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.
Community organisations affected by the recent impact of winter storms, including Storms Bert, Conall and Darragh, can apply to Sport England’s Movement Fund to recover quickly. Supporting emergency relief and helping with costs during a crisis, like flood damage from extreme weather, is catered for by the Movement Fund – with its goal being to get more people active in England.
Stephen Lloyd Awards
Deadline: 14/05/2025
These global financial awards aim to help create success by finding and nurturing innovative ideas and projects undertaken by start-up enterprises or social entrepreneurs that can lead to practical, sustainable social or environmental change, particularly those that address social problems at a systemic level.
Amount: Winners will receive funding of at least £25,000, along with extensive pro bono support from experts in the social enterprise sector, who are committed to creating a positive impact on society in a long term and sustainable way. Shortlisted applicants will also be awarded up to £2,500 to further develop their project ideas, and may also benefit from similar pro bono expertise.
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund
Deadline: 22/05/2025
Grants are available for charities, not-for-profit social enterprises and community interest companies in the UK that are working to support young people with criminal convictions or young people at high risk of offending for the first time. In 2025, the focus is specifically on young women and girls who have been in the criminal justice system or who are at a high risk of being drawn into it.
Amount: between £10,000 and £80,000 for a duration of 12 months to two years
Rowing Foundation
Deadline: 26/05/2025
Grants are available for equipment that will support the participation of young people and disabled people in rowing in the UK.
Amount: up to £4000 in nay five-year period.
Asda Foundation – Local Community Spaces Fund
Deadline: 28/05/2025
Grants are available for grassroots groups to create, improve or repair local community spaces where people can socialise and reduce loneliness, and boost wellbeing. Improved accessibility to the community space is also funded.
Amount: from £10,000 to £20,000
Barclays Community Sport Fund
Deadline: 22/06/2025
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 £1000 access grants and up to £200 Level 1 coaching grants.
Gardening With Disabilities Trust
Small grants are available to groups and individuals in the UK who suffer all kinds of chronic disabilities – mental and physical – to help them get gardening again.
FCC Community Action Fund – England
Next deadline: 14/05/2025 then 20/08/2025
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. Includes
Trading for Good: Community Business Programme 2025
Deadline: 14/05/2025
A business development learning programme and match trading grant are available to support locally rooted community businesses in England to become stronger and more sustainable.
Amount: up to £4,000 as part of the wider free learning and development programme.
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales – Racial Equity Grants
Deadline: 29/05/2025
Unrestricted grants are available for small local registered charities, charitable incorporated organisations, and community interest companies based outside of London who are working with people experiencing economic inequity because of their race or ethnicity.
Amount: £75,000 over three years (£25,000 per year), alongside tailored development support
Angling Improvement Fund
Deadline: 03/06/2025
A Fund to help increase the availability of funding for angling through reinvestment of part of the proceeds of coarse and non-migratory rod licence sales in England in projects directly benefiting anglers.
Amount: up to £6,000
Cycling UK – Big Bike Revival Grants Programme
Deadline: 14/06/2025
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
The Eloise and Katie Memorial Trust
A very small number of grants are available to charitable organisations in England and Scotland who are working to make a difference to the lives of children and young people.
Amount: discretionary the largest grant awarded last year was £7,000
Middlesbrough Council – Community Grant Fund
Deadline: 18/05/2025
Grants are available to voluntary and community groups in Middlesbrough for community development projects.
Amount: between £250 and £1,000 and in some circumstances up to £5,000
Teeside Charity – Awarding of Grants Fund
Deadline: 19/05/2025
Grants are available to groups and organisations developing community projects for the benefit of Middlesbrough and Teesside residents.
Amount: up to £5,000
Teeside Charity – Golden Giveaway
Deadline: 30/05/2025
One-off financial awards are available for 20 charities, not-for-profit organisations, sports clubs, community groups and schools.
Amount: there is a total funding pot of £25,000 which will be split between 20 organisations based on public vote.
Tyne & Wear and Northumberland Community Foundation – John D Fund
Deadline: 09/06/2025
Grants are available for creative projects and activities in Tyne and Wear and Northumberland to enhance young people’s use and enjoyment of their free time, without any pressures of achieving academic qualifications or awards.
Amount: between £750 and £2,500
Darlington Building Society 5% Pledge Fund
Deadline: 20/06/2025
Grants are available to support the activities of not-for-profit groups in Darlington that have an impact in their community, enabling them to continue their work and make vital improvements to their service.
Amount: up to £5,000
County Durham – Aggression Sessions Small Grant Scheme
Deadline: 11/07/2025
Grants are available to support community sports clubs and organisations in County Durham providing opportunities for their communities to engage in physical activity on a regular basis.
Amount: up to £2,000
Redcar and Cleveland – Grassroots Sports Grants
Grants are available to grassroots sports clubs in Redcar and Cleveland to improve their facilities and improve participation in sport.
Amount: up to £25,000