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  • This Girl Can campaign turns its attention to tackling the exercise ‘Enjoyment Gap’

    This Girl Can campaign turns its attention to tackling the exercise ‘Enjoyment Gap’

    This Girl Can, Sport England’s flagship campaign to help women get active, is turning its attention to tackling the exercise ‘Enjoyment Gap’ – as it reveals 2.4 million fewer women than men enjoy sport and physical activity. Research released today (Tuesday 28 February) as part of a new campaign phase, ‘This Girl Can With You’,…

  • Table Tennis: New Funding Opportunity for Clubs and Groups

    Table Tennis: New Funding Opportunity for Clubs and Groups

    Table Tennis England has launched a grant funding initiative to support clubs and community groups to deliver table tennis sessions for people living with Parkinson’s. Thanks to funding via Parkinson’s UK, clubs and community groups can apply to Table Tennis England for small grants (between £250 and £500) to encourage people living with the condition…

  • The Big Give Mental Health Match Fund

    The Big Give Mental Health Match Fund

    The Big Give’s Mental Health Match Fund is designed for charities improving mental health as part of their work.  Charities can apply for three tiers of match funding – £2,500, £5,000, or £10,000. The Mental Health Match Fund 2023 will run from Monday 15 May until Monday 22 May. This an opportunity for charities to…

  • Beat the Street is coming to Swadlincote

    Beat the Street is coming to Swadlincote

    Beat the Street, the free, fun, walking, cycling and wheeling game, is coming to Swadlincote in South Derbyshire. From Wednesday 15 March to Wednesday 26 April, Swadlincote will be transformed into a giant game designed to get children and communities moving by helping people to make small changes, such as walking or cycling to school…

  • Awards for All – A Quick Way to Apply for Grants up to £10,000

    Awards for All – A Quick Way to Apply for Grants up to £10,000

    A quick way to apply for smaller amounts of funding between £300 and £10,000. This fund supports communities with the things that are important to them, including mitigating the impact of the cost-of-living crisis and supporting them as they seek to recover, rebuild and grow following the Covid-19 pandemic. The fund will also help communities…

  • Apply Now: Transport Pathfinder

    Apply Now: Transport Pathfinder

    Have you have an inspirational, life-enhancing idea, prototype, or plan that reimagines how transport options in the UK can better support a rapidly ageing population to stay connected, active, and independent for longer? Up to £120,000 funding available. Deadline 27th February. Click here for more information.

  • Support for Community Groups to Take Ownership of Assets and Amenities at Risk of Being Lost

    Support for Community Groups to Take Ownership of Assets and Amenities at Risk of Being Lost

    The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has announced the third application window of Round 2 for the Community Ownership Fund. The government is providing £150 million over four years to support community groups to take ownership of assets and amenities at risk of being lost. Voluntary and community groups can apply for match funding to…

  • Canoe Foundation Now Accepting Applications

    Canoe Foundation Now Accepting Applications

    Funding to improve the accessibility of available waterways and canoeing facilities and protect the natural environment. Grants of between £500 and £10,000 are available to clubs, community groups, Parish Councils, Local Authorities or anyone in the UK with an active interest in improving access to water for recreational users and protecting the environment. The focus…

  • Barclays Community Football Fund 2023 Invites Applications

    Barclays Community Football Fund 2023 Invites Applications

    Grants are available for not-for-profit groups to help improve access to football for all, by running football activities for underrepresented groups. This is only open to new groups who have not already received a grant through this fund. Now in its second year, Barclays Bank in partnership with the Sported Foundation is offering small grants…

  • Movement for Change – UnLtd

    Movement for Change – UnLtd

    The Movement for Change programme will support 120 social entrepreneurs over two years to help get people moving as often as possible, while also making the sporting social enterprise sector more sustainable. Movement for Change offers needs-based support to social entrepreneurs helping marginalised communities access the experiences and benefits of sport and physical activity, while…