A Government grant of up to £1,000 for use on management and leadership development activity, such as any training agreed with the skills adviser. You will have to match-fund this grant. Contact consultants@iog.org for more details.
Queen Elizabeth II Fields In Trust (FIT)
FIT last year launched the QEII Challenge which aims to protect 2,012 outdoor recreational spaces by the year 2012, to create a permanent living legacy of both the Diamond Jubilee and the London 2012 Olympics for future generations. Local Authorities, Town and Parish Councils can nominate sites to be part of the scheme. The England and Wales Cricket Board and Lawn Tennis Association have lent their support to the scheme by lobbying for cricket and tennis facilities to be part of the programme.
Voting on the fields put forward takes place in September with the successful schemes accessing grant funding to realise the projects aims.
Queen Elizabeth II Fields County Funds
There is also a QEII County programme where in the counties of Ayrshire, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Cornwall, Derbyshire, Hertfordshire, Lancashire, Leicestershire, North Yorkshire and Shropshire, Local Authorities and Town/Parish Councils can benefit from the QEII County funding scheme.
Grants of up to £5,000 are available to improve QE II fields.The funds will open on 1 October with a submission deadline of 1 December. Grant offers will be made by the end of 2011 with regular updates of other potential funding opportunities.
Contact consultants@iog.org for more details.
Sport England funding - Places People Play-Inspired Facilities Fund
Sport England has launched this next themed funding a part of the countdown to the 2012 Olympics. The Inspired Facilities programme aims ‘to touch and reach’ as many communities across England to help connect them to 2012 and create a lasting legacy. There is £50 million capital funding available over five funding rounds of £10 million each. Up to 70% of the funding is available to community and voluntary sector projects (including parish and town councils) and the remaining 30% for local authority and other statutory bodies. Grants range from £20,000.
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Sport England funding - Places People Play-Protecting Playing Fields Funding
Sport England will be investing £10 million of National Lottery funding in community sports projects over three years from 2011-2014. There are five funding rounds with £2 million being allocated during each round. The next round opens on 24 October. The programme will fund capital projects that create, develop and improve playing fields for sporting and community use and offer long term protection of the site for sport.
Projects are likely to involve the construction of new pitches or improvement of existing ones that need levelling or drainage works. Funding of between £20,000 and £50,000 are available.
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Published: 01/09/2011
