FUNDING TO HELP COMMUNITY SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ORGANISATIONS

1. Title: FUNDING TO HELP COMMUNITY SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ORGANISATIONS2. Awarding Authority: Sport England, GB. Web: 3. Contract type: Service contract4. Description: This new fund aims to help community sport and physical activity organisations who are experiencing short term financial hardship or the ceasing of operations due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.About the fundAs the country deals with coronavirus (Covid-19), we know sport and physical activity organisations are facing a hugely difficult period of time.Our Community Emergency Fund aims to deliver immediate funding to those most in need. It’s specifically targeted at organisations, including those not currently supported by us, who have a role in supporting the nation to be active but who are experiencing short term financial hardship or the ceasing of operations due to the ongoing crisis.The types of organisations eligible include local sports clubs forced to close at short notice but who are facing ongoing costs around maintenance and utility bills, and voluntary and community sector organisations who deliver or enable sport and physical activity.This £20 million fund of National Lottery money is designed to complement other sources of funding from the government, such as funds targeted at small businesses. Please click here to see the funding support that the government has available before you consider applying to this fund.To see how the fund is progressing, how many applications have been made, how many grants have been awarded, where they’re being awarded to and many other bits of useful information, scroll down to the ‘How the fund is progressing’ section to see our live tracker.5. CPV Code(s): 92622000, 92600000, 983300006. NUTS code(s): UKI, UKI3, UKI317. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: London, Inner London – West, Camden And City Of London.8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.10. As no deadline date has been specified please contact the awarding authority for further information.11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information and instructions in the above contract notice please visit website: 12. Other information: Who and what we’ll fundWho we’ll fundAny organisation delivering community sport and physical activity can apply to our fund if it’s experiencing short term financial hardship or the ceasing of operations due to the impact of coronavirus. We’ll be prioritising organisations that work with under-represented groups – see the fund criteria for more information.The organisations that can apply include:Local sports clubsVoluntary and community sector organisations that deliver or enable sport and/or physical activity, including organisations that are not solely or primarily sports organisations and have an important role to play in keeping people active, that may need support for other parts of their organisation to remain openSmall charitable trusts that do not qualify for financial help elsewhereRegional or county level organisations or leagues that have already paid out funds for activities that are now cancelled and are not able to claim funds from elsewhere.What we’ll fundThe fund has been developed to help community sport and physical activity organisations meet their obligations, in particular fixed costs, which are no longer supported with revenue as a result of coronavirus. This might cover expenditure on:Rent Utility costs Insurances Facility or equipment hire Core staffing costs (including casual workers) that cannot be met elsewhere by other government fundsRetrospective losses dating from 1 March, 2020.Some examples of the sort of things our fund can help with are: Support a boxing club to pay for their utility bills and other costs for their facility when no activity is taking place Support a local league who have paid for equipment to run a competition which is now cancelled and therefore will not receive the money they had expected to cover the cost of that equipment.Who the fund’s not able to helpThis fund is designed to help grassroots sport and physical activity providers. This means we’re not able to help the following organisations with this fund.Local authorities, including town and parish councils Schools, colleges and universities Commercial sport and physical activity providers, e.g. private gyms Leisure operators Individuals who are either employed or self-employed within the sport and physical activity sector. Any organisation or individuals who can access support through the government’s financial packages should do so in the first instance. We’ll review the availability of these packages on an ongoing basis. What our funding can’t be used forFunding cannot be used for:Activities or costs which are already covered by other government funding, including ratesNew activities or events – please see our other funding programmes for thisCapital worksCosts beyond the end of July 2020.How much we’ll fundAwards will be between £300 and £10,000. In exceptional circumstances we’ll consider awards of more than £10,000.Key things to note before applyingWe expect that applicants will have exhausted all other government funding sources before applying to this fund.Given the enormity of the current crisis, we’re likely to get more applications than we can fund so we’ll direct funds to where they’re most needed.Number of applicationsOur expectation is that organisations will only apply once to this fund for the immediate period, from 1 March through to 31 July, 2020.But we recognise the changing situation that we’re all in, so we’ll continue to review whether organisations might need ‘top-up’ awards or to make a second application depending on the period of disruption.What happens after I’ve applied?Once you’ve submitted your application form, we’ll assess it against our fund criteria.Because of the high number of applications being submitted, it’s taking a little longer than we’d hoped to assess each one.But we’re doing so as fast as we can, and we’ll be in touch with every applicant soon after your submission.Please refer the website above for documentationTKR-202057-EX-1351444# funding opportunity# COVID-19