Please see below a list of funds to support and sustain sports clubs, groups or individuals delivering sport & physical activity in the Tees Valley. 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.
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.
Crowdfunding (Places and Spaces)
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.
For support with developing your campaign please contact jack.liddle@wearerise.co.uk 07944 462 195 who is supporting organisations across the North East.
Funding for environmental projects
Sustainability and having an environmental focus can help secure funding for upgrades and projects as well as benefit the planet. Many funders now ask for sustainability to be a factor considered in all projects, particularly building works. Some funders have dedicated funding pots for projects with an environmentally sustainable focus and many will give extra weight to applications with a sustainable agenda.
Woodward Charitable Trust – Children’s Summer Playscheme Grant
Deadline: 16/04/2026
Grants are available for locally based small-scale registered charities in the UK to support children’s summer playschemes.
Amount: up to £2,000
Heart Research UK – Healthy Heart Grants
Deadline: 22/04/2026
Grants are available to charities and community interest companies in the UK for new community projects aimed at supporting adults to reduce their risk of coronary heart disease, helping them to lead healthier, happier and longer lives.
Amount: up to £15,000
Asda Foundation – Local Community Spaces Fund
Deadline: 28/04/2026
Grants are available for charitable groups to repair, renovate and develop local community spaces to ensure continued delivery of vital activities and services, including addressing loneliness and social isolation.
Amount: up to £20,000
Schroder Charity Trust
Deadline: 30/04/2026
Grants are available for UK charities who are working with vulnerable and disadvantaged people within the UK.
Amount: up to £5,000
Barclays Community Sport Fund
Deadline: 27/05/2026
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations operating in an area of high deprivation in the UK to make football, cricket, or tennis more accessible to women and girls.
Amount: up to £1,000
Caremark Community Care Fund
Deadline: 31/05/2026
Funding is available for UK-based community groups, charities, and not-for-profit organisations to support local projects that deliver a positive and lasting impact on their communities.
Amount: up to £3,000
British Dodgeball Coach Training Fund
Deadline: 21/12/2026
Part-funding is available to organisations for dodgeball coaching courses and accreditation throughout 2026.
Amount: up to £320
Changing Futures Lived Experience Support Grant
Deadline: 21/04/2026
Funding available to a national lived experience organisation in England to support the integration of lived experience into the next phase of the Changing Futures programme, strengthening system change and improving services for adults experiencing multiple disadvantage.
Amount: up to £750,000
England Athletics – Club Improvement Fund
Deadline: 30/04/2026
Grants are available to England Athletics‑affiliated clubs for projects that help them become safer, more welcoming, sustainable and better able to recruit and retain members.
Amount: up to £500
SUEZ Communities Trust Landfill Communities Fund – Primary Fund (England)
Deadline: 06/05/2026
Grants are available to non-profit making organisations in qualifying areas of England for improvements to local community facilities, historic buildings and structures, sport and recreation facilities.
Amount: up to £50,000
FCC Community Action Fund – England
Deadline: 20/05/2026
Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations for public amenity projects eligible under Object D of the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) and located within 10 miles of an eligible FCC Environment landfill site.
Amount: up to £100,000
Cycling UK – Big Bike Revival Grants Programme
Deadline: 01/06/2026
Grants are available for voluntary groups, social enterprises, and other not-for-profit organisations to deliver cycling projects and activities across England for people who do not normally cycle.
Amount: up to £3,500
Groundwork – Grassroots Grants
Deadline: 30/09/2026
Grants are available for small, grassroots charities, community interest communities (CICs), and voluntary and community groups across England to deliver vital services that benefit their local communities.
Amount: up to £2,000
Point North – Public Health Thriving Together Fund: Large Grants
Deadline: 12/04/2026
Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations in County Durham to deliver projects, activities, and initiatives that enable individuals to thrive, support good health and wellbeing, and addresses key challenges in their communities.
Amount: up to £75,000
Community Foundation North East- Playschemes Fund
Deadline: 27/04/2026
Grants are available to enable young children from disadvantaged areas in Tyne & Wear and Northumberland to attend local summer playschemes during school holidays.
Amount: up to £8,000
North East Community Foundation – Lead the Change
Deadline: 29/04/2026
Grants for initiatives to support young people to play a leading role in strengthening relationships, fostering understanding and building belonging in their communities in Sunderland.
Amount: up to £41,000
Point North – Lead the Change
Deadline: 29/04/2026
Funding is available for organisations supporting youth-led projects that promote leadership, connection and community cohesion among young people in Darlington, Middlesbrough and Hartlepool.
Amount: up to £123,000
Community Foundation North East – Curtin PARP Fund
Grants to support individuals in Northumberland and Tyne and Wear to realise their potential. The scheme recognises carers of all ages, black and minority ethnic groups including those with asylum seeker/refugee status, disabled people, homeless people and people who are experiencing disadvantage.
Amount: up to £7,500
Community Foundation North East – Ted Weekes Fund Grant
Grant for community organisations supporting children and young people in New Hartley or Seaton Sluice.
Amount: up to £4,000
Shakespeare Temperance Trust
Grants are available to support community groups and charities serving the people of Durham City.
Amount: up to £2,500