Funding opportunities
In order to deliver much of the Action Plan it is recognised that external partner funding will need to be sought. Although seeking developer contributions in applicable situations and other local funding/community schemes could go some way towards meeting deficiencies and/or improving provision, other potential/match sources of funding should be investigated. Below is a list of current funding sources that are relevant for community improvement projects involving sports facilities.
Awarding body
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Description
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Big Lottery Fund
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/
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Big invests in community groups and to projects that improve health, education and the environment
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Sport England :
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Sustainable Facilities Fund
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Sportsmatch
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Small Grants
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Protecting Playing Fields
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Inspired Facilities
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Strategic Facilities Fund
http://www.sportengland.org/funding.aspx
http://www.sportengland.org/funding/our-different-funds/strategic-facilities/
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Sport England is keen to marry funding with other organisations that provide financial support to create and strengthen the best sports projects. Applicants are encouraged to maximise the levels of other sources of funding, and projects that secure higher levels of partnership funding are more likely to be successful.
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Football Foundation
http://www.footballfoundation.org.uk/
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This trust provides financial help for football at all levels, from national stadia and FA Premier League clubs down to grass-roots local development.
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Rugby Football Foundation - The Loans Scheme
http://www.rfu.com/microsites/rff/index.cfm?fuseaction=loans.home
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The Loans Scheme helps finance projects that contribute to the retention and recruitment of rugby players.
Projects eligible for loans include:
1. Club House Facilities: General structural improvements, general refurbishment, storerooms and offices, kitchen facilities, training areas.
2. Grounds (other than pitches): Car parking facilities, ground access improvements, fencing, security measures.
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Rugby Football Foundation - The Grant Match Scheme
http://www.rfu.com/microsites/rff/index.cfm?fuseaction=groundmatch.home
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The Grant Match Scheme provides easy-to-access grant funding for playing projects that contribute to the recruitment and retention of community rugby players.
Grants are available on a ‘match funding’ 50:50 basis to support a proposed project.
Projects eligible for funding include:
1. Pitch Facilities – Playing surface improvement, pitch improvement, rugby posts, floodlights.
2. Club House Facilities – Changing rooms, shower facilities, washroom/lavatory, and measures to facilitate segregation (e.g. women, juniors).
3. Equipment – Large capital equipment, pitch maintenance capital equipment (e.g. mowers).
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EU Life Fund
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/funding/intro_en.htm
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LIFE is the EU’s financial instrument supporting environmental and nature conservation projects throughout the EU.
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EH Capital Investment Programme (CIP)
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The CIP fund is for the provision of new pitches and re-surfacing of old AGPs. It forms part of EH’s 4 year Whole Sport’s Plan.
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National Hockey Foundation
http://www.thenationalhockeyfoundation.com/
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The Foundation primarily makes grants to a wide range of organisations that meet one of our chosen areas of focus:
Young people and hockey.
Young people and sport in Milton Keynes.
Enabling the development of hockey at youth or community level.
Smaller Charities.
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Protecting Playing Fields
SE launched a funding programme; Protecting Playing Fields (PPF ) as part of its Places People Play Olympic legacy mass participation programme and is investing £10 million of National Lottery funding in community sports projects over the next three years (2011-2014).
The programme is being delivered via five funding rounds (with up to £2 million being awarded to projects in each round). Its focus is on protecting and improving playing fields and developing community sport. It will fund capital projects that create, develop and improve playing fields for sporting and community use and offer long term protection of the site for sport. Projects are likely to involve the construction of new pitches or improvement of existing ones that need levelling or drainage works.
Sport England’s ‘Inspired Facilities’ funding programme will be delivered via five funding rounds and is due to launch in Summer 2011 where clubs, community and voluntary sector groups and local authorities can apply for grants of between £25k and £150k where there is a proven local need for a facility to be modernised, extended or modified to open up new sporting opportunities.
The programmes three priorities are:
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Organisations that haven’t previously received a Sport England Lottery grant of over £10k.
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Projects that are the only public sports facility in the local community.
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Projects that offer local opportunities to people who do not currently play sport.
Besides this scheme providing an important source of funding for potential voluntary and community sector sites, it may also providing opportunities for Council to access this funding particularly in relation to resurfacing the artificial sports surfaces
Facilities are fundamental in providing more people with the opportunity to play sport.
The supply of the right facilities in the right areas is key to getting more people to play sport. Sport England recognises the considerable financial pressures that local authorities are currently under and the need to strategically review and rationalise leisure stock so that cost effective and financially sustainable provision is available in the long-term. Sport England has a key role to play in the sector, from influencing the local strategic planning and review of sports facility provision to investing in major capital projects of strategic importance.
The Strategic Facilities Fund will direct capital investment into a number of key local authority projects that are identified through a strategic needs assessment and that have maximum impact on growing and sustaining community sport participation. These projects will be promoted as best practice in the delivery of quality and affordable facilities, whilst demonstrating long-term operational efficiencies. The fund will support projects that bring together multiple partners, including input from the public and private sectors and national governing bodies of sport (NGBs). The fund is also designed to encourage applicants and their partners to invest further capital and revenue funding to ensure sustainability. Sport England has allocated a budget of circa £30m of Lottery funding to award through this fund (2013-17).
Key features which applications must demonstrate are:
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A robust needs and evidence base which illustrates the need for the project and the proposed facility mix
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Strong partnerships which will last beyond the initial development of the project and underpin the long-term sustainability of the facility
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Multi-sport provision and activity that demonstrates delivery against NGB local priorities
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A robust project plan from inception to completion with achievable milestones and timescales.
Lottery applications will be invited on a solicited-only basis and grants of between
£500,000 and £2,000,000 will be considered.
The Strategic Facilities Fund will prioritise projects that:
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Are large-scale capital developments identified as part of a local authority sports facility strategic needs assessment/rationalisation programme and that will drive a significant increase in community sports participation
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Demonstrate consultation/support from two or more NGBs and delivery against their local priorities
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Are multi-sport facilities providing opportunities to drive high participant numbers
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Are a mix of facility provision (indoor and/or outdoor) to encourage regular & sustained use by a large number of people
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Offer an enhancement, through modernisation, to existing provision and/or new build facilities
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Have a long-term sustainable business plan attracting public and private investment
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Show quality in design, but are fit for purpose to serve the community need
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Have effective and efficient operating models, combined with a commitment to development programmes which will increase participation and provide talent pathways.
Projects will need to demonstrate how the grant will deliver against Sport England’s strategic priorities. The funding available is for the development of the capital infrastructure, which can contribute to the costs of new build, modernisation or refurbishment and purchasing of major fixed equipment as part of the facility development.
Funder’s requirements
Below is a list of funding requirements that can typically be expected to be provided as part of a funding bid, some of which will fall directly out of the Playing Pitch Strategy:
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Identify need (i.e., why the Project is needed) and how the Project will address it.
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Articulate what difference the Project will make.
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Identify benefits, value for money and/or added value.
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Provide baseline information (i.e., the current situation).
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Articulate how the Project is consistent with local, regional and national policy.
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Financial need and project cost.
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Funding profile (i.e., Who’s providing what? Unit and overall costs).
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Technical information and requirements (e.g., planning permission).
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Targets, outputs and/or outcomes (i.e., the situation after the Project/what the Project will achieve)
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Evidence of support from partners and stakeholders.
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Background/essential documentation (e.g., community use agreement).
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Assessment of risk.
Indicative costs
The indicative costs of implementing key elements of the Action Plan can be found on the Sport England website:
http://www.sportengland.org/facilities__planning/design_and_cost_guidance.aspx
The costs are for the development of community sports facilities and are based on providing good quality sports facility for the 2nd Quarter 2011. These rounded costs are based on schemes most recently funded through the Lottery (and therefore based on economies of scale), updated to reflect current forecast price indices for 1st Quarter 2010 provided by the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS), prepared by Technical Team Lead of Sport England.
New work output is forecast to fall a little in 2011 as the cuts in public sector spending start to make their mark, partly mitigated by private sector output starting to recover more strongly. It is anticipated that there will be a return to sluggish growth in 2012, as public sector cuts deepen. The BCIS forecast is for tender prices to rise by 2.8% in the year to 4th quarter 2011, rising by 3.1% over the following year.
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