Lincolnshire's Sport Unlimited project, part of Sport England’s 5 hour offer has been granted the Inspire Mark, the badge of the London 2012 Inspire Programme.

 Sport Unlimited is a three year programme that offers young people 10-week taster sessions in sports which they have requested and aims to get 300,000 participants to join clubs and continue with sport when the 10 weeks are up.

Part of the “5 hour offer”, Sport Unlimited is one of the workstrands emerging from the additional £100m announced in July 2007 to give every young person (age between 5-19) the chance to do five hours of sport per week.

For the final year of the programme which runs from April 2010 to March 2011, Lincolnshire Sports Partnership received £216,800 from Sport England with a target to engage 6412 young people in 10 weeks of sport.

This money has now been allocated to 100 different projects over the year targeting a total of 9443 young people across Lincolnshire to engage in sport within their local community.

Other Funding Opportunities

Communities Together Information Fair

Wednesday 8th and Wednesday 22nd September

Come along and find out about the funding and free support, training and advice that are available to help your community group develop, or receive help and advice to get your idea for a new group off the ground.

Organisations there to help you will include;
The Big Lottery, ProHelp, Lincolnshire Police, Lincolnshire Sports Partnership and many more.

Refreshments will be available, drop in anytime between 10am and 3pm.

Cash 4 Clubs

Cash 4 Clubs is a sport funding scheme supported by Betfair and SportsAid which recognises the importance of community sport. It has been set up to facilitate fundraising for community sports clubs throughout the country. Cash 4 Clubs offers all sports clubs in the UK the chance to win grants ranging from £250 to £1000. It is a simple scheme aimed at giving community clubs a helping hand and provide the opportunity to raise the money they need to invest in their club.

Visit the Cash 4 Clubs website for more details.

Lincolnshire Community Foundation

The Lincolnshire Community Foundation has made £400,000 available for groups that benefit the community. Individual projects can apply for grants of up to £5000 to spend on equipment, volunteer training, child care, travel costs, events and activities.

For more information contact Sue Fortune on 01529 305825.

Funding Links

Lincolnshire County Council Grants- Follow the link for more information or contact the LCC grants team on 01522 552834

Wakeham Trust- Grants made in support of new community action projects

Hilton Foundation- Grants made in support of projects for disabled or disadvantaged children

St. Modwen Environmental Trust- Small and large grants made in support of projects that have a high level of enduring public engagement and participation.

The Co-op Community Fund- Grants of up to £2000 made to community based projects.