If you are a sports club, group or individual delivering sport & physical activity in the Tees Valley and you have been affected by the ongoing Covid 19 virus, please contact us at info@teesvalleysport.co.uk We will try and help you with funding applications to the various local and national Covid 19 support programmes.
We are working with a great network of partners who have considerable experience of supporting the clubs and community groups sector. These include local authority staff, Volunteer Development Agencies, Sported and StreetGames. We are all working together to help sustain clubs and groups during the current problems. We are all determined to make sure that sport & physical providers are in a strong position to commence delivery when the current restrictions are removed.
Grants Online has a developed a free-to-access page for Covid-19 emergency funding. It one of the most exhaustive lists available for free and covers UK-wide, national and local emergency funds funds. It is also very regularly updated, so make sure to check back from time to time. Access Grants Online Coronavirus page here.
Sport England have launched a £16.5 million fund split into 3 strands to give additional help to the sport and physical activity sector during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The fund will be competitive, with priority given to organisations working in areas classed as 1-3 from the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) (enter your delivery postcode here to find out what decile you’re in) and those working with key beneficiary groups such as BAME and Disability. Sole traders and football only activities cannot apply. Due to the announcement of the current national lockdown measures, the programme has been adapted to help further.
Crowdfunder and Sport England have teamed up to make £1 million of match funding available to help the sport and physical activity sector through the ongoing coronavirus crisis. If your sports club has experienced short term financial difficulty, or needs to adapt how it operates, due to the pandemic you can set up a crowdfunding campaign and apply for up to £10,000 match funding today. If you have already started a crowdfunding campaign you can apply for the match funding via your Crowdfunder dashboard.
Description: The Trust funds charitable activities benefitting residents of Tyne & Wear, Northumberland, County Durham and Teesside.
Priority goes to those which ease social deprivation and/or enrich the fabric of the local community, and the quality of life of individuals within that community.
Application deadline: Rolling
‘You’ve Got This’ are managing a fund that will support ideas that get local people and communities more active more often and this doesn’t have to be sport related. Support will be given to innovative ways of getting people motivated and doing more active things that improve their confidence, self-esteem, mental health and general wellbeing. They want to support initiatives that bring people together or provide individual support. Ideas can be family focused, aimed at specific age groups, communities in a place or communities of interest. They are open to exploring any new ideas or diversifying / expanding existing projects or community activity. Projects will be funded with a minimum value of £200 up to a maximum of £5,000.
Tees Valley Community Foundation are pleased to announce the launch of their new ‘Better Together Fund’ to tackle loneliness and isolation in Tees Valley. If your organisation is delivering any form of activity to relieve the difficulties brought about by social isolation; it could be regular zoom or telephone calls, it could be doorstep deliveries of activity packs, whatever you are doing, they want to help. For any enquiries regarding the fund please email info@teesvalleyfoundation.org
Description: Middlesbrough Voluntary Development Agency (MVDA) are looking for ideas that get local people and communities more active more often and this doesn’t have to be sport related. They want to support innovative ways of getting people motivated and doing more active things that improve their confidence, self-esteem, mental health and general wellbeing.
Application deadline: none specified
Description: The Roseline Foundation fund will award grants to support organisations that help people experiencing poverty and health inequality, Black and Asian communities, those with mental health problems and isolated older people to recover from the impact of the pandemic on their work. The Sir Tom Cowie Fund will award grants to organisations working with children, young people and their families. Application deadline: none specified
Description: The aim of this programme is to fund charities, voluntary-led organisations and projects that have an impact in Darlington’s communities, enabling them to continue their work and make vital improvements to their services.
Application deadline: none specified
Description: To support projects that ensure all young people are included in activities, and support groups for young people with disabilities. Groups working with children and young people in the west end area of Newcastle, and gifted young individuals who are unable to achieve realistic ambitions because of financial difficulties.
Application deadline: none specified
Description: The funding aims to support smaller charities and good causes in the north of England to make a difference to their community for the benefit of people and planet.
The funding is for projects in the north of England that have a clear link with one of the Trust’s themes:
Application deadline: none specified
Description: Funding is available for work that focuses on improving the wellbeing of people in local communities (of all ages) impacted by Covid-19.
Areas of focus for proposals may include:
Further information depends on where the organisation is based. The local contacts are:
Description: At the Sir James Knott Trust we support charitable activity in Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, County Durham and Hartlepool, by making grants to organisations. The aim of Sir James Knott Trust is to help improve the conditions of people living and working in the North East of England. The Trust supports organisations through core funding and is also willing to make capital and project grants.
Application deadline: Rolling
Grants are available for groups in Middlesbrough up to £1500
Community Chest Application Form
Community Chest Criteria and Guidelines
Description: Places called home is a partnership with The National Lottery Community Fund which makes available £1.5 million in grants to support the development of more connected and resilient communities and places. Eligible community groups can apply for a Places called home grant of between £1,000 and £5,000. In addition, everyone who applies (whether you’re awarded a grant or not) will have the opportunity to join a virtual learning and support programme, forming a network of communities able to connect, co-create, learn from each other, and grow together.
Application deadline: 14/07/2021 or once 1,500 applications have been received – whichever comes first.
Description: In light of easing of coronavirus restrictions, the new scheme Bringing Communities Back Together aims to support local groups by providing two tranches of funding (Phase 1 and Phase 2), aimed at supporting a celebration event or enabling activities and services to get back on track after the disruption of the pandemic.
There are three funding streams available:
Application deadline: 16/08/2021
Description: Small one-off grants are available to small local charities and community groups for community projects in Great Britain that address themes set out by the funders.
To access the Magic Little Grants Fund, applicants must be eligible to join Localgiving by
Application deadline: 31/10/2021
Description: The Charity aims to provide children aged 13 years or younger who are disadvantaged, disabled or from areas of high deprivation with a recreational holiday or outing they would not otherwise have the opportunity to experience. In 2021, given the impact of coronavirus/COVID-19, the Charity has made some temporary changes to its guidelines to provide more flexibility on the types of trip it can support and is now funding day trips rather than residential holidays, with the aim of maximising the likelihood of trips going ahead.
Application deadline: 13/08/2021
Description: The Henry Smith Charity’s Strengthening Communities programme is part of the Charity’s Main Grants programme. The Fund focuses on funding small charitable organisations working at grass-roots level, to ensure that funding reaches the most disadvantaged areas of the UK, targeting places that are economically marginalised and affected by poverty
Application deadline: none specified
Description: Grants are available to UK charities that demonstrate a strong focus on alleviating social deprivation and helping vulnerable groups who have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Application deadline: 31/07/2021
Description: Grants for not-for-profit organisations that are working with disadvantaged children and young people aged up to 18 years and living in the UK.
Funding is available to organisations that are supporting children and young people of 18 years and under who are experiencing disadvantage through:
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the funder has temporarily broadened the types of applications it is accepting. Currently funding is being offered that can be used more flexibly than usual.
Applications are encouraged for:
Application deadline: 23/08/2021
Description: The funding is for projects that will improve accessibility to waterways and facilities thereby enabling greater use of them. There is particular interest in enabling enhanced participation in paddle sports for all people.
The funding is intended for the following purposes:
Application deadline: 31/08/2021
Description: The Foundation seeks to promote participation in boating for those who may otherwise find it difficult to partake in the sport due to age, infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances. Grants are available for:
Application deadline: none specified
Description: Funding is provided to UK registered charities whose primary objectives are to assist one or more of the following groups:
Two grant programmes are in operation as follows:
Application deadline: none specified
Description: The Trust aims to give opportunities to those who wish to fulfil their sporting ambitions, at any level, and provides grants to organisations that support disabled or disadvantaged people to overcome challenges and take part in sporting activities in the UK.
Application deadline: none specified
Description: The aim of the scheme is to support sporting activity or projects which provide opportunities for people who are disabled or otherwise disadvantaged to fulfil their potential and to develop other personal and life skills.
Grants are usually made for capital projects. Consideration will be given for revenue funding for a new project or if funding is key to the continuing success or survival of an established project.
The trustees welcome applications for projects that:
Application deadline: none specified
Description: One-off grants are available to registered charities in the UK for projects that address issues of homelessness, employability, education, health and well being. The Foundation has been set up to help with initiatives that develop and improve local communities by:
Application deadline: none specified
Description: The Foundation aims to transform communities and change lives across the UK by making grants to charities and grass-roots community organisations.
The first round of funding is called ‘Kits-for-Kids’, and aims to help as many children as possible to be active and enjoy sports by providing them with the right equipment to do so.
Application deadline: none specified
Description: Small grants are available to UK registered charities and community interest companies that are working to make a difference to the lives of disabled children and their families in the UK. Applications are accepted from UK registered charitable organisations and community interest companies with an annual income of less than £350,000 and which are delivering projects in the UK.
The Trust is particularly keen to receive applications from organisations which:
Application deadline: none specified
Description: Grants are available for sports clubs and organisations in England to provide or assist in the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation for the benefit of disadvantaged children who are under the age of 21 years. Funding is available for the following:
All young people who are to benefit must be under 21 years of age. The Trustees will consider applications where the large majority are under 21 years. The Trustees will also consider the economic and social circumstances surrounding the beneficiaries of the grant.
Application deadline: none specified
Description: Grants are available to non-profit making, constituted groups and organisations for local good causes that focus on supporting children and families in the UK.
Funding to support local good causes that focus on supporting children and families, including:
The funding is for projects that are ready to be delivered, but it will not cover retrospective costs (already committed or spent such as design fees, planning permissions costs or community consultation.
Application deadline: none specified
Description: There are three different funds available – Small Grants, Return to Football Fund and Grass Pitch Maintenance Fund. Grants are available for grassroots football organisations in England.
Badminton England have launched their Hardship Fund which is designed to help affiliated clubs and registered coaches restart activity after the enforced shutdown. It will prioritise those experiencing short term financial hardship and who have genuine concerns with being able to make sessions financially viable or facing the potential ceasing of operations. Grants of up £500 per club/coach are available (one application per club/coach).
Clubs, County Associations and Bowls England are facing a period where there is the loss of regular income whilst there are overheads and bills to be paid. Sport England and the Government has put in place a number of initiatives to assist clubs and small companies during this period of uncertainty.
England Boxing has pulled together the financial assistance available for clubs during the Coronavirus outbreak into one document.
Description: The funding is intended to support cricket clubs and leagues to cover essential running and maintenance costs during the coronavirus pandemic. As the recreational game returns to play, the funding can also be used by clubs and leagues to re-open and get games of cricket on under new coronavirus guidelines. The Programme has three separate strands:
Application deadline: none specified
The current COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has had a significant impact on the equestrian sector. A number of grant funding opportunities have been announced in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to help provide support, some of which may be applicable to equestrian businesses, community projects and charitable organisations.
The Premier League, The FA and Government’s Football Foundation has three funds to get clubs and organisations ready for the big kick off. Not-for-profit community groups delivering football activity in an area within Decile 1-3 of the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) are eligible for funding and will be able to apply for grants of up to £500.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is providing a £61 million package to help cricket withstand the financial impact of COVID-19, with financial assistance available at every level of the game – across counties, boards and clubs.
In agreement with The R&A, a sum of £2,555,000 has been made available to golf clubs in England hit hard by the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic. From the 8th July, clubs and facilities can now register their interest in the fund and begin the application process.
The scheme has been launched to support voting clubs impacted by Covid-19 in the immediate and short term (next few months) to ease cashflow and meet outstanding costs. Loans of between £2,000 and £10,000 are available to provide eligible clubs at league level 3 and below with financial support towards essential operational expenditure. These loans will be interest-free, repayable over a period of up to three years, with an initial repayment holiday of six months.
Table Tennis England has announced a raft of additional funding support for clubs, leagues and counties to help them through the pandemic.
The financial support being provided by the LTA for those impacted by the coronavirus includes:
Tennis Venues
• A repayment holiday on loans of six months for all existing LTA facility loans, equating to a value of almost £1m
• A 2019/20 registration fee refund for LTA Registered Venues equating to over £1m
• A Hardship Fund of up to £13.5m, providing interest free loans of up to £5,000 • Continued operation of the LTA’s Quick Access loans scheme for tennis venues which provides interest free loans of up to £250k for investments such as covered courts, padel courts and floodlighting
Coaches
• Financial support grants for full time LTA Accredited Coaches and Tutors, covering both the self- employed and those set up as sole directors of limited companies, equating to a value of approximately £4M
• Temporary extension for LTA Accredited Coaches where their accreditation has recently expired or is due to expire in the coming months • Grant and loan funding to be made available to the LTA’s Coach Qualification providers
Officials
• Financial support grants for full time LTA Licensed Officials
With costs such as venue hire continuing yet membership fees being frozen, we understand the dire financial situation some clubs are facing. It is worth acknowledging here that the insurance clubs receive by affiliating to Volleyball England does not cover losses caused by the coronavirus but click on the link above to read about available support.