Deadline: 12-Nov-21
The Mayor of London is pleased to launch a call for applications for the Sport Unites Fund to support sport in London is his belief in the power of sport to bring people together and improve their lives.
Priority Areas
This programme has five priority areas:
- Helping the most inactive people be more active
- Improving people’s mental health and wellbeing
- Decreasing isolation/loneliness
- Strengthening connections in your local area and across communities
- Reducing serious youth violence
Funding Streams
The Sport Unites Fund has two streams:
- Tried & Tested: grants of between £10,000 and £50,000
- To apply for a Tried & Tested grant, you’ll need to be able to show them that your project will work by talking about your previous success; and you’ll need to be able to answer yes to one of these statements:
- you’ve got a tried and tested project that you know will work; you can show previous success and would like Sport Unites investment to support this same project
- you’ve successfully tried out a project and would like Sport Unites investment to grow or scale-up your project
- you’ve tried and tested other projects and can show previous success. You want to use this experience to either expand your work or try out a new project and would like Sport Unites investment to support this.
- Tried & Tested grants are available to constituted organisations only. To apply, you need to complete an online application.
- To apply for a Tried & Tested grant, you’ll need to be able to show them that your project will work by talking about your previous success; and you’ll need to be able to answer yes to one of these statements:
- New Ideas: grants of up to £10,000
- To apply for a New Ideas grant, you’ll need to come to them with a project that hasn’t yet been funded (by any funder) and answer yes to one of these statements:
- you have a brilliant idea for a new project to try out and need some initial investment and support
- your project is not new, but you haven’t received funding for it before and you need some investment and support.
- New Ideas grants are available to individuals or informal (not constituted) groups, as well as constituted organisations.
- To apply for a New Ideas grant, you’ll need to come to them with a project that hasn’t yet been funded (by any funder) and answer yes to one of these statements:
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility for the Sport Unites Fund – you need to be able to answer yes to all of these questions:
- Are you working on a not-for-profit basis?
- Does your project have a focus on sport or physical activity?
- Will your project take place within the Greater London area?
- Will your project help Londoners? (people who are not tourists or short-term visitors)
- Will you have the appropriate safeguarding measures in place for when your project starts?
- Are you are applying for funding for project costs, including direct costs and overheads? (revenue funding)
- Will your planned project finish by 30 June 2022?
- Are you applying for an amount which is less than your annual turnover?
For more information, visit https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/sports/sport-unites/sport-unites-fund#acc-i-63562