Inspired Facilities is a £110 million programme from Sport England that funds the renovation and modernisation of local sports facilities.
Inspired Facilities is focused on making it easier for local community and volunteer groups to improve and refurbish sports clubs or transform non-sporting venues into modern grassroots sport facilities. Tired, worn out, old facilities make it harder for people to start or keep doing sport. They can also be more expensive to run and difficult to maintain.
The Inspired Facilities fund could help you refurbish or upgrade your sports facility; or convert an existing building into a venue suitable for sport and accessible to the whole community.
Community and voluntary organisations and parish and town councils can apply for grants worth between £20,000 and £75,000.
Assessment criteria
Need – is the project needed and wanted by members or users, and the wider community?
Impact – will it really keep existing participants playing sport, volunteers involved in sport and attract new people?
Community involvement – have local people been involved in the project’s development and are there plans to keep them involved once the award has been made? A good way of evidencing this is by evidencing community consultation.
Sustainability – will sufficient revenue be generated to keep the facility running and well-maintained for years to come? This will include a setting up of a sinking fund and evidence of marketing plan
In addition to these criteria, priority will be given to projects that:
• Have not received an individual sport Lottery grant worth over £10,000
• Offer local opportunities to people who do not currently play sport
• Are the only public sports facility in the local community
For further information and to apply, visit: https://www.sportengland.org/funding/our-different-funds/inspired-facilities/, or contact 08458 508 508.
Deadlines for 2014
6 June 2014
3 November 2014