The Community Asset Fund is Sport England’s new, rolling funding programme.

From 30 January 2017, sports clubs and community organisations will be able to apply for investment from Sport England’s Community Asset Fund – their new capital fund dedicated to enhancing the spaces in your local community that give people the opportunity to be active.

To support this Sport England has produced a guide that outlines all the key information you need to know about this Fund, including details on:

  • How and why we’re doing things differently
  • What we can fund
  • Who and how you apply
  • How and when we will make decisions

To view this click here; community-asset-fund-guide-january-2017

They have also produced an additional resource that you can use to help develop your project or idea. This provides features advice and case studies that show how projects have successfully developed their idea and secured funding.

To view this click here; community-asset-fund-developing-your-idea-january-2017

Their Community Asset Fund is will be an open, rolling programme and marks a change from the way they have previously done funding. There are no rounds and it’s not a ‘dash for cash’. The fund will remain open to applications throughout the year.

Grants will be available for all types of projects. You can request awards ranging from £1,000 to £150,000 depending on what your project’s needs.  They will invest in projects, big or small, that support them on their bold and ambitious new direction.

Getting local partners onside to support your project through funding or finance before making an application will help make your case stronger. Sport England have produced a range of guidance on other methods and sources of funding out there to help your project get underway.

To find out more information on this click here; https://www.sportengland.org/cafguide