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- Jan2012

 

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Herts County Council Newsletter on Funding

* New grants programmes
* The latest calls for proposals
* Funding Reminders
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Funding Insight 23rd January 2012

Funding Insight 30th January 2012

 

WHSPAA Club Development Fund

£250 (maximum)

This is a fund available to any club that is a member of WHSPAA (fully registered on the website). The fund is available for club development directly from WHSPAA. Clubs will have to present their proposal at an Exec Board meeting. Clubs are also expected to be registered members of their National Governing Body of Sport and their members, this requirement is due to the fact that the funding comes from Sport England. Clubs are also advised to make sure that their coaches are CoachMark coaches (visit www.coachingherts.org.uk for more information) Click here for more information and an application form.

 

Welwyn Hatfield Community Grants

Maximum of £2,000

The fund is to support community life in the borough in specific wards. Speak to your local ward councillor for more information or click here for more information.

 

Welwyn Hatfield Queens Golden Jubliee Awards for Young People

£200 per person

These awards are aimed at outstanding individuals who need a financial contribution to help them progress in their sport, art or challenge. The awards are awarded by the Counil's grants panel are usually awarded twice a year, for more information click here.

 

Herts County Council Member Locality Budget was launched in 2009. Each elected member of the County Council has £10,000 to spend on worthwhile projects in their community that promote social, economic or environmental wellbeing. Applications for funding can be submitted by community groups and organisations. Click this link to go their website for more information including application details

 

Sport England  

 'Inspired Facilities'

Part of the £135 million Places, People, Play, Olympic and Paralympic legacy programme: for clubs and organisations to improve their facilities, click here.

 

Small Grants Scheme - £300 - £10,000

This has been set up to support local community sport projects for which seek to increase participation, sustain participation or develop opportunities for people to excel at their chosen sport. Click here for more information and the application process.

 

Sportsmatch

This Sportsmatch programme of grants between £1,000 up to £100,000 brings additional funding to not-for-profit organisations that have secured sponsorship from the commercial sector, private individuals or charitable trusts to deliver new projects that get people playing and enjoying sport. Click here

 

Herts Sports Partnership

Several other funding streams are available. For information on this topic see Herts Sports Partnerships page on Key Sources of Funding.. Also, click here for the 'Funding' presentation at the October Clubs Forum by John O'Callaghan.

  

Top Tips for Applying to Grant-making Trusts and Foundations
By making sure you apply to the correct trust or foundation with the right application, you are more likely to get the positive results you want. 
http://www.dsc.org.uk/NewsandInformation/News/TopTipsforApplyingtoGrant-MakingTrustsandFoundations?dm_i=6S7,DCLV,TDRZE,120EV,1

  

Every Little Helps 

The Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards Scheme provides one-off donations of between £500 and £4,000. The funding goes towards providing practical benefits, such as equipment and resources for projects that directly benefit children, the elderly and adults and children with disabilities, living in the local communities around Tesco stores in the UK. Next deadline: 30 September. http://www.tescoplc.com/media/142631/community_award_guidelines.pdf

 

Advice

Advice is available through membership of WHSPAA particularly by networking with other members at Club Forums, or if the need is more urgent then through our Sports Development Professional, Matt Rayner who is the Youth and Sports Partnership Manager for the council. Feel free to contact him on tel: 01707 357174 or Email: m.rayner@welhat.gov.uk

 

Chairman: Dave Bartlett, tel: 01438 715374 Email: Dave@Bartlett1.Plus.com

Clubs Representative: Toby Garrett Email: toby.garrett@smithsdetection.com

 

Grants for Young People
The Live UnLtd programme has grants of up to £5,000 (the average grant is £1,500) to help young people aged 11 - 21 turn an idea to make the world a better place into a reality. Non-financial support is also available

http://www.liveunltd.com/

 

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