Sport England offer up to £15,000 for physical activity projects in the community. The focus is on people who face barriers to activity and projects designed to help them join in.
The fund does not have a closing date.
Sport England has also announced up to £16 million from its £160 million Movement Fund will be reserved to help the sector respond to the impact of climate change in a move to help create the ‘greenest sports sector in the world’.
Community sports clubs and physical activity groups looking to become more environmentally friendly and sustainable are being encouraged to apply for grants of between £300 and £15,000 from the Movement Fund to promote environmental sustainability.
There is particular interest in initiatives that promote and support ‘climate justice’ – addressing the barriers facing those most affected by climate change to support them to access sport and physical activity opportunities.
The Movement Fund supports almost every type of physical activity, including:
- active travel
- walking
- cycling
- fitness
- sporting activities
It will fund organisations including:
- sports clubs
- charities
- local authorities
- Community Benefit Societies
- not-for-profit companies
- schools – where the project is additional to what they have to deliver and where it’s open to the wider community (not just pupils).