England Fencing, Small Grant Application Form for Individuals.
Guidelines for applications:
1. Achievements
Please give your 3 best domestic results and 2 International results (if any) in the 12 months up to the date of your application.
Give your current ranking in all the lists in which you appear.
2. Training
Outline your level of training – hours per week in club, number of private lessons taken, non-fencing specific training.
Briefly describe any other sports or activities you are involved in, and the amount of time you spend on those each week.
3. Prospects/ambitions
a) 1 year plan
b) 2 year plan
c) long-term plan
4. Coach view
Please include a short report from your coach confirming your level of training and ability, commitment, and what your likely prospects are. The coach will be asked to confirm that all the other details in the application are correct.
5. School view
Is your school supportive of your fencing? What have they done to help you? Are they happy to allow you time off school for competitions (i.e. BYCs, Poland )?
6. Money needed for
Please state exactly what you are planning to use any grant on, and what the approximate cost would be. (Equipment, training, International competitions)
7. Proof of financial need
Please why you can’t afford this yourself.
8. Proof of applications to other funding bodies
Please show letters you have sent to other people asking for funding, and give details of what grants you have been given in the last year. EF will be unlikely to give a grant if no attempt to obtain funding has been made elsewhere.
Here are some ideas.
Sport England: http://www.sportengland.org/default.aspx
FANS: Free-Access-to-National-Sports-People-FANS
Your Local Council: Google it!
Awards4All: https://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/funding/Awards-For-All
9. Proof of UK citizenship
Photocopy of UK Passport or explanation of entitlement to UK Citizenship.
10. Proof of England Fencing membership
We will check this via the BF number you have provided.
Applicants for EF grants must be UK Citizens, and members of England Fencing, and not hold an EFC or FIE licence for any other nation, nor plan to do so in the foreseeable future.
Paid invoices for courses, trips or equipment must be submitted to the Panel once the grant has been spent.
England Fencing will not give grants to fencers who are selected for squads and who intend to take parent/s or a personal coach along to the event. You will be asked to confirm this if you are offered a grant. If a parent or coach is found to have gone to an event, EF will ask for the grant to be repaid.
It is beneficial for personal coaches to go to competitions with their fencer, but this will not be funded by EF.
For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that 1 adult will need to accompany a GBR nominated Cadet squad fencer. This is exempt from the restriction above.
Please submit completed applications to
Application: Please complete legibly.
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Personal details:
Full name:
BF Number:
Date of birth:
Postal address:
Parent name:
Parent email address:
Parent Telephone number:
Weapon/s:
Club:
Coach:
Coach email address:
Coach Telephone number: