Government announces boost for women’s sport in latest round of Sport Winter Survival Package
The Culture Secretary has announced the latest tranche of funding from the Government’s Sport Winter Survival Package, providing a boost to women’s sport. The Women’s Super League and FA Women’s Championship will receive a combined £2.25 million of grant support for essential league costs, in [...]
Volleyball England Foundation: Club/Group Grants
The Foundation will provide grants to registered volleyball clubs consistent with it's current funding focus. The current focus will run until December 2021 and will support the development of sitting volleyball. Funding will be allocated to support future sitting volleyball development, encouraging young people and those with a [...]
Mick George Community Fund
The Mick George Community Fund supports projects located in proximity to donor's (Mick George Ltd and recently acquired Frimstone Ltd) landfill sites and other waste treatment sites situated throughout the East Midlands and Anglian regions. The Mick George Community Fund provides grants of between £10,000 and [...]
Veolia Environmental Trust Community Grants
Veolia Environmental Trust Community Grants can be used for a project to improve an outside space or community building available for everyone and anyone to use on a daily basis. Who can apply? An application from a constituted not-for-profit organisation (who's governing documents state members or [...]
Impact of COVID-19 on grassroots sport probed in new report
Closures of gyms and sports facilities during the Coronavirus pandemic has significantly reduced physical activity levels, leaving people feeling disconnected, anxious and becoming unhealthy, according to a new study. The research, led by Manchester Metropolitan University, shows that between April and September this year, the [...]
Research reveals pandemic’s true impact on disabled people’s activity
The Activity Alliance is urging decision makers in sport and leisure to prioritise disabled people as they strive to recover from the pandemic. The organisation is seriously concerned about the potential long-term damage on the nation’s least active. The call comes on the day the [...]