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What |
Aims/actively encouraging |
Community |
Education |
amount |
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Football Foundation primarily supports organisations that wish to build develop and/or refurbish facilities in order to sustain and/or increase participation. Types of facilities funded include, grass pitches drainage/improvements, changing rooms, floodlights, artificial turf pitches, pavilions and clubhouses, funding is also available for revenue purposes e.g. a football development officer. |
· Increasing participation in football, sport & active recreation · Improving levels of performance · Widening access · Benefit the economy · Improving health & wellbeing · Improving education · Creating stronger & safer communities |
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X |
50% of a project costs up to £20,000
20% over £20,000 |
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Football Foundation |
To increase participation and promote healthy and active lifestyles. To use football as a tool to increase education attainment, promote social inclusion and challenge social nuisance. |
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X |
£10,000-£250,000 over 5 years, up to 90% |
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Football Foundation Grass roots football—increase participation/provide training to support volunteers |
· projects conducted over a three year period · projects aimed at engaging traditionally excluded groups, such as black and minority ethnic communities, women and girls and disabled groups · the introduction of new lunchtime/after school clubs which lead to inter school competition · the introduction of new age groups to a Club · level One/Level Two coaching courses delivered as part of a wider programme which support the introduction of new teams/delivery of new activity · projects that work towards integrating new players into a league/competition |
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X |
90% funding for projects up to £9000
Especially groups where income less than £15,000pa |
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Free playground marking for tennis/football/rugby/cricket |
· Aims to increase sports participation and links between schools and local clubs |
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X |
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Football Foundation Kit/equipment for Under 18s and adults with disabilities teams |
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X |
Up to £400 |
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Football Foundation New for old goalposts replacing unsafe |
Goals eligible for replacement: · pre-1996 i.e. before British Standards were produced · metal cup hooks on posts and crossbars wooden · Freestanding · Mini-Soccer goals which are now incomplete, corroded or rusted · Free standing training goals are not eligible. |
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X |
50% up to £1,500 |
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Sportsmatch NEW projects sponsored by an outside commercial business which aim to increase participation in sport at grass roots level, and/or improve basic skills
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· You find a sponsor (who aims to get something back from sponsoring your group - not a donor - has to be a commercial company) who will donate 50% to your work—Sportsmatch fund with a further 50% · Sporting activity as defined by Sport England
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X |
Schools - £500+ Others £1000+ These are minimum sponsor amounts |
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(lottery) Sports activities
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Community based/after school sporting activities |
X |
Community/extended schools work |
£300-£10,000pa
8 week turn round |
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Foundation for Sports and the Arts (Littlewoods Gaming) create or maintain facilities and opportunities for the general community or will assist arts or sports provision that the community can enjoy |
· prefer schemes in which the Foundation will be the lead funder. · requests for top-up grants are refused |
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Max. generally £35,000 Most grants are lower |
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Sport England (East Midlands) Open Fund
Increasing participation |
Projects relating to hard to reach groups are prioritised: · women · People over 45 · Black & ethnic minorities · People with disabilities · People on low incomes |
X |
In exceptional circumstan-ces |
£10,001 upwards
Max 33% of project costs
Only 20% funds avail. For capital projects |
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