is
also the Community Club Development Programme for the
larger capital projects, and recently there have been joint
initiatives with the Football Foundation that has seen
full-size 3rd Generation artificial pitches be built that can
support training and matches at the highest level. |
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| Awards for All |
| This scheme falls under the Sport England umbrella, and
distributes a fund of £10 million each year to clubs and
organisation for small schemes, including revenue,
equipment and facility improvements. The fund is
managed and distributed through 9 regional offices. Unlike
the other funders, Awards for All will consider funding
100% of a project costs, although an in kind contribution
is required. But the scheme is open to all sports and
community projects, not just cricket, therefore there may
not be enough funds to go around. All the more reason to
make sure that your grant application is complete and tells
them all the information they need to know. |
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| Local Network Fund |
| Funded by the DfES, this is a small grants scheme aimed
at addressing isolation, inclusion and services aimed at
young people. A total fund of £3 million is available
nationally for grants between £250 and £7,000. |
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| Sports Match |
| Sports Match also distributes National Lottery and
Government funds, but works in a different way to all of
the other funding bodies. The aim of this scheme is to
introduce new money into sport through attracting
sponsors with the incentive of matching £ for £ funding for
equipment, events and small capital projects. There is
annual fund of £4 million available, and the scheme is
open to professional and amateur clubs and organisations
across the sporting spectrum. Applications to this scheme
usually have a fairly fast response time, but again, the key
is submitting concise but comprehensive applications,
making sure that all the information is provided. Rugby
has always had the ability to attract sponsorship into the
sport, and this scheme is the perfect way of maximising
cash donations from local businesses to support and
sustain the game. |
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| Landfill Tax Credits |
| This scheme is operated by a number of different landfill
operators across the country. Basically, if your project is
located within 10 miles of a landfill site, there is a
possibility that you could be eligible for some grant
funding, provided your project will deliver community
aims. Criteria varies between the different waste providers
(WREN, Biffa, Sita etc) but sports related projects are
sometimes eligible, including football, and grants for as
much as £50,000 are available. |
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| Local and National Private Trusts |
| There are far too many for us to mention here. In all there
are approximately 4,500 trusts that will consider funding
a sports related project, and access to them varies
considerably. Grants 4 Sport can carry out a bespoke
search to identify potential funders in regional areas, and
national funders that may just fancy funding your project.
For more infomation click on our Services page. |
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