Other sources of funding information
Please use the links below to find out more about these agencies
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Governing bodies |
| Description: |
Some governing bodies (e.g. The Rugby Football Union / British Cycling etc) have their own grant schemes. It is advisable to check with the governing body for your sport and ascertain whether:
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| Contact: | Contact details of many regional / national officers for national governing bodies can be found at Intosport's contact pages |
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Access funds |
| Description: |
This site aims to provide the latest funding information from Central Government, National Lottery, devolved governing bodies, EU and quangos. Access Funds has a range of services to help you fundraise including email services and training courses. The site also contains directories of funding programmes and guides to funding. Need to sign-up to retrieve information? A free 7-day trial available. |
| Contact: | www.access-funds.co.uk |
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Bid Writing for Beginners |
| Description: |
Never written a funding bid before and don't know where to start? Or perhaps you'd like to increase your confidence and build on your existing skill set. This event is designed to deliver the basic information that you'll need to attract funding to your business or project, building on Kash Khunkhuna's experience in gaining funding from a range of organisations including the European Social Fund, Local Authorities, the DTI and others. During this event you will:
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| Contact: | Places cost £25 each. Find out more at www.springtoaction.co.uk |
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FunderFinder |
| Description: | FunderFinder develops and distributes software to help individuals and not-for-profit organisations in the UK to identify charitable trusts that might give them money. |
| Contact: | www.funderfinder.org.uk |
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Funders Index |
| Description: | An online guide to finding funding in the East Midlands for Community based projects. |
| Contact: | www.fundersindex.co.uk/ |
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Grants First |
| Description: |
Grants First are a partnership that offer advice, support and grant funding expertise to directly meet the needs of their clients ensuring that they are targeting the most appropriate funding streams. They offer a fast track enquiry form where the client can quickly access potential funding agents, in response to their funding requirements. Currently Grants First has over 3000 different sources of funding open to UK organisations, which are split into four main groups; European Funding, UK Government Funding, Lottery Funding, Community Trust/Charity Grants. |
| Contact: | www.grantsfirst.com |
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Intosport |
| Description: | Run by Nottinghamshire County Council on behalf of the districts and sports govrning bodies of Nottinghamshire has details about a number of funding opportunities available nationally and in Nottinghamshire. |
| Contact: | www.intosport.org.uk |
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Lottery funding |
| Description: | Lottery funding is a website run by the various Lottery funders in the UK. The site allows you to search through information on current funding programmes across the UK. It allows you to narrow your search to find the most appropriate funding to meet your needs. The search requires four items of information; the location of the project, the category that best describes you or your organisation, the type of project that will be funded (i.e. sport), the amount of money that you would like to apply for, enabling the most suitable funding revenues to be found. Potential funding can be in excess of £500,000. |
| Contact: | http://www.lotteryfunding.org |
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Nottingham Community Foundation |
| Description: | Nottinghamshire Community Foundation is an independent, local grant maker which works to develop sustainable funding for the voluntary and community sector in Nottinghamshire. They distribute grant money on behalf of other bodies such as Sport Relief and central governmnet funding and can provide advice and support where appropriate. |
| Contact: | www.nottscommunityfoundation.org.uk/ |
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Regional grants (GrantsNet) |
| Description: |
GrantsNet gives information about grant schemes available to businesses and charities in the UK. Within the site you will find comprehensive information about grant support schemes for UK businesses and charities. GrantsNet provides a search resource where you are able to look for a grant by project type, area, and keyword. GrantsNet aims to reduce the efforts and costs, of identifying and applying for a grant. |
| Contact: | www.grantsnet.co.uk |
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Sport England |
| Description: | Details of a number of different funding streams can be found on Sport England’s website. The administration of lottery awards is the responsibility of the Sport England Lottery Fund (see National Lottery) Some regions produce their own literature on regional funding sources for sport. Please contact the appropriate regional office for further information. |
| Contact: | http://www.sportengland.org/funding.aspx |
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Sportlink |
| Description: | This organisation is a register of sportsmen, sportswomen and events and looks to link them to business sponsorship partners |
| Contact: | www.sportlinkuk.com |
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UK Sport - Get sponsored! |
| Description: | The purpose of this website is to help guide talented individuals through the process of seeking and securing sponsorship |
| Contact: | http://sponsorship.uksport.gov.uk/ |