SASP Club Support Webinar Jane Knowles Jake Hannis 7 th April 2020 www.sasp.co.uk www.sasp.co.uk
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 on 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 www.sasp.co.uk www.sasp.co.uk
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 1 st March and 31 st 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 www.sasp.co.uk www.sasp.co.uk
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 www.sasp.co.uk www.sasp.co.uk
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 www.sasp.co.uk www.sasp.co.uk
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 1 st March 2020 until 31 st July 2020 – need to project losses You can only apply once for all costs between 1 st March and 31 st July 2020 www.sasp.co.uk www.sasp.co.uk
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 www.sasp.co.uk www.sasp.co.uk
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? www.sasp.co.uk www.sasp.co.uk
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 www.sasp.co.uk www.sasp.co.uk
National Governing Body Funds / Guidance • Please keep checking your NGB website • Details will be posted over time • Keep in touch with us at www.sasp.co.uk www.sasp.co.uk
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 www.sasp.co.uk www.sasp.co.uk
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
Questions www.sasp.co.uk www.sasp.co.uk
The Government Schemes www.sasp.co.uk www.sasp.co.uk
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 www.sasp.co.uk www.sasp.co.uk
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 offering 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 www.sasp.co.uk www.sasp.co.uk
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