Sport England funds hundreds of projects in grassroots sports every year, of which your Club project could be one. The following programmes could help to greatly improve your Club’s facilities.
Sport England Small Grants
Sport England’s Small Grants Scheme uses lottery funding to make awards of between £300 and £10,000 to local grassroots sport projects. The scheme supports projects that seek to increase or sustain participation, or develop opportunities for people to excel at their chosen sport – including cricket. Find out more about how to apply to the Small Grants Scheme.
Protecting Playing Fields
The purpose of the Protecting Playing Fields funding is to preserve and improve playing fields and facilitate community sport. If your Cricket Club plays on an existing ground, or has the opportunity to expand or move to a new site, this fund could be an option for you. Find out more about Protecting Playing Fields funding.
Community Asset Fund
Launched in January 2017, Sport England's Community Asset Fund is a programme dedicated to enhancing the spaces in the local community that give people the opportunity to be active. There are a number of things that they want to achieve with this funding, but most importantly they want to help local organisations to create quality and financially sustainable facilities that benefit their community for years to come. While they will continue to invest in projects that retain people in sport and increase the number who are regularly taking part, they are also looking to invest in projects that look beyond this to how sport and physical activity can – and does – change lives and becomes a force for social good. To view the Community Asset Funding Guide, click HERE.
For further details about Sport England funding, click HERE.