Grant News

Small sports clubs in North Wales (Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Flintshire, Denbighshire and/or Wrexham) that work with children and young people can apply for grants of up to £2.500 to encourage them to try sport, love sport, and stay in sport.

The fund will prioritise groups that provide individual sports opportunities *such as athletics, swimming, boxing, cycling etc and multi-sports such as triathlon etc, rather than group/team-based sporting activities such as rugby, football, hockey etc.

The funding is made available through the True Venture Fund, administered by Community Foundation Wales. This new fund aims to provide flexible funding to grassroots organisations that may struggle to access traditional grant programmes.

The funding can be used for:

• Equipment to support increased provision of taster sessions
• Programmes and marketing to attract children into the sport
• Training courses for coaches to support children and young people to improve and grow
• Increased venue hire to enable more or longer sessions, delivered via sustainable model
• The cost of membership or affiliation to the relevant sporting body to improve governance

In applying, applicants should show how they will increase accessibility to those who are underserved or vulnerable, including those from protected characteristic backgrounds as identified within the 2010 Equalities Act and individuals from the most deprived communities in Wales.

Interested organisations are encouraged to apply as soon as possible, as grants will be awarded on a rolling basis until all funding has been allocated.