Capital grants for sport

If you are an organisation looking to improve sports facilities and widen participation in Kent, you may be able to apply for a Capital Grant for Sport. The maximum amount of funding awarded is £10,000, though this is reserved only for projects of countywide strategic significance.

All applicants must prove how their project will increase participation in sporting activities.

This grant can be used to:

• provide facilities for Kent communities, including specialist facilities, training centres and centres of excellence and performance
• provide specialist facilities or equipment for disabled people
• purchase new community "fixed" equipment (not personal equipment or ‘road’ vehicles)
• improve existing buildings and sites (including education sites), or convert redundant buildings
• lever funding from other organisations into key schemes in Kent, and demonstrate partnership.

To apply your organisation must:

• be located within the administrative boundary of Kent County Council
• be a voluntary sports club, school, governing body of sport or parish/town council
• not have started the project
• not be asking for 100% of the funding costs
• already have planning permission (if it's required).