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Welcome to the Sported Funding Bulletin. This page is here to help you find funding opportunities that may be available to your group or organisation.
We know that funding is a priority for many groups in our network, and that finding the right opportunity can sometimes feel complicated.
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Each fund has its own eligibility criteria. If you find a fund that looks suitable, please open the website link and read the guidance carefully before applying.
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Antrim and Newtownabbey - Grants for Sport and Leisure Clubs 16211
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available to support sports clubs to attend high level competitions, deliver coach education programmes or purchase specialised equipment to improve facilities. The funding is intended to support sports clubs to attend high level competitions, deliver coach education programmes or purchase specialised equipment to improve facilities.
Deadline: 31 October 2026
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon - Capital Projects Grants 16207
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council is offering funding of up to £20,000. Grants are available to community organisations in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon to support capital projects or the purchase of equipment. The Council offer two Capital Project Funds: Large Capital Project Fund - for large capital projects where a relatively small amount of match funding from the Council is required.
Deadline: 11 September 2026
Be Active Wales Fund 16065
Grants of up to £50,000 are available to support community sports clubs and organisations in Wales for projects to reduce inequality, create long-term sustainability and introduce new or different ways of operating. The funding is intended to support projects aimed at upskilling volunteers, developing new ways of delivering physical activity, using technology to engage more people, and reaching those currently under-represented in sport and physical activity.
Next deadline: 11 September 2026
Bernard Sunley Foundation 16154
Bernard Sunley Foundation is offering one-off capital grants available to registered charities in England and Wales for projects in the areas of community, education, health and social welfare. The aim of the foundation is to help raise the quality of life in England and Wales, particularly for the young, disadvantaged and older people.
No deadline is stated
Biffa Award Main Grants Scheme – Community Buildings 16147
The Wildlife Trusts is offering funding of up to £75,000. Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations to provide and improve community buildings that are located within the vicinity of a Biffa Operation or Biffa Landfill site in order to ‘act as mechanisms’ for community involvement. The Biffa Award Community Buildings theme aims to improve buildings at the heart of their communities, such as village halls, community centres and church halls, which are within five miles of a significant Biffa Operation or within 10 miles if an active Biffa Landfill site.
No deadline is stated
Bingham Trust 16101
The Bingham Trust is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for charities and not-for-profit organisations undertaking general charitable activities in Buxton, Derbyshire. Funding is intended to support organisations undertaking general charitable activities, including the relief of poverty, the provision of educational services, the assistance of religious activity and the benefit of the community, in the SK17 postcode area around Buxton. Preference is to fund one-off capital projects.
Next deadline: 24 September 2026
Blaenau Gwent - Pride in Place Fund: Small Grant Scheme 16231
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is offering funding of up to £25,000. Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations for projects that improve community facilities, enhance green spaces and strengthen pride in place across Blaenau Gwent. The funding is intended for projects that improve community facilities and green spaces, delivering lasting improvements that make communities more sustainable, accessible and vibrant while strengthening pride in place across Blaenau Gwent.
Deadline: 16 October 2026
Bradford - Pride in Place Impact Fund 16246
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is offering funding of up to £50,000. Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations for capital projects that improve community buildings, equipment and spaces in the Bradford District. The funding is intended for capital projects that create, extend, improve or refurbish community facilities and enable community organisations to take ownership of underused but valued local assets.
Deadline: 14 September 2026
Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Coalfields Community Grants Programme Wales 16155
Welsh Government is offering funding of up to £7,000. Capital grants are available for voluntary and community organisations in coalfield areas of Wales to safeguard, maintain, and/or improve their community facility. The funding is intended to support community and voluntary organisations to maintain or improve community facilities and buildings they own or manage on a long-term lease, for the benefit of coalfield communities in Wales.
No deadline is stated
Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) - Community Buildings Fund 16186
Scottish Government is offering funding of up to £80,000. Grants are available for community groups in Scotland to decarbonise community buildings. The funding aims to help community organisations reduce their building's energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
Deadline: 30 October 2026
Community Facilities Programme (Wales) 16156
Welsh Government is offering funding of up to £300,000. Capital grants are available for community-led voluntary and community sector organisations to develop and improve community facilities in Wales in order to tackle poverty and its effects. The funding is intended to help organisations develop and improve facilities for communities in order to tackle poverty and its effects, increasing opportunity, creating prosperity for all, and developing resilient communities where people are engaged and empowered.
No deadline is stated
Community Foundation North East - EDF Green Rigg Wind Farm Community Fund 16307
EDF Power Solutions is offering funding of up to £5,000. The Fund provides capital costs to charities, community and voluntary projects based within a ten-mile radius of the Green Rigg Wind Farm. The EDF Green Rigg Wind Farm Community Fund supports community groups and organisations within a ten-mile radius of the Green Rigg Wind Farm for projects to benefit local residents.
Deadline: 14 September 2026
Dorset Council - Capital Leverage Fund 16284
Dorset Council is offering funding of up to £25,000. Grants are available to community and cultural organisations for capital projects which provide new and improved facilities for local residents in Dorset.
Deadline: 10 January 2027
England and Wales Cricket Board - County Grants Fund 16135
England and Wales Cricket Board is offering funding of up to £50,000. Grants are available to support ECB affiliated cricket clubs in England and Wales which are actively engaged with women's cricket, girls' cricket and/or disability cricket with creating welcoming environments, providing enhanced facilities and playing opportunities. The funding is intended to support projects and activities that may include: Creating welcoming environments.
Deadline: 30 September 2026
FCC Community Action Fund - England 16137
FCC Communities Foundation is offering funding of up to £100,000. Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations for public amenity projects eligible under Object D of the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) and located within 10 miles of an eligible FCC Environment landfill site. The funding is intended to support not-for-profit organisations with the costs of making physical improvements to single amenity sites that are open and accessible to the general public.
Deadline: 18 November 2026
Flintshire - Community Chest Grants 16093
Flintshire County Council is offering funding of up to £1,000. Grants are available to support community-focused activities organised by local not-for-profit voluntary and community groups operating in the Flintshire area. The programme has been established to provide funding towards a one-off community-focused activities taking place in Flintshire.
Deadline: 21 September 2026
Football Foundation - Facilities Grants 16145
The Football Foundation is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for the provision of capital items, or to refurbish/improve existing community football facilities in England. The funding is intended to enhance the grassroots football experience by supporting projects ranging from the purchase of goalposts to improving changing pavilions.
No deadline is stated
Football Foundation - Grass Pitch Maintenance Fund 16144
The Football Foundation is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for grassroots football organisations in England to enhance or sustain the quality of their pitch playing surfaces. The Maintenance Fund provides six-year tapered grants to help football clubs sustain pitches already at a 'good' level and enhance pitches that are either considered 'poor' or 'basic', in accordance with a PitchPower Pitch Assessment.
No deadline is stated
Football Foundation - Lionesses HERe to Play Fund 16132
The Football Foundation is offering funding of up to £25,000. Grants are available to improve football facilities for women and girls involved in grassroots football in England. The fund aims to elevate the experience of women and girls in football by creating inclusive, welcoming, and high-quality environments that support female participation at every level.
No deadline is stated
Harold and Alice Bridges Charity 16298
Harold and Alice Bridges Charity is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for charitable purposes in Lancashire and South Cumbria. Grants are available to local organisations for charitable purposes in Lancashire and South Cumbria, from capital projects to grants for village halls.
Deadline: 15 September 2026
John Apthorp Charity 16086
The John Apthorp Charity is offering discretionary funding for one-off captial expenditure. Grants are available for projects which help the young, the elderly, the disabled and the general community, the funding is intended for registered charities who have new and specific projects that benefit the residents of Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
Deadline: 18 September 2026
Kingspan Kickstart Sports Fund (Island of Ireland) 16161
Kingspan Group is offering grants that are available to amateur athletes, amateur sports clubs and community sports facilities based on the island of Ireland to support them in achieving their sport development goals. The funding is intended to provide financial support to amateur athletes and sports clubs throughout the island of Ireland, specifically for acquiring equipment, training and essential resources.
No deadline is stated
Letchworth Garden City - Community Investment Fund (Wellbeing Through Nature) 16069
Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants for groups to improve resident's wellbeing in Letchworth Garden City through engagement with nature. The aims of the nature engagement programme are to support fully or part-funded projects that: Ensure communities have access to information on green spaces and nature-based activities, and how they can improve wellbeing.
Next deadline: 14 September 2026
Mansfield - Pride in Place Impact Fund: Small Community Grants 16330
Mansfield District Council is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available to community and voluntary groups for small-scale projects that deliver immediate, visible improvements to community spaces, public places and high streets across Mansfield district. The funding is intended for small-scale projects that deliver immediate and lasting benefits, particularly those that enhance the appearance, accessibility and usability of community areas, public spaces and high streets.
Deadline: 30 September 2026
Morrisons Foundation - Connecting Communities 16133
The Morrisons Foundation is offering funding of up to £20,000. Grants are available to registered charities for placed-based services to benefit local communities in England, Scotland or Wales. The Connecting Communities fund is for capital projects that make a difference to people's lives, by improving infrastructure development and shared spaces.
No deadline is stated
Northern Powergrid Foundation Grants 16257
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is offering funding of up to £50,000. Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations for capital projects that improve community buildings, equipment and spaces in the Bradford District. The funding is intended for capital projects that create, extend, improve or refurbish community facilities and enable community organisations to take ownership of underused but valued local assets.
Deadline: 14 September 2026
South Lanarkshire Council - Renewable Energy Fund Grants 16078
South Lanarkshire Council is offering grants for community-based capital projects within 10km of a participating renewable energy development in South Lanarkshire. Main grants of over £20,000 are avilable as well as smaller grants of less than £20,000.
Deadline: 15 September 2026
Sport Wales - A Place for Sport (with Crowdfunding) 16168
National Lottery is offering funding of up to £15,000. Grants are available for not-for-profit sports clubs or community groups in Wales who want to create, enhance, or redevelop sports facilities for the benefit of their community and who can raise their initial funding through crowdfunding. The funding aims to help community organisations crowdfunding for capital (building or refurbishment) works that will enhance spaces within their local area, to enable people to have a better experience, to ensure facilities are more environmentally and financially sustainable.
No deadline is stated
Sports Facilities Fund 16202
Sportscotland is offering funding of up to £250,000. Grants are available for the provision or upgrading of sports facilities in local communities throughout Scotland. The Sports Facilities Fund aims to support capital projects that provide opportunities for people to get involved in and participate in sport and physical activity in Scotland.
Deadline: 1 April 2027
Twinkl Community Collection support fund 16339
Community Collection is a monthly support fund for schools, community groups, and educators, and it's totally free to enter. The fund offers support to help schools, educators and educational settings bring their projects to life. Recipients receive the funds to decide how they want to use them, whether it is for a new sensory room, more equipment for outdoor/active play, or, as one recent recipient used it, a brand new mud kitchen!).
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Funding Amount: A £1,000 cash grant. A new giveaway is open each month.
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Eligibility: Open to all UK schools, community groups, and registered educational charities.
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Criteria: A simple 5-minute application (100 words or less) explaining how the funds will be used.
September deadline: 30/09/2026
Veolia Environmental Trust 16136
Veolia Environmental Trust is offering funding of up to £75,000. Grants for constituted, not-for-profit organisations and local authorities for projects that make improvements to community facilities and the natural environment that are located near a qualifying Veolia site in England. The Trust currently offers the following grant schemes: Community Grants are for constituted, not-for-profit organisations and local authorities to create or improve community buildings or outside spaces for the benefit of the community.
Deadline: 1 October 2026
Wales Community Asset Loan Fund (CALF) 16180
Welsh Government is offering funding of up to £300,000. Loans are available to community groups in Wales that are seeking to bring property into community ownership. Additionally, small grants are available to support purchasing organisations with the sustainable management of their property. The funding is intended to support local organisations in purchasing property for community use, or for use by groups that will benefit the community.
No deadline is stated
Wandsworth – Women and Girls Capital Grant Fund 16080
Wandsworth Borough Council is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations across the London Borough of Wandsworth to support the improvement and maintenance of infrastructure and facilities that promote inclusive access for women and girls. This fund aims to support physical improvements to facilities and equipment that promote inclusive access for women and girls.
Deadline: 15 September 2026
Whitefield – Let’s Live Well: Stronger Spaces Fund 16296
Bury Voluntary and Community Faith Alliance (VCFA) is offering funding of up to £20,000. Grants are available for voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations in Whitefield to deliver projects and activities that improve community spaces and make a difference in local neighbourhoods. This fund aims to support the provision of capital grants that will enable groups to improve, adapt, or better use community buildings, thereby strengthening communities and improving lives for people in Whitefield.
Deadline: 11 September 2026