Funding

FUNDING

ACTIVE SURREY FUNDING GUIDE

The Active Surrey Funding Guide 2010, aims to provide accessible information on funding for sports clubs, organisations and individuals in Surrey. The funding guide is updated regularly with new funding streams so keep on eye on it!

The funding advice and tips section, is there to help you to develop successful applications. Runningsports also provide a free quick guide on this subject.

The funding guide and the other links on the right of this page are designed to inform you of the different types of funding and make your search as easy as possible. Please let us know how easy the guide is to use and if you believe any improvements could be made by contacting us at active.surrey@surreycc.gov.uk or 01483 518944.

GRANT FINDER

Active Surrey has subscribed to GRANTFinder, the UK's leading grants and policy database that includes details in excess of 6,000 funding opportunities. GRANTFinder services include access to: a flexibly searchable database; Newsflash service; deadlines listing; and Research Help Desk. What's more, the information is continuously updated.

If you would like Active Surrey to use GRANTFinder to help you search for the most appropriate funding stream for your needs then please contact:

Eli Karlicka-Cook

Community Sports Development Manager (Funding Lead)

eli.karlickacook@surreycc.gov.uk

01483 518955

SPORT UNLIMITED

Sport Unlimited is a successful national programme funded by Sport England and aimed at getting more children and young people to take part in sport outside school time. More>>

SURREY COUNTY PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCIATION INVESTS IN SURREY SPORT

Surrey County Playing Fields Association (SCPFA) encourage the provision of recreational facilities for all age groups, and provide grants and loans to ensure the needs of village communities in Surrey are met.

In March 2010 SCPFA awarded over £3,000 in grants to sports organisations. These included:

Blackheath Cricket Club (Guildford) £1,000 awarded to help cover the cost of a climate cover for part of the newly extended square.
Busbridge Lawn Tennis Club(Waverley) £500 awarded towards the cost of purchasing at least 12 mesh windbreaks, as the club is on top of Holloway Hill they are needed!
Active Surrey SCPFA are funding the Fair Play Award at Surrey Youth Games 2010.
Surrey County Bowling Association £764 awarded to purchase playing shirts for their teams in the 12 25 years age groups. The current shirts are 7 years old!
Reigate & Banstead £100 awarded to help fund for their Festival of Sport on 2 May 2010.

Also, in March 2010 SCPFA granted Farnham RFC in Waverley a £35,000 loan to support their £1.7million development.

SCPFA allocate grants and loans throughout the year and if you are interested in applying or would like more information please contact Jim Faulkner (Hon. General Secretary) on 01483 275628 or jim_faulkner@talk21.com .

SPORT ENGLAND FUNDING STRATEGY

Sport England's funding strategy provides a description of each of the funds that are available and a description of the application, awards and reporting process. The summary of this strategy is available to download here.

FUNDING 4 SPORT WEBSITE IS LAUNCHED!

Funding 4 Sport has just launched its new website www.funding4sport.co.uk.

The Funding 4 Sport website was set up to provide a One Stop shop for Sports Clubs, Local Authorities, Governing Bodies of Sport, University students and all those interested in sport, play and physical activity development. The site has over 2,000 documents related to sport, play and physical activity that include; templates, forms, toolkits, policies, research, strategies and whole range of support materials that will help you develop your organisation. The documents have been gathered from the UK and across the World including the main leaders in sport, play and physical activity of New Zealand, Canada, Australia and the USA. The site also contains a whole range of documents that organisations require that cannot be found on the internet, and have therefore been developed to fill these voids.

For an example of information avalible please click here. For further information please visit www.funding4sport.co.uk.

GOOD NEWS STORIES

If your club has successfully applied for funding in the past, we would love to hear from you. Please send your information and pictures to vicki.jamieson@surreycc.gov.uk

Last updated on: Wednesday 7 July 2010