Deadline: 29-Sep-23
Jersey Community Foundation is seeking applications for the Sport and Active Lifestyles Lottery Fund to allow more people in Jersey to be engaged in sport or to become physically active for life.
Sport and physical activity have a big role to play in improving the physical and mental health of Islanders, having a positive impact on the health of the community and economic activity. Sport and physical activity have the power to level the playing field and address the inequality of opportunity faced by some of the valued island communities.
Priority will be given to those bids which seek to deliver outcomes with a long-term focus on enabling active living, improving Islanders physical and mental health, or those which will increase participation numbers in sport and physical activity across all the Island’s population.
Funding Information
- The current maximum grant size is £50,000 per applicant per financial year. Multi-year grants will be considered.
Ineligible Funding
What will not be funded:
- Sports travel – Jersey Sport have a travel grants fund for sports travel.
- Projects related to performance/ elite sport.
Outcomes
- Project outcomes are really important to them because they want to back projects that make a difference.
- This is so important to them that they have decided that they will only support projects that clearly explain what their outcomes are.
- If you aren’t clear about the outcomes your project is likely to create, they won’t be able to support your work. And if you are clear about your outcomes, but it doesn’t line up with one or more of the five outcomes they have prioritised, they also won’t be able to help you.
Projects Criteria
Project should be able to demonstrate impact against one or more of the following criteria:
- Your project will deliver new opportunities for sport and physical activity across Jersey with a particular focus on communities and individuals less likely or able to engage in your current provision. For example, low-socio economic groups, people with a physical or mental disability, or other communities within the Island.
- Your project supports the development of pathways in sport and physical activity ensuring there is appropriate provision for all participants at every level. For example, making the transition from school sport to club sport.
- Your project will create greater capacity and/or a more highly skilled voluntary or paid workforce to deliver high quality sport and physical activity opportunities in Jersey.
- Your project will improve or add to an existing facility which will support and deliver high quality, inspiring and accessible facilities to be active.
- Your project will work in partnership with other key stakeholders in Jersey such as (but not exhaustive) the police, probation service, education, and the voluntary and community sector, to support individuals to make positive life changes through engaging in sport and physical activity.
- Your project will ensure there is greater sustainability in your provision of sport or physical activity for ALL islanders to maintain and access sport and physical activity as part of their normal daily lives.
Eligibility Criteria
All applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria to make an application to this fund;
- Your organisation is a registered not-for-profit, or a registered Jersey Charity.
- Your organisation, club, group, or association is properly constituted – bids will not be accepted from or in support of an individual.
- Your organisation has an effective management committee in place.
- Your organisation can share the most recent signed annual accounts available from previous financial years. or demonstrate financial viability if a start-up organisation.
- A safeguarding policy and associated procedures should be in place and active in your organisation.
- Appropriate insurance covering the organisation and the activities being funded.
For more information, visit Jersey Community Foundation.