Funding

Funding 4 Sport has just launched its new website

www.funding4sport.co.uk.

The Funding 4 Sport website was set up to provide a One Stop shop for Sports Clubs, Local Authorities, Governing Bodies of Sport, University students and all those interested in sport, play and physical activity development.

Are you an established community group or charity, or thinking of starting one, and based in Wiltshire?

Do you work with volunteers?

Do you need help finding funding?

Do you need help with training and development?

Then the StepUp team wants to help you!

Sport England have announced their next funding round to the tune of £10m with a focus on women in disadvantaged communities and women caring for children under 16.

Bag4Sport is a non profit making organisation set up to help raise the necessary monies that all youth, sporting organisations need to provide opportunities, equipment, clothing, transporting, etc. Also we would like to support the stars of the future, whether it is Dance, Sport, Music, Acting, etc.

Wednesday 25th November saw over 80 representatives attending the second EFN sports and the Arts funding forum. The aim of the event was to identify funding opportunities for projects concerning the Sport and the Arts, and was well attended by people from the arts, sports clubs, as well as schools, community clubs, and those with projects in both the voluntary and statutory sectors

The ELGA Trust aims to help young, female golfers in need. It will fund the cost of purchasing essential equipment, tuition, accommodation and travel. Each year the Trust awards grants totalling approximately £40,000 helping girl golfers and encouraging newcomers to the sport throughout England. Much of the emphasis has moved towards coaching for beginners and simply making golf an attractive sport for girls to play.

Small community groups and projects in Wiltshire and Swindon are to benefit from a £1.4 million cash injection, after The Community Foundation for Wiltshire & Swindon won a government competition to distribute funding to grassroots initiatives in the area.

The money is part of £130 million nationwide drive by the Government to support thousands of groups and projects across the country, working to improve their local communities.

After the success of last year, Wiltshire & Swindon Activity & Sports Partnership are looking to run another funding forum, the agenda etc is not set at the moment, but we have booked the Town Hall Devizes on 25th November 2008 5.30 - 9.00pm.

Kick It Out and the Football Foundation are joining forces this summer to award a series of grants to groups who wish to use sport to tackle discrimination and exclusion. The One Game, One Community grants will enable groups to use football to help tackle social exclusion. The grants offer a cash sum of up to £1,000 and are being made available to groups across Britain as part of the forthcoming One Game, One Community weeks of action. Organisations such as community and grassroots football groups, schools and tenants associations can apply for work with groups such as young people, ethnic minorities, football fans, estates-based projects, gypsies and travelers, and refugees and asylum seekers. Applications must be received by 5 pm on 11 September and more details about how to apply can be found at www.kickitout.org

The Foundation gives grants to people with disabilities and people who are disadvantaged. One of the programmes is 'Opportunities through Sport', for further information visit the Peter Harris Foundation Website or telephone them on 01737 228000.