Will Hollyer Sport Development Manager Agenda: 7.00 -7.15pm - - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Will Hollyer – Sport Development Manager

Agenda:

• 7.00 -7.15pm - Introduction update from team BEDS&LUTON around new

strategies and sporting landscape

• 7.15 - 7.40pm - Funding Workshop - Launch of Funding 4 Sport agreement - Hints,

tips and advice around local and national opportunities

• 7.40 - 8.30pm - Structured Networking - Examples from local clubs about how this

has added value and improved the offer for new and existing members. A chance for you to meet local clubs from different sports.

• 8.30 - 8.55pm - Q&A Panel - An opportunity for you to ask a question on behalf of

your club to our panel of experts (local authorities, Sport England, team BEDS&LUTON, NGBs, Funding 4 Sport)

• 8.55 - 9.00 - Close

Change across the sector

Towards an Active Nation

Headlines

• 25% of resources (£250m+) over 4 years targeting the inactive
• Increase investment in CYP agenda – shift towards working with younger

(5yrs+) 17% of total budget

• Reduce funding that goes to those that are currently active but still

support

• Focus on Behaviour Change and the role that Sport/Physical Activity plays

for Social Good.

• Prioritise demographic groups that are underrepresented (women, older

people, disabled and low SES) – with a common evaluation framework for all programmes and investments.

Investment Areas

• 1. Tackling Inactivity – at least 25% of budget, this can come from multiple programmes,

£120m pot per year – opportunity to work with charities (national)

• 2. CYP – increase funding to meet age to 5+yrs; support for School Games, £40m

programme for family projects, transition period focus

• 3. Volunteering - 3% of budget promote the benefits of what volunteers get out of it,

new SE strategy by Nov 16 with £30M investment over 4 year period (equates to c.£166K per CSP area)

• 4. Mass market – 6% address the churn of active people; more digitally accessible;

delivery partners at scale; national campaigns and measurement from Active Lives

• 5. Core Market – 29% but with a reducing investment towards the active; new national

partners but NGBs still important role to play

• 6. Local Delivery – 16% 10 pilot programmes; mix of rural and urban; inactive

underrepresented groups

• 7. Facilities – 16%, co-habitation of facilities although some other funding pots may a

have an element of capital investment as well ; Community Asset Fund £10-150K capital and revenue

Bedfordshire Opportunities

• Funding opportunities – collaborative bid/partners?
• Customer Focused approach (tonight)
• Well positioned for under represented groups
• new Coaching Plan for England (Nov 16) – workforce
• Lead the way around behaviour change – align with public

health

• Investments based around impact – Outputs vs Outcomes
• NGBs in discussion with SE around investments (national)

Crowd Funding:

https://teambedsandluton.podiumpartners.org/

Agenda:

• 7.00 -7.15pm - Introduction update from team BEDS&LUTON around new

strategies and sporting landscape

• 7.15 - 7.40pm - Funding Workshop - Launch of Funding 4 Sport agreement - Hints,

tips and advice around local and national opportunities

• 7.40 - 8.30pm - Structured Networking - Examples from local clubs about how this

has added value and improved the offer for new and existing members. A chance for you to meet local clubs from different sports.

• 8.30 - 8.55pm - Q&A Panel - An opportunity for you to ask a question on behalf of

your club to our panel of experts (local authorities, Sport England, team BEDS&LUTON, NGBs, Funding 4 Sport)

• 8.55 - 9.00 - Close

Structured Networking

• Club Examples
• 4 tables

– Improving membership offer, – Hosting multiple clubs in one facility, – ost saving/income generation, – cross sport marketing

• Facilitator – informal group discussion
• Q&A – panel questions

Q&A - Panel

• Adam Divney - Strategic Commissioning Manager (Leisure and Culture) LBC
• Amy Stevens – Sport Development Officer, Bedford Borough
• Graham Keen –Community Sport Relationship manager, Sport England
• Howard Griffin - Active Lifestyles Manager, Central Beds Council
• Lloyd Conaway – Director, team BEDS&LUTON
• Martin Darlow – CEO Beds Cricket Ltd.
• Richard Davis-Boreham - Head of Clubs, Sport England
• Richard Sutcliffe – CEO, Funding 4 Sport

Thank You

www.teambedsandluton.co.uk @TeamBeds Facebook/teambeds http://www.sportenglandclubmatters.com/

Funding 4 Sport and teamBEDS&LUTON

Sports Funding

Sports Funding Workshop will cover;

Part 1: Funding Streams – Capital and Revenue Part 2: Latest Update on Sport England Part 3: Funding Hints and Tips for a high quality application Part 4: How Funding 4 Sport can support you

Part 1: Funding streams

Big Lottery Awards for All

Amount you can apply for: £300 - £10,000 Funding Priorities

• Developing skills
• Improving health
• Revitalising the local

environment

Awards for All projects must meet at least one of BIG’s outcomes:

• People have better chances in life: with better access to training and

development to improve life skills

• Stronger Communities: with more active citizens working together to

tackle their problems

• Improved rural and urban environments: which communities are

better able to access and enjoy

• Healthier and more active people and communities

What will be funded?

• Coach and Assistant Coach
• Small unfixed equipment
• Coach Education
• Young leader Awards
• Healthy Living training and resources
• Costs towards a community event
• First Aid, Safeguarding
• Building and refurbishment work
• Sessional workers
• Training
• Volunteer expenses
• Transport costs
• Venue hire
• Marketing and Promotion

What won’t they fund?

• Routine repairs and maintenance
• Existing activities and repeat or regular

events

• Projects or activities that the state has a

legal obligation to provide e.g. activities as part of the curriculum

• Building and refurbishment work costing

more than £25,000 (inc. VAT)

• Salaries of permanent or fixed

term staff

• Day-to-day running costs
• Larger equipment
• Political or religious activities
• Fundraising activities
• Items that mainly benefit an

individual Projects where the main purpose is to increase participation in sport, arts or heritage

Case Study: Hatfield Boxing Club

Move to a different location so they could;

• Deliver an increased variety and number of sessions
• Buy much needed equipment

Case Study: Women Hitchin to get Active

Address the number of barriers that females face when it comes to their participation in physical activities by delivering a high-quality boot camp, rugby and fitness sessions free of charge to encourage local women to take part.

Case Study: Welwyn Pegasus

A 10 month programme of football and health and fitness activities for young people aged 6 -13 years of age in Welwyn to improve their health and wellbeing and help to support the reduction of anti-social behaviour in the local area.

Case Study: Knebworth Tennis Club

• Toilet!!
• So they can safely offer all-year-round activities

for the local children and other members of community

Sport England Small Grant

Who can apply and for how much? Funds between £300 - £10,000 What will be funded?

• Non-personal equipment
• Coaching Costs
• Coach Development Costs
• Venue/ Facility Hire
• Volunteer Expenses
• Transport

Current Remit

• More people playing sport once a week
• An increase in the number of 14-25’s playing sport once a week
• A reduction in the drop off at ages 16, 18, 21, 24
• Growth in the number of disabled people playing sport

However…….

….Children as young as five will be targeted as part of a new government strategy to involve more people in sport and fitness.

• Focus on getting younger children active
• Investment to start at five years of age
• Shift in emphasis away from only funding formal sport to more

general fitness Therefore going forwards this funding will become more prominent for those working with young children.

Capital and Larger Revenue Funding Pots

Section 106 Monies / Community Infrastructure Levy

Funding for Outdoor Sport and Play using section 106 housing developer contributions based on the loss of green space due to changes in land use mainly for the development of housing. Section 106 Agreements are sometimes entered into with housing developers to fund sport and play. The methods for collecting such monies are based on existing supplementary planning documentation from Council linked to Local Development Frameworks.

What can be funded?

The funding is for capital items only e.g. indoor and outdoor sporting and recreational facilities. Projects must be within specified locations and be open to the general public. Where a local organisation is looking to develop or improve facilities, it needs to include appropriate arrangements for wider community use.

What can be funded?

The funding is for capital items only e.g. for new facilities or improvements to existing ones for example:

• new children's play areas
• new sports pitches / areas
• new equipment in an existing play area
• upgrading of facilities for outdoor sports such as changing rooms
• Specialised sports equipment e.g. Cricket Roller

Landfill Funding

Examples Include;

• WREN
• Viridor Credits
• Veolia Environmental Trust
• Biffa Award
• Sita Trust

Grants range from £5,000 to £100k Each Landfill Funder has different funding deadline dates throughout the year

Who is eligible?

Potential projects can be put forward by local authorities, environmental

• rganisations, community groups and individuals.

Usually distributes funding in various parts of the country and all projects must fall within ten miles of a waste management facility operated by the Landfill Funder

Landfill operators can claim a tax credit worth 90% of their contribution, leaving a 10% shortfall. Successful applicants are required to identify a third party to reimburse this remaining 10%. This can be the applicant organisation itself (evidence will be needed of how the funds have been raised) or an eligible third party (e.g. private company, voluntary body or individual). The reimbursement cannot be made by another Environmental Body (as approved by ENTRUST) or an organisation corporately associated with an Environmental Body

Third Party Funding

Reaching Communities

 Aims to fund revenue or small capital projects that create stronger communities, improve rural and urban environments, give people better chances in life and/or encourage healthier and more active people.  The Reaching Communities programme has two strands;

• Strand one: Reaching Communities revenue and small capital funds

between £10k - £500k for revenue projects and/or smaller capital projects up to £50,000

• Strand two: Reaching Communities buildings funds between £100,000-

£500,000 for large capital projects.

Sport Specific Funding

 Some NGB’s have sport specific grants e.g. ECB, Football Foundation, Amateur Athletic Association and National Hockey Foundation  Others offer Interest Free loans e.g. Bowls England, ECB  This is always evolving based on the funding they receive and their new plans and strategies

Part 2: Update on Sport England Funding

Sport England launched its new ‘Towards an Active Nation’ strategy in June this year.

• Sport England will ensure their investment benefits under-represented

groups, prioritising demographic groups who are currently under- represented in terms of their engagement with sport and physical activity. This includes many different groups including women, older people, disabled people and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

• Use the behaviour change model to help guide their investment
• decisions. They will focus on three behavioural challenges: tackling

inactivity; creating regular activity habits and helping those with a resilient habit stay that way.

What do we know so far?

• Build on the lessons learned in their Inspired Facilities programme to

simplify all of their competitive funding processes over the life of this strategy, starting with the new Community Asset Fund which will replace our Small Grants programme.

• Investment is likely to be split as follows: 29% Core Market, 17%

Children and Young People, 16% Facilities, 16% Local Pilots, 13% Inactivity, 6% Mass Markets and 3% Volunteering

• Create a new, dedicated fund of £120 million to tackle inactivity over

the next four years, building on the insight Sport England has gained from their Get Healthy Get Active pilots.

• Make a major new investment of £40 million into projects which
• ffer new opportunities for families with children to get active

and play sport together.

• Help to ensure there is a good sports and activity offer before

and after the school day and exploring the new Government investment into extending the school day and breakfast clubs.

• Create a new strategy for volunteering in sport and physical

activity in England by November 2016, making available up to £30 million over the next four years to support the implementation of this strategy.

• Continue to invest in all types of facilities, with a strong presumption in

favour of multi-sport for their major strategic investments. They will also create a new Community Asset Fund to support local infrastructure. They will therefore replace Inspired Facilities with a new community asset fund to include helping communities take ownership of local assets from local authorities or elsewhere. The new fund will allow applicants to apply for a revenue as well as a capital grant in a single application. Their investment for facilities will therefore concentrate on two areas:

• 1. A strategic capital programme – for large, usually multi-sport facilities
• 2. Community Asset Fund – offering grants of between £10,000 – £150,000 to support

and improve existing local infrastructure

It is hoped that this will be similar to the previous Inspired Facilities converting facilities from this……

And this…

And this…

To this…

Part 3: Funding Hints and Tips

 Flooding application with ‘buzzwords’  Making grandiose claims – e.g. ‘the refurbishment of our facility is critical to the future of sport in the UK’  Assuming the assessor has any knowledge of your organisation/ situation/needs – everything must be CLEARLY explained and rationalised  Applying for more money than you really need  Rushing the application – take your time, refine and get it right!

AVOID...

• Be specific - on geographical areas and age groups
• Don’t try to broaden things too much because you think it looks better

to the funder - it doesn’t e.g. feeling you have to target numerous locations

• Can someone not knowing your project understand what you are

wanting to achieve – give this to some not connected to the project and see if they understand what you are trying to do

• The school might not always be the best applicant and a partner

might be the better applicant

1.Be clear about your funding requirements before making an application e.g. ensure selection criteria for the funding scheme fits the aims and objectives of your project – some funders don’t fund certain

• rganisations so it’s important to check

2.Be aware of funding deadlines and ensure it is submitted before the deadline 3.Do not start work on your project until funding has been granted – Most funding bodies do not cover retrospective funding

Top 10 Tips when Applying for Funding

• 4. Does your organisation/project have any internal funds it can

contribute – some funders prefer organisations that can contribute something themselves

• 5. Check how big the overall funding pot is. From this information you

can analyse the potential / likelihood of success

• 6. Once you’ve found a potential fund, speak to someone from the
• rganisation and discuss the outline of your project. Check whether

this would be something they would consider

• 7. Read all of the guidance notes and funding criteria

• 8. Be clear and concise – you only have a few words to get your

project across to the funder. Include as much relevant information as possible, but do not write excessive amounts/waffle - First impressions last!

• 9. Ensure all relevant sections are completed and signed by the

appropriate people and ensure the application has the correct contact details for the funder to get in touch with you and the school/project 10.Call the funder to check that they’ve received it, and liaise with them where necessary, completing any extra requests promptly

Part 4: How Funding 4 Sport can support your

• rganisation

Sports Funding Consultancy which provides a range of services to support those seeking sports funding. In partnership with teamBED&LUTON the main areas funding support we offer include;

• Funding Advice
• Funding 1.1 clinics
• Bid Checking Service
• Funding Workshops
• Funding Bid Writing Service

Funding 4 Sport - Who we are and the support we can offer

We offer free funding advice to support clubs and organisations seeking and gaining of funding by;

• Undertaking a ‘Health Check’ to see if a club or organisation and their project

is ‘Fit for Funding’

• Providing generic and specialised advice and support for funding applications
• Identifying suitable funding sources, and assisting clubs and organisations to

complete applications

Funding Advice

1:1 Funding Clinics

Looking over project idea(s) either capital or revenue, and working with you to turn this idea(s) into a funding application via a 1:1 consultation that includes providing generic and specialised advice and support for funding applications, including identifying suitable funding sources, and assisting you to complete applications. These clinics will last between 30-45 minutes on the following dates;

• 3rd November, 12.00 -9pm at Wigmore

Hall

• 8th December, 12.00-9pm venue TBC

Bid Checking Service

We provide a free bid checking service that includes looking through bids clubs/organisations have written and advising them on changes they could make to improve that bid before submission, or if a bid has been unsuccessful, changes that could be made as part of a resubmission to increase the chances of that bid being successful.

Funding Workshops

We deliver a number of Funding Workshops that include;  Basic Bid Writing Workshop  Small Grants Workshops  Capital and Facilities Funding Workshops

We write funding applications for sports clubs and organisations on a 'no win, no fee basis as follows;  10% for bids under £10k with a £100 administration fee e.g. an example of this is Awards for All  5% for bids over £10k with a £250 administration fee e.g. an example of this is Landfill funding

Bid Writing

Contact: Richard Sutcliffe Email: info@funding4sport.co.uk Tel: 07580 129369 Website: www.funding4sport.co.uk

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