Sports grants and funding

The Sports development team offers advice and support to organisations considering/pursuing external financial assistance from the extensive range of agencies currently available.

About this service

Easington District Sports Council (EDSC)

The District of Easington sports development team contribute to the funding of 'Easington District Sports Council' (EDSC). 

EDSC administer these small funds to successful candidates to their grant scheme.

Application for grant can be made on a individual or club basis.

For a copy of the Application pack please download from the documents box.

Awards For All

Awards for all is a grants programme set up to help small groups. 

If you are a local group and you need between £500 and £5,000 Awards for All may be able to help you. 

Awards for All can fund projects which involve people in their local community, bringing thm together to take part in a range of arts, sport, heritage, charitable and other community activities. 

Sometimes quite small sums of money can have a big impact. Awards for All aims to make a real difference to smaller groups and strengthen community activity. 

• You can apply at any time
• The application form asks for basic information
• You hear the result in 6 weeks                  

Contact the hotline number (0845) 6002040 or the Awards For All website

SportsAid

SportsAid provides direct financial assistance to young sportsmen and women, between the ages of 12 and 18, to help meet the costs of their sporting development. SportsAid is a national independent charity which does not receive any government or lottery funding.

There are two grants awarded:

• national grants of £500 (per year)
• regional grants of £250 (per year)          

A SportsAid grant should make a real difference to a young person pursuing a sporting career, to be eligible for a grant participants must be:

• aged between 12 and 18
• disabled competitors up to the age of 25 or competitors over 25 who are new to a sport and show strong potential
• in genuine financial need
• members of national or regional development          

For more information see the SportsAid website

Football Foundation

The Football Foundation is a unique partnership funded by the FA premier league, the FA and the Government. The Foundation is playing a key role in revitalising grass rots sport, investing in parks, schools and playing fields and harnessing the power of the game within our communities, to promote education and social inclusion. Their mission is to:

1. improve facilities
2. create opportunities
3. build communities         

The foundation has a number of funding opportunities to access:

• capital projects scheme - funding available to improve facilities
• schools capital projects scheme - funding made available for football specific school projects
• community and education scheme - funding aimed at increasing participation and to encourage healthy lifestyles
• junior kit scheme - funds up to £300 to clubs and schools for the purchase of football strips and equipment for teams under 16 years of age         

for more information see the Football Foundation website.

SportsMatch

SportsMatch is the governments grass roots sports sponsorship incentive scheme - the scheme can match pound for pound a sponsors new investment in a bonafide development programme.

• any not-for-profit group can apply, e.g. sports clubs, schools and colleges
• sportsMatch will match the money from any profit-distributing business, for example: banks and retailers
• matching awards are available between £500 and £50,000.        

for more information see the SportsMatch website

Sport England

Sport England invests in projects which help people start, stay and succeed in sport. They distribute funds through two funding streams - Community and National.

Community - for funding between £500 and £5000 'Awards for all' funding should be sought. For funding over £5000 the regional Sport England board will assess the bid against the regions sports plan.       

National  - £130 million has been dedicated to the development of 30 key sports. Each governing body is responsible for delivering the targets set out in their plans.