If any Club in the Dover district is from an area identified as “Coalfields area”, there is £100,000 available in this financial year for community projects. 

Last year grants of between £5,000 and £10,000 were awarded to bowls and cricket clubs for machinery.   A word of warning: it would be better to get an application in early as a lot of forms have been issued this year already and when the money is gone, it is gone! 

It would cover areas like Aylesham, who have had lots of grants for different things, North Deal, St Margarets, Eythorne, Elvington, Eastry Mill Hill. The target area is perhaps an old coalfield ward, or the people using the facility.  For example, 10 cricketers from a coalfield ward such as Elvington who attend a different cricket club, would mean the cricket club could apply.

A link to the website page is http://www.dover.gov.uk/communitydevelopment/coalfield.asp and the contact’s name is Una Mills on  01304 872081.

Please note that KCB cannot help with questions about this possible source of funding.  Enquires should go directly to the contacts given above.

The Sporting Equals newsletter is full of  funding information to support sports and physical activity projects for ethnic minorities, refugees and migrant communities.

The newsletter is put together by Sporting Equals, the only organisation working across the UK to promote opportunities for ethnic minorities in sport. It provides information on national and regional sources of funding relevant for organisations working with ethnic minorities in sport. It is divided into funding available across the UK (or sometimes England) as well as regional and locally targeted funding.

You can get the newsletter by clicking this link.

Do you know anybody aged 11-16 who wants to make a difference in the area where they live?
 
UnLtd Sport Relief have grants of up to £500 to give to individuals or small groups who come up with an idea to
bring people together through sport or recreation.

Possible examples of projects include engaging young people from different backgrounds by organising an indoor cricket mini world cup, a skateboarding competition aimed at reducing tensions between local groups or workshops in music and drama that explore different cultures.

Applicants will need to have a project advisor who assists them with the application process and supports them with their project; this could be a teacher, youth worker parent etc. UnLtd also provide support to successful applicants and offer opportunities such as training and networking events.

United Sport Relief are currently focusing their attention on trying to encourage 11-16 year olds to apply to the scheme as there is a shortfall of applications in this age group. If you know anybody that you think fits this bill then please tell them about the Awards. United Sport Relief are happy to provide pre-application support if wanted and are there to answer any questions that you may have.

There are few documents you’ll need to read before making an application and we’re making them available on the KCB Website.

There’s a flyer that explains a lot about the scheme and a document that a advisor needs to understand. There’s also an application form for use by individuals who are involved in a group application.

This is an external initiative so any enquires should be directed to UnLtd Sport Relief directly, not KCB.

Canterbury Cricket Club is celebrating after receiving a grant of over £45’000 from the Community Cricket Development Program which is administered by the England and Wales Cricket Board.

The grant will help the club finance the construction of a new cricket ground at the Polo Farm Sports Club complex. Work on the project will begin in the next few weeks and it is envisaged that the new ground will be ready for use in 2010.

Full details can be found here.

You will find attached to this item details of some very important changes to the guidance on ECB Grants and Loans.

These changes have been made to streamline the whole process time and to accommodate the new Club Development Planning tool. In respect of existing bids or bids midway through the application process, the Facilities and Funding Unit at ECB will accept bids complying with the current guidance until the end of May 2008.
 
Key changes are: 
Loans
- The requirement to complete 3 core sections of a development plan has been removed (in line with updated new planning tool)
- Amendments to guidance have been refined (see attached)
- Confirmation that the maximum term of loans has been reduced from 10 to 5 years
 
Development planning will be conditioned within the offer of a Loan with timeframes attached. This way will ensure nothing is lost and will give clubs more time to implement.
 
Grants 
- The inclusion of Wales within the grant scheme
- Amendments to guidance (see word document)
 
KCB are urging all clubs planning to make an application or even in the process of completing one at the moment but unlikely to see it completed before the end of May 2008, to make sure that these new documents are read:  most of the confusion and delays over Clubs accessing the Grant and Loan scheme is non-compliance with the set criteria of the schemes.
 
Please feel free to download any of these documents and distribute accordingly around your Club.

ECB Guide to funding - version 2
Through this publication ECB has set out to help steer you through many of the grant aid and development funding agencies which exist. It contains many ideas for those looking for funding.

ECB Grant Aid Scheme Guidance Notes - Version 4

ECB Interest Free Loan Scheme Guidance Notes - Version 4

These really are significant and important changes.

We’re delighted to be able to bring to your attention some websites that the Kent Sports Development Unit have produced which highlight different funding streams that are available and which might be of interest to you.

The first one is the Kent Sportsaver fund and the website you’ll want to refer to is linked here.

Thanks to unique partnerships with the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and Kent Reliance Building Society, Kent County Council’s Sports Development Unit is able to offer financial assistance to community sports projects in Kent.

Usual amounts granted are £50 - £500. This could be for anything from sports equipment to a sports event. Applicants are normally local sports clubs but in some circumstances could be schools or local authorities.

The second on is the Funding for Sports Activity on School Sites which
is available here

Kent County Council has identified an allocation of £500,000 spread over three years to increase the use of school sites for sport, outside of school hours. The funding is to be allocated in a number of different areas, including investment in primary school facilities and support for School Sports Partnerships and the Kent Schools Sports Council.

The third one is the Kent Trust for Youth Sport and the website
is available from this link.

Kent Trust for Youth Sport is a charity which aims to help young people within the county access sports opportunities.

The Trust’s funding can go into any sport.  The priorities for funding include the following:

Helping clubs and individuals in financial need to meet the cost of purchasing kit or equipment
Making small grants to pay for individuals to qualify as coaches
Contributing to the costs of sports development programmes
Funding sports events
Funding to enable young people to represent Kent on a national stage.

All the contact details you need are on those websites.  If you make an application please do let Kent Cricket Board know and we’ll do whatever we can to try and ensure a successful outcome.

If you are a group or organization that wants to increase the numbers of people taking part in sport and physical activity or if you have an idea or a project that you think will increase the numbers of people taking part in sport and physical activity then you might want to think about applying for lottery money from the Sport England Community Investment Fund (CIF).

Who can apply?
* A club, association or trust – you must have your own constitution and/or memorandum
* A local authority
* A local education authority – on your own behalf or on behalf of a school
* A local education authority school may apply for revenue, but for capital theauthority itself must apply
* A Foundation school or college
* A voluntary aided or controlled school
* An independent school or college
* An institute of further education
* A company limited by guarantee

Please note that applications from sole traders or partnerships cannot be acceepted.

How much money can be applied for?
The smallest amount of money that Sport England will usually give to a project is £30,000 and it is unlikely that they  will contribute more than £400,000 towards a large capital project.

Full details are available in a PDF file that is available on this website.

Kent Cricket Board have just been made aware of the Kellogg’s Active Living Fund which gives small grants (up to £1000) to fund projects and activities that directly lead to people taking part in sustained physical activity.

We thought you might find the information useful to pass on.  You can find out more via the following link:

http://www.kelloggs.co.uk/company/corporateresponsibility/activelivingfund/

News has reached us of the latest grants given to Cricket Clubs in Kent during June and July of this year.  Both Littlebourne CC and Hawkinge CC applied for and have now received grants.

In the table below you can see the details of what the Clubs will be using their grants for.

Awards for All England is supported by the Arts Council England, the Big Lottery Fund, the Heritage Lottery Fund and Sport England. We award grants of between £300 and £10,000 for people to take part in art, sport, heritage and community activities, and projects that promote education, the environment and health in the local community.

Awards for All has its own website at http://www.awardsforall.org.uk/england/index.html. 

A new 2007 version of Sources of Grant Aid and Funding for Cricket Clubs is available here in PDF format.  The booklet lists many sources of funding, including The England and Wales Cricket Trust, Sport England Lottery Funding, the Women’s Sports Foundation and the Lords Taverners.  The various funding sections are colour-coded, and there is also a lot of background information on related issues, such as those involving tax. Generally, this publication is an absolute mine of useful information.   Just click here to download a copy.

The England and Wales Cricket Board has very recently published the latest version of a document detailing the process and procedures necessary for a Club to take advantage of the interest free loan system.

This is an important document that could have a wide impact on your club.  You can download it by clicking here.

ECB have committed over £200k to projects across the country ranging from Machinery purchases to Pavilion Constructions and there are a number of further applications in development circa £500k.

The significant change in the document over previous versions is:

“The maximum amount of a loan shall be £50,000 and the maximum term shall be 5 years. Any applications for loans greater than £50,000 or for a loan with a repayment term of greater than 5 years may be considered by the England and Wales Cricket Trust and the England and Wales Cricket Trust shall have an absolute discretion to agree or reject such an application.”

The reason for this change is to ensure that the England and Wales Cricket Trust have the ability to increase the turnover of applications in the long term thus enabling a greater number of Clubs and their projects to benefit from the scheme.

Cricket has addressed the need to identify minimum levels of facility provision at all levels of the game.

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If you need to raise money for new equipment and facilities, you could consider the following

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The ECB has developed a strategy document to assist local Education Authorities in the delivery of the New Opportunities Fund PE and Sport in Schools Programme.

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Hearing of a pavilion being burnt down and a tree falling on a pavilion in the same week, the KCB Clubs Committee became aware that it was impossible for clubs to get emergency cash.

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