Deadline: 2-Feb-25
The Hampshire Playing Fields Fund Grant Programme supports local provision that helps people to access community sports and physical activity.
Funding Information
- Size of Grants: £1,000 – £3,500
Duration
- Length of Grant: 12-month funding
Eligibility Criteria
- The community organisation making the application should either
- have a core aim to support, promote and engage communities with games, sports, and physical activity and/or
- have a core aim to maintain community spaces where communities can access games, sports, and physical activity.
- Please note that they will not fund statutory bodies such as schools or councils.
- And
- The application should be clear how the activity funded will be open to the local community and work to reach new and/ or under-represented communities. Your application should show how you work to remove barriers to local people accessing your activities/ spaces.
- and
- The application must be supported by a safeguarding policy belonging to the applicant organisation. If you utilise the safeguarding policy of a national organisation, please indicate at the start of your policy how this is adopted locally, regularly reviewed, and who within your local organisation leads and champions safeguarding.
- Additional Criteria:
- the grant application can be for new or existing community activities.
- This fund is for grass-roots organisations and is open to applicants with an annual income under £1million.
Ineligibility Criteria
- They will not fund national charities where local branches cannot demonstrate local independence in terms of governance, bank accounts etc.
- They will not fund community organisations that do not have their own safeguarding policy; if you are using a national policy,
- They will not fund capital costs or refurbishments of buildings.
- They will not fund any provision that is a statutory requirement or is profit-making.
- They will not fund work with school age children within the school day (they will fund work after school/at weekends etc).
For more information, visit HIWCF.