Sport England have added some new additions to their Return to Play Funding as follows….
As most sports are now able to resume, Sport England will consider new or expanded projects that’ll safely deliver activities allowing people to become active, addressing challenges their audiences faced during lockdown. An example of this could be adding different sports to the provision previously offered by your organisation to attract more people, or to be able to deliver to more people at one time.
In assessing these new projects, Sport England will be looking for innovative approaches to delivery that remove barriers and encourage inactive people to get active.
Only organisations who are based in IMD 1-3 (Indices of Deprivation) can seek support towards ongoing running costs; for example, rent, utilities and insurance.
This is capped at a maximum of £1,000 and will only be considered with an eligible funding request – Sport England won’t solely support only running costs – see more details in the ‘What We Can Fund’ section below.
Eligible organisations/activities located in IMD 4-10 can apply to Active Together to seek support towards running costs.
Sport England will also be flexible over the start date, they just ask that activity resumes within six weeks of any remaining restrictions being lifted.
Town and parish councils can also now apply, and the programme will remain open up to 30 June 2021.
To find out more click here: https://www.sportengland.org/how-we-can-help/our-funds/return-play-small-grants
