Your basket is currently empty!
This new fund, delivered in partnership with Sported, aims to reduce inequalities in sport. The fund’s focus is on football, tennis, and cricket.
The programme will run until December 2027..
The funding supports community groups and grassroots sports organisations working within the most deprived areas and are making sport more accessible to:
- women and girls
- engaging people from other under-represented groups
- people with disabilities
- racially diverse communities
- LGBTQ+ community.
Applications will be accepted from not-for-profit organisations including community groups, youth groups and traditional sports clubs.
Applicants must:
• Deliver football, cricket, or tennis activities for women and girls – or are applying for funding to start.
• Operate in an area of high deprivation. Only organisations located in or supporting people from IMD areas 1-3 are eligible to apply.
Disability applications from groups that sit outside of IMD areas 1-3 will be considered as long as they groups offer activities for women and girls.
The following funding is available:
• Grants of £1,000 which can be split across football, tennis or cricket activities.
• Female Coaches for Girls Grants (Football – £160 grant; Tennis – £200 grant; Cricket – £200 grant) to support coaching courses to help increase the number of female coaches delivering sport to girls.
The £1,000 grant is unrestricted and can be used for anything that will support delivery of football, cricket, or tennis activities for women and girls. Ideally the funding should be spent within a six month period.
The fund also offers:
• Exclusive match tickets, mascot places, and promotional opportunities.
• Access to advice and support and signposting to training and resource.
The fund is expected to be popular and may close early if heavily over-subscribed.
The deadline for applications is 22 June 2025.