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Community Investment Fund Closure and Transition - FAQs
Following the public consultation on Sport England lottery funding the Community Investment Fund (CIF) is closing and will be replaced by new Sport England Funding programmes designed to support the delivery of Sport England’s new strategy 2008-2011 “Grow, Sustain, Excel”. The announcement on the closure of CIF to new applications was made on 14 October 2008. Sport England will continue to accept CIF applications up to and including 6 January 2009. However, it is possible that the region may have to close to new applications earlier than this date if it’s remaining allocation of funds is fully committed to projects within the grant system. Please refer to our Frequently Asked Questions document if you are
- considering making a new application;
- are already in the system or
- are an awarded project.
It also contains brief information on the new funding opportunities available from 2009.
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Awards for All England small grants to change
Awards for All England, the Big Lottery Fund's small grants programme, will change from a joint grants programme to one run by the separate distributors. Awards for All England is currently a joint Lottery grants programme supported by Arts Council England, Big Lottery Fund, Heritage Lottery Fund and Sport England. Following a review of the programme, each of the lottery distributors supporting the scheme will run their own small grants programmes from 1 April 2009. Applications can still be made under the current arrangements until Awards for All England closes on 31 March 2009. The Big Lottery Fund says that the new system "will mean that each distributor can better address the needs of their applicants and the themes they support". It added that "it is anticipated that new money available for small grants in 2009-10 will be comparable to money that was available to community groups through Awards for All in 2008-2009". The new separate small grants programmes are as follows:
- Big Lottery Fund will launch a new small grants programme on 1 April 2009 awarding grants of £300 to £10,000 to local communities in 2009-2010.
- Sport England will provide small grants for sports ranging from £300 - £10,000 from 1 April 2009.
- Arts Council England will provide small grants through their existing ‘Grants for the arts’ programme, supporting awards between £1,000 and £100,000.
- Heritage Lottery Fund small grants will be provided through the existing 'Your Heritage' (£3,000 to £50,000) and 'Young Roots (£3,000 to £25,000) schemes.
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Funding sport in your community
Following the launch of its new strategy, Sport England launched a formal, public consultation which ran for twelve weeks from 25 June to 16 September 2008 and asked for views on three issues:
- How we use our National Lottery funding in the best way
- How we can improve our application and award processes
- If there are particular features of the Community Investment Fund that you value or features we should ensure that we do not replicate in any new arrangements.
Download Report on findings (October 2008)
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Encourage Sponsorship with matched funding from Sportsmatch
Designed to encourage new or additional sponsorship investment from businesses, trusts and private individuals, Sportsmatch, funded by Sport England, offers pound for pound matched funding to sporting stakeholders for projects that encourage sports participation at grass roots level. All projects applying in 2008/09 will need to ensure that their project is able to spend and deliver their entire grant funding by 31 March 2009. Your project may be a revenue scheme or, in limited cases, a capital project. Sponsorship may be in cash or in-kind. View key points from menulink. Apply online via www.sportsmatch.co.uk and telephone support is available from Sport England on 08458 508 508.
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National Sports Foundation Funding Opportunities in 2008/09
The NSF, which is funded and administered by Sport England, is responsible for levering new and additional private investment into community sport in England, and will continue to do this by matching new and additional private investment of £50,001 and above, on a pound for pound basis. There is £7.67 million available in the NSF Open Pot in 2008/09. Eligible organisations with suitable projects and private investment commitment are encouraged to submit applications for funding at their earliest convenience. Applications will be assessed on a first come first serve basis. This will ensure that the benefits of the funding are received at the earliest opportunity. It is anticipated that the level of applications will exceed the funds that are available; therefore not all eligible projects are likely to receive funding. View key points via left menu and visit www.nationalsportsfoundation.org for more information.
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Social Enterprise and Sport
What is social Enterprse and what is its relevance to sport? Sport England South West has produced a bulletin to help all partners in the region understand the potential of social enterprise models in delivering financially sustainable sport activities and the context for social enterprise in the UK. To access the bulletin click here. |
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