Sleaford Tennis Club AGM -Funding 2011
Please find listedall the funding research I’ve carried out on behalf of Sleaford Tennis Club since 2009. Funding for the Club has been made difficult for a variety of reasons. The main obstacles being that the Tennis Club is not a charity,many funders will only support organisations with charitable status. Also, many funders will only support multi sport facilities which include Lincolnshire County Council.The current economic situation has not helped either; there simply haven’t been any large grants available to the Club.
Butas you can see below, Sport England will soon be opening a new fund called ‘Places People Play’. In short, they are looking to provide a legacy to the 2012 Olympics by upgrading grassroots sports facilities around the country. Grants of up to £150k are to be made available and I feel this will be our best opportunityto provide apavilion to compliment our new courts.
L. Walmsley
Sport England - Places People Play
The Olympic and Paralympic stakeholders today came together to announce plans for the mass participation legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Unveiled by the Minister for Sport and the Olympics, Hugh Robertson MP, and Sport England, Places People Play will bring the sporting legacy to life in communities across the country, answering London 2012’s Singapore promise to inspire a new generation to play sport.
The £135 million initiative has been made possible by the Government’s National Lottery reforms, which are bringing additional funding into grassroots sport.
Places People Play will be delivered by Sport England, in partnership with the British Olympic Association (BOA) and the British Paralympic Association (BPA) with the backing of The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) and the London 2012 Inspire mark.
It will bring the inspiration and magic of a home Olympic and Paralympic Games into the heart of local communities, encouraging more people to get involved in sport.
Places
We will transform the places where people play sport, making the benefits of London 2012 visible in cities, towns and villages across the country by:
- Upgrading up to a thousand local sports clubs and facilities
- ·Investing in a number of iconic multi-sport facilities that set the standards for future facilities development
- Protecting and improving hundreds of playing fields across the country, preserving high-quality spaces for local people to play and enjoy sport.
These facilities will be the only ones to carry the London 2012 Inspire mark, a permanent celebration of their role in the legacy of the Games.
Inspired Facilities
Wewant local communities across the country to be touched by the magic of London 2012 in a tangible way, and this fund will bring National Lottery funding to many local groups and facilities that haven’t previously benefited.
Clubs, community and voluntary sector groups and councils will be able to apply for grants of between £25,000 and £150,000 where there is a proven local need for a facility to be modernised, extended or modified to open up new sporting opportunities.
Many clubs and facilities are facing challenges in the current economic climate, and this locally-focused fund will make a big difference at the grassroots level.
Budget and timings
Sport England will invest £50 million of National Lottery funding in up to 1,000 local sports facilities.
Inspired Facilities will launch in February 2011 with applications open in April for the first of five £10m funding rounds, with the final round in 2014/15.
Each funded facility will carry the London 2012 Inspire mark, a permanent celebration of its role in the legacy of the Games.
Lincolnshire community Foundation - Grassroots Grants
The tennis club had to return a £5000 grant awarded in Jan 2010 because we could not meet the timescales by which the money had to be spent.
Awards for All
Not eligible, all sporting applications now dealt with by Sport England.
Lincolnshire County Council Community Grants Scheme
LCC do not fund single sports facilities.
Cash For Clubs £1000
Unsuccessful
Wren
Will not fund single sports
Michael Cornish Charitable Trust
Did not qualify for funding.
Tesco Community Awards
Our building project does not meet with their criteria.
Once the courts are built however, we can apply for any specific project which would benefit either Children's Education and Welfare or the Elderly.
With regards the new store, we can apply to the manager for funding prior to it's opening.
East Midlands Funding Index
Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation...... Charities only
Biffaward...... don't qualify
CLA Charitable Trust...... small projects for disabled people
Co-op Community Fund...... see below
East Midlands Airport Community Fund...... outside of qualifying area
Foyle Foundation...... charities only
Future Builders...... loan funding
HBOS Community Action Plan...... charities only
Lincolnshire Enterprise...... don’t qualify
National Sports Foundation...... closed, see Sport England
Sport England Community Investment fund...... Multisport
Kellogg Active Living Fund...... closed
Co-op Community Fund
We meet their initial criteria for applications up to £2000. No deadline for applications.
Wells Sports Foundation - Sports Grants Scheme
We are passionate about contributing to a lasting sporting legacy for future generations by providing grants of between £500 and £2000 to make a difference to the development of grassroots sport which is due to be launched in January 2010.
We will be looking to support sports clubs which:
Seek to increase and sustain participation in sport
•Target young people within the age range of 5-18
•Have obtained Clubmark status(or National Governing Body equivalent)
•Have already raised a proportion of the funds to go towards the project
•Have at least one effective link to a local school
Can only apply once we have achieved CLUBMARK status, maximum grant available is £2000.
Lincolnshire Sports Partnership
The following organizations are listed as potential funders on the LSP website.
St Modwen Environmental Trust………..don’t qualify
Football foundation………………….…..don’t qualify
Groundworks………………………....…don’t qualify
National Sports Foundation………….…. ‘Cash for Clubs’ unsuccessful
Tesco………………………………….…don’t qualify
Lincolnshire community Foundation…...only grant open to us is ‘Playing Fields’
Wakeham trust………………………….do not contribute to large projects
Bernard Matthews Fund…………………don’t qualify
Playing Fields Association £500
A rolling fund no deadline
Sports Aid ()
I was advised by Sport England to try this organisation, but unfortunately they only support individual elite athletes.
FundingCentral.org.uk
Grant search website, points back to LCC grants.
Funding research made through GrantNet website
Sleaford Tennis Club did not qualify for funding from the organizations listed below.
Lord Barnby's Foundation
Big Lottery fund
Awards for Bridging Cultures
Friends Provident Foundation
Ford Britain Trust
Volant Charitable Trust
The D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
The FirstGroup Plc: on website 14 May 2010. Deadline - None
The Foyle Foundation
Rayne Foundation
MODCARE
Erach and Roshan Sadri Foundation
Woodward Charitable Trust
J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust
Waterloo Foundation
Limbourne Trust
Sylvia Waddilove Foundation
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Pilgrim Trust
Porticus UK
Communitybuilders Fund
SITA Trust Enhancing Communities Programme
Comic Relief 2009-2012 Grant Funding
Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation
Awards for All
Biffaward Small Grants 2009
Brittania Building Society Funds
Ibrahim Foundation
Morris Charitable Trust
HBOS Foundation Community Action Programme
Clothworkers Foundation
The Gannet Foundation
Landfill Communities Fund
Barclays Stockbrokers Charitable Trust
BIG Fair Share
Charles Hayward Foundation
Sports Funding research through Voscur website
Sportsmatch………………….….require local sponsors
Cash for Clubs……………….….unsuccessful
Lottery small grants………….….unsuccessful
Sport Relief………………….…..don’t qualify
Football Foundation……………..don’t qualify
Rowing Foundation……………...don’t qualify
Wells Sports foundation…………require Clubmark status
Peter Harrison Foundation………do fund capital sports projects but primarily support disadvantaged / disabled groups
Funding research made throughJ4bcommunity website
Sleaford Tennis Club did not qualify for funding from the organizations listed below.
Barclays Spaces for Sports
Biffaward - Main Grants Programme - Community
Capital Grant Aid - Lincolnshire
Creating Chances
Lincolnshire Wolds Sustainable Development Fund (SDF)
FO2 It’s Your Community Awards Scheme
PIP Fund - Lincolnshire
SITA Trust Enhancing Communities Programme - Large Grants
SITA Trust Enhancing Communities Programme - Small Grants
Landfill Communities Fund
We do not qualify for funding from these companies mostly because we are outside their area of operations.
Sita Trust
WREN
Derbyshire Environmental Trust
Biffaward
Wakefield Environmental Developments LTD
CEMEX
CORY Trust Lincoln
Veolia Environmental Trust