Deadline: 23-Aug-21
Applications are now open for the Clubs in Crisis Fund, managed and promoted by Community Foundation Wales, is a dedicated fund for community groups, third-sector organisations, and sports clubs for young people working within the sport for development sector.
Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate how the Covid-19 pandemic has adversely affected them, either operationally or financially, as well as how they improve the lives of young people.
Outcomes
The Made By Sport Clubs in Crisis Fund will only fund sport for development which work towards one or more of these outcomes:
- Developing life skills: can include the six key areas of life-skills development identified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) such as assertiveness and self-control, communication and interpersonal skills, creative and critical thinking, problem solving, empathy, and resilience.
- Improving mental health: Projects that promote positive mental health through physical activity will also be eligible, if they encourage positive social interaction, achieve increased confidence, specifically address mental health issues, or focus on general wellbeing.
- Reducing crime and anti-social behaviour: via the medium of sports is also eligible, through either diversionary activities or modifying and promoting positive behaviour.
- Developing employability skills: This must be prioritised towards one of the three specific outcomes for young people aged 16 and above: communication and interpersonal skills such as working well with others; reliability and dependability including meeting deadlines and turning up on time; the ability and willingness to learn new skills (whether job-specific or general). Projects can develop employability skills or provide actual pathways to employment.
- Building stronger communities: Projects that build or rebuild communities, such as those providing opportunities for marginalised or vulnerable groups, or those that encourage integration or bridge divides between people.
The Foundation will fund
- This funding is unrestricted, so it can be spent on core costs, project costs, or capital items.
- They also love to see the funding used as match funding to leverage other funds for your club or organisation, as well as how it can be used to ensure the sustainability of your activities.
Eligibility Criteria
- This Fund is open to constituted community-based charities, third sector organisations, and sports clubs with an income of less than £75,000.
- Please note: To be successful, groups must be able to demonstrate that the Covid-19 pandemic has adversely affected them (either operationally or financially) and they require funding to save, resume, or adapt their activity. They will prioritise applications from the smaller groups/organisations.
For more information, visit https://communityfoundationwales.org.uk/grants/made-by-sport-clubs-in-crisis-fund/