Business, Organisation and Club support
These pages provide information and resources for business/financial support for your club, organisation or business that may be suitable for you in Charnwood.
The information is specific to coping with the impact of Covid-19 and is for essential support at this time.
On Monday 23rd November the Government released the Winter Plan for managing coronavirus - find out what this means for sport and exercise.
The summary of the governments plan can be found here
Sport England Funds
Sport England are making up to £195 million of funding available to help the sport and physical activity sector through the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis.
The package, which is a combination of National Lottery and government funding, is made up of the following:
- A £20 million Community Emergency Fund, which will be opened immediately for clubs and community organisations to bid into. Grants between £300 and £10,000 are available
- A £5 million pot for existing partners to bid into if they're facing specific financial difficulty
- An additional £55 million to support our sector during an ongoing period of restrictions, to fund new and innovative ways to keep people active and, when the period of restrictions is over, to help organisations get back to business and adjust to a different environment
- A £115 million rollover of current funding into 2021/22 to give long term certainty to over 100 well established partners who play a vital role in the delivery of sport and physical activity in England.
- Community Leisure Recovery Fund of £5 to help community-run leisure centres and facilities reopen by supporting the difference between income and expenditure for the period of 1 April-30 September 2021. Applications are invited for awards of up to £50,000 between now and noon on 29th April.
- contains a range of facilities typically found within a leisure centre (although a stand-alone swimming pool will be acceptable) and
- provides a range of the activity areas typically included within such facilities
- Whilst local authorities, town and parish councils, and leisure operators are unable to apply, there may be community organisations/bodies within your authorities who provide access to leisure centres. For the purpose of this fund, a facility is eligible if it:
More information and guidance can be found here
Return to Play Fund
Sport England recently launched 3 Return to Play funding streams to help people safely return to play and are targeting the places they'll have the biggest impact.
The Return to Play Small Grants fund to review the impact of the lockdown restrictions that all of England are now under, Sport England have made three changes to the fund criteria to ensure they better help clubs and organisations.
The fund is now made up of three parts:
Return to Play: Small Grants
Return to Play: Community Asset Fund
Return to Play: Active Together
For more information, guidance and support or to find the right fund for you, take a look at Sport England Return to Play Fund below.
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The Return to Play Fund will support groups, clubs and organisations who've been impacted by restrictions brought in to tackle the disease, and is part of our overall response to the crisis that now includes more than £220m of government and National Lottery funding
Local and National Government support
For business support from local and national government.
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Charnwood Borough Council is implementing measures which support businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Charnwood Borough Council is administering the payment of Government grants to businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.
Please see the full list of measures being taken by the Council on their website.
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A full range of business support measures have been made available to UK businesses.
National Governing Body Support
The Governments Kick Start Scheme
A new £2 billion Kickstart Scheme will create hundreds of thousands of new, fully subsidised jobs for young people across the country.
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The Sir Andrew Martin Trust for Young People provides grants for both youths and volunteer youth organisations in Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland
Leicestershire & Rutland Playing Fields Association
Leicestershire and Rutland Playing Fields Association currently offer small scale grants of up to £500 to eligible clubs across the region. Grants can be used for anything that encourages new activities, age or gender related teams, or opens up sport to anyone excluded
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Easyfundraising is a leading fundraising platform that gives clubs access to an unlimited fundraising source, that helps you to raise FREE cashback donations through online shopping
LLR Community Foundation – Making Life Better Fund
Further Support
For a list of other funding options available please see the Leicester-Shire & Rutland Sport funding support pages
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Leicester-Shire & Rutland Sport's Funding Finder!
Guidance
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Clubs and organisations all over the country are experiencing lots of challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic. Club Matters is here to help by giving you some tips, tools and ideas to help keep your club functioning and working with your members and customers!
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Activity Alliance has published Reopening Activity: An inclusive response, in consultation with partners across sport, leisure and disability equality
Sports Organisation Support - Guidance on re-opening
Links to guide and support you through the phased return of Sport and Recreation
Return to Recreational Team Sports
Return to Recreational Team Sports. This return must be made as safe as possible, which is why the government has produced this guidance and why sport governing bodies will be preparing thorough plans of their own.
Sport England - Return of Sport and Activity FAQ
On 22 September, the government announced a range of new restrictions designed to counter the steep rise in coronavirus (Covid-19) cases.
We know this has sparked some questions about what this means for sport and physical activity, so we've worked with the government to compile answers below to some of the most common ones
