Accessing Facilities or Funding for your club Jane Scott National Development Manager.

Accessing Facilities or Funding for your

clubJane Scott

National Development Manager

Idea suggested at Conference 2014 around how to best communicate with local authority

Outcome 1: How to link with your LA/facility provider to secure appropriate/additional facility time.

Outcome 2: How to access funding to develop the club or start a project

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What’s this all about…?

Be better aware of facility options in your area

Know how to build good relationships with your local facility provider

Be aware of potential sources of funding Know how to prepare successful applications Know how to present your club to facility

providers and funders


By the end of this workshop:

What is available?

Council managed FacilitiesLeisure Trust managed FacilitiesSchool access?Community Sport Hubs?Other?


Facilities Available

Who is your contact in the facility?

Facility Manager / Duty ManagerReceptionist / Bookings AdministratorDevelopment OfficerCommunity Sport Hub Co-ordinatorOther


Building relationships…

What is their main aim?

Income GenerationMaintain Public AccessCommunity AccessClub LetsOther



What do they want from you?

££££ Money!Well run club: safe place, inclusive, friendly, etc.Pathways for athletes and coachesLinks with local community, Active Schools, other sports clubs – pathways into the sport/clubLocal Club Accreditation Scheme or SGB accreditation



Once you know what their main purpose is, think about how you can demonstrate that your club helps them meet those aims by being in their venue for training, competition, club base, etc. Show them that giving you a club let is beneficial to them.


Gain Facility Access

Awards for AllLottery grants programme£500 - £10,000 projectsFor not for profit/voluntary or community group, social enterprise, community council, school or statutory bodyFunds a range of projects that bring local people together, helps people learn, improve local spaces and get people more active


Sources of Funding

sportscotland Sports Facilities FundMain facility investment programme – up to £500kFunds developments that are for the public good and will provide equitable opportunities for increased sports participation by the community at a local levelCovers the provision or upgrading of all facilities for the general communityFor capital expenditure only and in the main, projects that are led by local authorities, clubs, trusts and the like.


Sources of Funding

Sportsmatch

Aims to encourage commercial businesses to invest in grassroots sport to increase club membership, participation and enhance the quality of experience for participantsMatches commercial sponsorship on a £ for £ basis from £500 to £10kProject must either 1) increase club membership or 2) improve the quantity and/or quality of grassroots sports opportunitiesAll projects must be NEW and/or ENHANCE current activitiesRecently developed and refreshed and has a new focus on increasing club membership


Sources of Funding

Commercial SponsorsDo you have links with or contacts in business that you could approach for sponsorshipCan be Sportsmatch’d

Local Authority / Leisure TrustLocal Authorities & Leisure Trusts have various pockets of money for specific projects, e.g. coach education & development, events, etc.


Sources of Funding

triathlonscotlandFunding is available for new events as well as Championship Race hostsCoach Education – UKCC grants from sportscotland

Grant Awarding BodiesHollywood Trust , Robertson Trust, etcFind more online and at http://www.sportscotland.org.uk/funding/funding/


Sources of Funding

Do some research on the fund/trust – what are they looking to achieve?

How does your project meet some/all of those goals and are you eligible?

Do you have enough information about your project or do you need to do some more research on it or pull together a project plan?

Read the guidance notes that come with the application form

Look through the application form and bullet point key points to include in your answers

Complete the application form and ask your RDO/NDM to look over it and feed back prior to submission


How to prepare an application

Do some research on the fund/trust – what are they looking to achieve?

How does your project meet some/all of those goals and are you eligible?

Do you have enough information about your project or do you need to do some more research on it or pull together a project plan?

Who are you going to meet? What are their objectives? Are they the correct person to agree to what you want?

What benefit can your club/project offer them? What do you want to achieve by the end of the meeting?www.triathlonscotland.org

How to present your club to facility providers / funders

Do you need to take any materials with you to show/give them?

What do you need to discuss? Take your own notes with you so you remember everything.

Who are you going with? Another club member? Your triathlonscotland RDO/NDM?

Summarise agreed action points at the end of the meeting and agree timescales

Think about how you will follow up the meeting: confirm in writing (email), agreed timescales – and action your points! Show them you mean business and are well organised.


How to present your club to facility providers / funders


Questions?

If you have any questions or need more information on any of the areas covered in this presentation then get in touch with the triathlonScotland development team by: Email: [email protected] Phone: 01786 466903

Accessing Facilities or Funding for your club Jane Scott National Development Manager.

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