funding for your club

Funding for Clubs and Community Organisations

Club Sport Environment

Governance• Not for profit / Non Commercial

• Open to All Clause - Updated Equality Act 2010

• No separate male and female memberships

• No Proposer and Seconder required

• No posting of prospective members details

• Gender neutral

• Acceptable Dissolution Clause

Funding Programmes

Sports Facilities

• SFF Full Applications

• SFF Small Projects Strand

• Legacy 2014 Active Places

Small Grants

• sportsmatch

• Awards for All

• UKCC

• Direct Club Investment

Club Investment Principles

Impact

Additionality

High standards

Holistic approach .

Sustainability

Sports Facilities FundLocal Authority &

Club Projects

can apply for up

50% funding

• Large and small projects• Club Projects under £50k• Area of Multiple Deprivation

Eligible Projects

• The provision extension or upgrading of playing facilities or changing accommodation

• Storage facilities for playing equipment

• Purchase of major items of non-personal equipment (with a 7 year life)

SFF Key Considerations

• deliver increased participation or improved performance

• identified in SGB/LA facilities strategies / fit with any other relevant strategy

• financial need

• address identified gaps in provision

• fit with Community Sports Hubs principles

Legacy 2014 Active Places

• £10 million, 2012 – 2015

• Funding for capital projects that provide opportunities for people to get physically active or participate in sport.

• Grants of between £10 000 and £100 000 for a wide range of community-led projects

• Focus will be on informal projects

Community facilities

School / community facilities

Outdoor & adventure facilities

Sport facilities

Club sportActive Places priorities

1 Round remaining 1st February 2015

Ineligible Projects• Projects with a value under £10,000

inc VAT

• All repairs, renewals, replacement, and maintenance

• Purchase of buses, vans and the like

• Bars, Dining Rooms, dedicated social areas and associated spaces

• Bedroom / Residential accommodation inc caretakers flats etc

• Personal Equipment

• General Sports equipment not having a life expectancy of more than 7 years,

• Buildings etc not having a life expectancy of at least twice the length of the terms of award

• Free standing administrative areas and committee rooms which are not essential parts of sports facilities.

• Feasibility studies and design competitions

• Speculative purchase of land and / or facilities for utilisation / development in the long term

• Purchase of land and or facilities as a means of saving money on rent

Small Grants• Sports equipment to improve standards and

involve more people.

• Development programmes

• Coach and volunteer education

• Small improvements to premises (not repair or replacement) (Awards for All only)

What we would consider• Start up

• School and Club programmes– Hire of facilities– Hire of coaches– Equipment

• Training and coaching

– Coach and volunteer education– Marketing and publicity

What we would consider• Performance programmes

– Hire of facilities– Hire of coaches– Equipment

• Training and Coaching

– Coach and volunteer education

• Small improvements to premises (not repair or replacement) (Awards for All only)

Things we won’t fundExamples

•Training wear, Coaches wear

•Repeat activity

•Foreign travel

•Individual benefit

•Minibuses

•Computers / laptops etc

sportscotland managed scheme to match commercial business sponsorship on a £ for £ basis,

£500 min - £10,000 max

Sponsorship can be in cash or ‘in kind’

What is sportsmatch?

sportsmatchProjects must:

aim to develop or increase participation and/or improve standards

in grassroots community sport

Awards for All

Lottery grants programme that funds small, community-based projects Award levels £500 - £10 000

People have better chances in life• communities are safer, stronger and more able to work together to tackle inequalities• people have better and more sustainable services and environments• people and communities are healthier.

Awards for All

For sportscotland consideration there must be sports development outcomes.

The application should reflect what you need to participate in the sport.

How does your Project develop Sport?

• Funding towards the cost of UKCC endorsed qualifications.

• Individuals or  groups of two or more from the same organisation / club can access funding of up to 50% or £150/person of the course fee, whichever is lower.

• Must demonstrate current coaching involvement

• Level 1 subsidy via sportscotland UKCC

• Level 2 and above subsidy via SGB

UKCC Coach Education Training

Direct Club Investment

Focused on strengthening club sport by delivering on two key outcomes:

•Growth in club membership

•Growth in clubs which provide the correct environment to develop athletes to performance levels

Direct Club Investment

• Investment to support club development over a period of 2-4 years

• Up to £10k per year

Applications through Regional Sports Partnership

Core Investment types

• Employ coach to work with performance squad

• Employ coach to grow membership

• Employ coach to develop club

Investment 2013/14 to present

• Awards for All– 11 awards £45 343 investment

• Sportsmatch – 5 awards £20 760 investment

• UKCC– 872 awards to coaches and teachers (13/14)

• Direct Club Investment– 7 awards £215 000 investment

Technical Data Sheets and Case Studies

• Provides a consistent single source of technical guidance to design teams, owners and operators of sports facilities.

• Endorsed by SGBs.

Help for Clubs

Clubs First

Contact Details

• Facilities@sportscotland.org.uk

• ActivePlaces@sportscotland.org.uk

• Sports.match@sportscotland.org.uk

• enquiries@sportscotland.org.uk

• 0141 534 6500