Transcript Funding Insight - Hertfordshire County Council

SPORT FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES IN HERTS
Peter Simmons
Sport Project Officer
Herts Sports Partnership
KEY MESSAGES
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Multi funding streams
Some easy wins!
Do your homework
Understand funders’ objectives
Understand your club’s ability to deliver on
key agendas
• Engage with the language
• Seek help with applications
• Persevere!
FUNDING OPTIONS
• LOCAL DISTRICT GRANTS
• COMMUNITY SPORT NETWORKS
• HERTFORDSHIRE GRANTS
County Councillor Locality Budget
Herts Aspiring/Talented Athlete schemes
• NATIONAL SCHEMES
Awards for All
LOCAL AUTHORITY FUNDING
• Community Grants (Most councils)
 Revenue & Capital grants from £500 to £10,000
 Equipment, qualifications and venue hire
• Councillor Revenue Grants (Some Councils)
 £250 for councillors to grant to ‘worthwhile cause’
• Young Athlete Grants (Most councils)
 Funding for travel, coaching or qualifications
• Coaching/Officials bursaries (Few councils)
 50% of course costs
• Contact: your local authority website
COMMUNITY SPORT
NETWORKS
• Coaching Bursary Schemes
 Active Broxbourne, Active Watford, Sport North
Herts
• Club Development Grants
 Up to £500 for local projects: Welwyn Hatfield,
Active East Herts, St Albans
• Contact:
 See Community Sport Network leaflet
HERTS COUNTY COUNCILLOR
LOCALITY BUDGET
• 78 County Councillors have £10,000 to grant to
community groups in their wards
• Amount allocated to individual projects varies
• Sport has not obtained its fair share of grants
• Less than 10% granted to sport
• Apply to more than one councillor
• Available until end March 2013. Further money in
2013/14
• Full details available & application form from
www.hertsdirect.org/localitybudget
HERTS TALENTED ATHLETES
PROGRAMME
• Talented athlete scheme for 13-18 year olds
• Athletes at Regional/National squad level
• Includes strength & conditioning, physiotherapy,
nutrition and sport psychology support
• Scheme supported by University of Herts, Herts
County Council, Lea Valley Regional Park Authority
and Herts is Ready for Winners
• Full details at:
www.hertssportsvillage.co.uk/hertstalentedathletes/
• Contact: Sarah Grybowicz
[email protected]
COUNTY FUNDING
ASPIRING ATHLETE SCHEME
• Supported by Hertsmere Leisure, Finesse
Leisure, Stevenage Leisure, Sportspace
(Dacorum) & Gosling Sports Park
• Free access to leisure facilities
• Open to residents in Herts or member of
Herts Club
• 11-28 year olds of minimum county standard
• Simple application form
• Contact: Local Leisure Centre
Note: Some other leisure centres such as those in
Broxbournehave own scheme
SPORTIVATE
• Targets 14-25 year olds
• Sessions outside school hours
• Minimum 6 hours coaching
• Emphasis on sustainability via club links
• Need to demonstrate exit routes
• £9k/annum for each local authority
Contacts:
Herts – Will Hollyer [email protected]
www.sportinherts.org.uk
Sport Development Officers at each Local Authority
AWARDS FOR ALL
• Lottery funded programme
• £300-£10,000 for projects to improve your
community – not sport specific
• Funds training: Coach& Officials’ awards
needed as part of club development plan
• Disability & ‘difficult to reach groups’ focus
• Funds to be spent in 12 months
Contacts:
www.awardsforall.org.uk/england/index.html
There’s help out there..........
• Herts Council for Voluntary Service:
www.hertscvs.org.uk
• Herts Sports Partnership - Funding details in green
section of www.sportinherts.org.uk
• Sport England – Funding Helpline 08458 508508
www.sportengland.org.uk/funding.aspx
• Your NGB Development Officer - Herts/East
• Funding4Sport: www.funding4sport.co.uk
Newsletter available from £4.99 subscription
• Funding Insight weekly e-magazine, Free
subscription: www.grantsonline.org.uk
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CONTACT DETAILS
Herts Sports Partnership
Sports Performance & Development Centre, Hatfield
Business Park, Hatfield, Herts AL10 9EU
Tel: 01707 281204 www.sportinherts.org.uk
Peter Simmons - Sport Project Officer
[email protected]