Birmingham Sports Fund

The Birmingham Sports Fund.

The fund aims to encourage more people in Birmingham to be active and engage in sport. Fund Aims

In particular, the fund aims to support projects that encourage sport participation or support emerging talented sports people. In particular, the fund aims to support projects that encourage sports participation from the following groups:

• Disadvantage communities • Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups • Women and girls • Disabled people Available Funding

There’s grant of up to £1,000 for projects developing sports participation and supporting emerging talent in Birmingham. Funding must be spent within 1 year.

Eligibility:

You can apply to this fund if you are one of the following:

• Registered charities • Constituted Community groups • Companies Limited by Guarantee with charitable aims • Community Interest Companies • Co-operatives - registered Community Benefit Societies and registered Industrial and Provident Societies • Social Enterprises • Sport club registered to a National Governing Body **Funding to Community Interest Companies and other non-charities may include conditions to restrict funding to charitable objectives only. • Additionally, your organisation/company income level must be equal to or less than £250,000, as shown in your most recent annual accounts.

Sorry, we cannot fund:

• Direct replacement of statutory obligation and public funding • Promotion of religious or political activities • Groups with significant financial free reserves • Retrospective grants • Contribution to endowment fund, payment of deficit funding or repayment of loans • National charities • Overseas travel or expeditions • Medical research and equipment for statutory or private healthcare • General appeals • Animal welfare, unless the project benefits people (e.g. disabled riding schemes) • Statutory work in educational institutions • Sponsored or fundraising events or groups raising funds to distribute to other causes • Schools, Churches, Parish Councils or PTA’s unless community benefit is demonstrated • Sport recognised as ‘dangerous’ by Sport England unless affiliation is in place and evidenced • Talented sports people who are in receipt of National Lotter, TASS or ASSE Funding