Funding

ACCESS Across Staffordshire Funding Scheme Launched

Thanks to the success of inspirational projects that have gone through this funding scheme, the County Sports Partnership is making a further £5,000 available for individual awards of up to £500 through its ACCESS Across Staffordshire scheme.
SASSOT would like to encourage you to put forward any potential projects that will help to address inequality in sport.

 

What ACCESS Across Staffordshire Funding Scheme?
This funding scheme is designed to support projects which enable widened access to sport for the county’s under-represented groups including:

• Women and Girls
• Disabled People
• Black Minority Ethnic Communities
• Low Socio-Economic Groups

What Projects Does It Target?
The ACCESS Across Staffordshire Fund is open to Local Authorities and National Governing Bodies of Sport, School Sports Partnerships, other relevant agencies and non for profit organisations who require financial assistance to support or develop a new project which has an equalities theme and fits into one of the following categories:

 

Club Development

• To increase the opportunities for under-represented groups to access sports clubs.
• To initiate work towards EFDS accreditation standard
• To develop new clubs / teams

 

Workforce and Volunteer Development

• Increase the training opportunities for under-represented groups
• Up skill the knowledge of the existing workforce on engaging with under- represented groups
• Increasing volunteering opportunities

 

Marketing & Communication

• To raise the profile of under-represented groups participating in sport and physical activity
• To develop a ‘one stop shop’ for opportunities available for under- represented group

 

Please find the grant guidance document and application form attached below. The closing date for applications is the 21st January 2011.

 

Click here for Application Form

 

Click here for Guidance Notes

 

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