Barclays Community Sport Fund - £1000 access grants
At Barclays, we believe in creating opportunities through access to sport. That’s why, in partnership with Sported, the Barclays Community Sport Fund offers grants, bespoke support, and exclusive ticketing opportunities to make football, tennis, and cricket more accessible in communities across the UK.
Provided by:
Sported
Funder website:
Maximum value:
£1000.00
Objective of fund:
The Barclays Community Sport Fund supports charities, community groups and grassroots sports organisations who are working within the most deprived and rurally isolated areas of the UK and are making football, tennis, and cricket more accessible to women and girls.
We want to make sure our funding reaches organisations who are providing football, tennis, and cricket activities for people and communities that need support the most.
Who can apply
We welcome applications from not-for-profit organisations, including charities, community groups, youth groups and traditional sports clubs.
Groups must meet the following criteria:
You deliver football, cricket, or tennis activities for women and girls – or are applying for funding to start.
You operate in an area of high deprivation.*
*We use the Government Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) to establish eligibility and only organisations located in or supporting people from IMD areas 1-3 are eligible to apply.
We will consider applications from groups engaging women and girls with disabilities or facing challenges of rural isolation, that are not in deprived areas.
Restrictions
We are unable to fund trips abroad, costs associated with elite sports or talent development, and any school based sports activities.
We are unable to fund sports other than Football, Cricket or Tennis. We are unable to fund Futsal, Gaelic Football, Padel or Pickleball.
Eligible Expenditure
You can apply for one grant of £1000 per organisation to support delivery of your football, cricket or tennis activities.
We cannot give out grants to different teams within an organisation, so please consider where the funds are most needed.?
If your group delivers more than one of our focus sports (football, tennis, or cricket), you can only apply for one grant to cover all activities per club.
The funding is unrestricted, meaning it can be used for anything that will support your delivery of football, cricket, or tennis activities for women and girls.
Typical examples of costs might include a contribution towards:
Venue hire including floodlights / heating
Coaching costs
Volunteer expenses
Equipment
Kit
Marketing and communications
Training and qualifications
Insurances and affiliation?
How to apply
Complete an application form at https://sported3.beaconforms.com/form/8a469004