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SASP Club Support Webinar Jane Knowles Jake Hannis 7th April 2020

Virtual House Keeping

• Reliant on our IT – please turn off your video cameras
• Webinar will be recorded
• Supporting slides will be sent directly to all attendees and go out
• n our social media and website for sharing
• Please put all questions in the chat function
• Those on the webinar outside of area please refer for individual

support post webinar to your local Active Partnership

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Useful Contacts

• Sport England at coronavirus@sportengland.org

AND / OR

• SASP at jknowles@sasp.co.uk for distribution across the team

AND / OR

• Facebook page SASP Clubs, Coaches and Volunteers

SASP website link https://www.sasp.co.uk/workforce-and-covid-19

For those out of area please use your local Active Partnership for individual support https://www.activepartnerships.org/active- partnerships

Sport England Funding

• £195 million available made up of:
• £20m in emergency fund
• £55m innovation funding
• £5m existing partners having financial difficulty
• £115m roll over of current funding into 21/22

to 100 established partners

https://www.sportengland.org/how-we-can-help/our- funds/community-emergency-fund

Sport England Community Emergency Fund

Who can apply?

• Any organisation delivering community sport and physical activity

including:

• Local sports clubs
• Voluntary and community sector organisations
• Small charitable trusts that do not qualify for financial

help elsewhere

• Regional 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

You can only apply once for all costs between 1st March and 31st July 2020

Sport England Community Emergency Fund

Who can’t apply?

• Local authorities
• Schools, colleges and universities
• Commercial sport and physical activity providers
• Leisure operators
• Individuals who are employed or self employed

in the sector

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What won’t they fund?

• Activities or costs covered by other government

funding

• New activities or events
• Capital works
• Costs beyond the end of July 2020

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What will Sport England fund?

Fixed costs, which are no longer supported with revenue as a result of coronavirus including:

• Rent
• Utility costs
• Insurances
• Facility or equipment hire
• Core staffing costs (including casual workers)

cannot be met elsewhere by other government funds

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How much will they fund?

• Awards will be between £300 and £10,000
• In exceptional circumstances they will consider

awards of more than £10,000

• Timeframe for funding 1st March 2020 until 31st July

2020 – need to project losses

You can only apply once for all costs between 1st March and 31st July 2020

The Criteria – The Reach and Role

• Disadvantaged areas
• Target groups
• Those that cannot get cover for staffing costs from

government schemes

• What have you delivered in last 12 months
• How are you staying in touch with your participants

Indices of Multiple Deprivation for Somerset http://www.somersetintelligence.org.uk/imd

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The Criteria – Financial Need

• The expected financial impact over the next three

months

• The minimum expenditure you will have to meet while

activity isn't happening

• Any immediately available, unrestricted funds you have

in reserve.

• What would be the consequences if your organisation

is not successful in securing this funding?

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Other Sport England funds

Innovation Funding

• Funds to support and stimulate the sector
• Funds to accelerate good ideas
• Funds to help the sector get back on its feet
• More details of this will be forthcoming as we start

to return to levels of normality

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National Governing Body Funds / Guidance

• Please keep checking your NGB website
• Details will be posted over time
• Keep in touch with us at

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SASP Support for Clubs and related Organisations

• Connection and staying in touch with members and participants

through social media support

• Training and development opportunities for different kinds of

volunteers in your club or organisation

• Practical guidance on issues that may arise such how to hold a

virtual AGM or how to move your committee online.

• Final support mechanism for those unsuccessful with Sport

England funding

• SASP at jknowles@sasp.co.uk for distribution across the team

AND / OR

• Facebook page SASP Clubs, coaches and volunteers

SASP website link https://www.sasp.co.uk/workforce-and-covid-19

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Practical Advice

• Keep good financial records including extra expense

incurred due to Coronavirus

• Reduce organisational costs as much as possible e.g.

Utilities etc.

• Communication with membership
• Looking at cash flow
• Get in touch with coronavirus@sportengland.org or

jknowles@sasp.co.uk with any questions you have

• Keep in touch with SASP and your NGB website as more

guidance becomes available

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Questions

The Government Schemes

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Job Retention Scheme - PAYE

Furloughing allows for:

• Staff on PAYE to be retained and government will pay

80% of gross salary (up to max £2,500)

• Organisation will pay and then claim back from

government (cash flow needed)

• Needs employee agreement
• Furloughing 3 weeks or more minimum at a time
• Terms and conditions for employee accrue
• Formal letter should be sent to employees to confirm

furlough arrangements

Job Retention Scheme - Casual

• Casual staff on Payroll
• Casual staff can still be furloughed
• Guidance is not 100% clear
• Go through the process of furloughing
• You can volunteer or carry out community work

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Self-employment scheme

• Applicable to self employed and or a member of a legal

partnership

• have submitted your tax return for the tax year

2018-19

• traded in the tax year 2019-20
• intend to continue to trade in the tax year

2020/21

• have lost trading/partnership trading profits

due to COVID-19

• Ability to claim taxable grant worth 80% of your

trading profits up to a max £2,500

Other help for businesses

• Deferring VAT and Self-Assessment payments
• Statutory Sick Pay relief package for small and

medium sized businesses (SMEs)

• Business rates holiday for leisure businesses in

England

• Small business grant funding of £10,000 for all

business in receipt of small business rate relief or rural rate relief

Other help for businesses cont...

• Grant funding of £25,000 for leisure businesses with

property with a rateable value between £15,000 and £51,000

• The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme
• ffering loans of up to £5 million
• A new lending facility from the Bank of England to help

support liquidity among larger firms

• The HMRC Time To Pay Scheme
• Accounts and IR35

Thank You

Stay safe, stay home, stay local Questions

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