Brighton & Hove City Sports Forum

Wednesday 16 March 2011

Club Funding

London 2012 Mass Participation Legacy

Iconic facilities

(£30m)

Inspired facilities

(£50m)

Protecting Playing fields

(£10m)

Places People Play

Leaders

(£2m)

Phase II –

Club Leaders

(£2m)

Gold Challenge

(£4m)

SPORTIVATE

(£32m)

Disability Sport (£8m)

NGB investment – Mass Participation Programmes

School Games (£35.5m)

Iconic Facilities• Exemplar “best in class” facilities – based on strategic needs and

evidence, quality design and sustainable operations with a clear user-focus

• Ideally co-located with health, education or retail

• Innovative large-scale multi-sport projects that are regionally significant for two or more sports

• £30m capital Lottery funding over three years

1st round – closed 16th December 2010 with over 100 applications submitted seeking over £100m grant awards

http://www.sportengland.org/facilities__planning/planning_tools_and_guidance/sports_hubs.aspx

Inspired Facilities• Tangible local benefits from a home Olympic Games – to include

the modernisation, extension or modification of facilities

• £50m investment in up to 1,000 local facilities

• Community and voluntary sector groups, LAs and schools – grants of £25,000 - £150,000

• July 2011 launch

• Open to Round 1 applications - August

Application Criteria

4 key principles to adhere to:

•Strategic Need •Community Engagement & Partnerships •Impact•Sustainability

Ask yourself, “what can you do for your sport, rather than what funding could do for your organisation”

Pre procured Framework Agreements

Protecting Playing Fields

• Enhancing the role Sport England already plays as statutory consultee

• £10m investment - 5 rounds with final round 2013/14• Secure sites for at least 25 years• Improvements to quantity, quality and accessibility• Prospectus & FAQs launched May 2011• Inspired mark• Link with QE II Playing Fields Challenge

Process• Prospectus, FAQs, pre application advice workshops published on

website on day of launch

• Application portal will open @ 4 weeks after Launch

• Assessment – Award, Stage2Dev, reject

• S2D - technical & sports development assessment

• Award decisions – looking to use purchase power of grant budget to drive economies of scale

• Aim is to set - time, cost & quality benchmarks

Website linksImproving Community Sports facilities – a toolkit for the strategic

planning of community sports facilitieshttp://www.sportengland.org/facilities__planning/planning_tools_and_guidance/facilities_improvement_service.aspx

Strategic Planning Framework Agreementshttp://www.sportengland.org/facilities__planning/

planning_tools_and_guidance/strategic_planning_framework.aspx

Design Guidance Noteshttp://www.sportengland.org/facilities__planning/

design_guidance_notes.aspx

Olympic Legacy – Places People Playhttp://www.sportengland.org/about_us/places_people_play.aspx

Sportivate Headlines

• £32 million Lottery revenue funding from 2011-2015

• £31.6 million distributed to CSPs from 2011-2015

• 296,257 (presented as 300,000) participants completing weekly coaching sessions

• 118,503 (presented as 120,000) participants continuing to take part in sport regularly

Eligible Costs

•Staffing to produce and manage Sportivate Plans•Staffing to deliver projects up to £40/hour•Volunteers to help run projects•Resources and materials – items to be used in projects

Eligible Costs

•Hire of facilities used to deliver projects•Transport – to get participants and staff/coaches to projects•Marketing/Publicity•Training/Coach Education Courses•Equipment•Exceptionality

Top tips for a successful bid

Send information to the right person Send bid by deadline Read the guidance carefully before asking questions Make sure your project is eligible Get partnership funding even if in kind Exit route in place Show strong club links Target under represented groups Reflect NGB priorities

Top tips for a successful bid

Aim for value for money Ensure you have suitably qualified coaches Embed safeguarding where appropriate Young people centric Community project Weekly where possible Provide added value Make it as strategic as possible Not for gifted and talented Perhaps build in a 1-2 week taster

Critical Dates

End March : Guidance notes circulated and on website4 April : Applications open for Summer 2011 –

March 2012April: Meetings with partners (either by your

invitation or co-ordinated by Active Sussex)2 May: Closing date for all project plans to be received2 – 6 May: Sifting by Active Sussex9-13 May: Assessment panel endorsement (but not sign off) 16 May:Sportivate Plan submitted to Sport England – Plan

and projects endorsed 15 June: National launchSummer 2011: Delivery commences

Sportivate lead at Active Sussex: Jo IrvingSports Development Manager

jirving@activesussex.org01273 643838

www.activesussex.org

• Sally Harper• Senior Partnership Manager

• sharper@activesussex.org• 01273 644140

• www.activesussex.org