Sportivate Funding OPENS SOON!
Year 5 Quarter 3 & 4 Commission Round
The next South Yorkshire Sportivate commissioning round opens Monday 13th April 2015 and closes 19th June 2015. We welcome applications for delivery taking place in October 2015 through to March 2016.
New to Sportivate?
Who is it for?
•Aimed at inactive 11-25 year olds who do not seek out sporting opportunities themselves or do not usually prioritise doing sport in their own time.
•Priorities for this commission round are Women & Girls, Disability and Young People aged 19-25 years
What is it about?
•Minimum of 6 weeks and maximum of 8 week blocks of sporting activities to be delivered
•Projects will need to ensure that enough participants are targeted and engaged in the activities to reach a retain target
•There is no minimum or maximum amount of funding that can be applied for (dependant on number of participants retained)
•At the end of the project, participants will be supported into a local club of alternative sports provision
Priority Areas
What Sportivate WILL Fund:
•Staffing to deliver projects up to £40.00 per hour (£15-£20 per hour average cost)
•Volunteers to help run projects, up to £50.00
•CRB Checks
•Resources and materials
•Hire of Facilities
•Transport of participants or coaches
•Marketing and publicity
•Training/Coach Education Courses (to run or sustain project)
•Capital purchases of equipment to support project delivery (suggested at 10% but up to a maximum of 20% of funding award if justification is provided)
What Sportivate WILL NOT Fund:
•Overheads and Statutory Items
•Purchase of Vehicles
•Contingency Costs
•Buildings and Refurbishments
•Projects with poor value for money
•Projects already using Sport England/Lottery Money
•Repeat funding of existing sport projects – must be new projects
•Projects retrospectively or items committed to before funding is approved
•Projects with no clear exit route
•Projects insufficiently targeted
•Projects for gifted and talented participants
PRIORITY AREAS INCLUDE:
Women & Girls, Disability and Young People aged 19-25 years
We will accept applications for delivery to other groups and young people aged 11-16, however these will only be funded in exceptional circumstances where they demonstrate a clear need/demand for that project.
Next Steps
For more information about South Yorkshire Sportivate programme please go to www.sysport.co.uk/sportivate or contact Kathryn Mudge (Lead Officer) South Yorkshire Sport on 0114 2235681.
Application forms can be downloaded from www.sysport.co.uk/sportivate along with funding support, guidance documents, examples of successful projects.
When completed please send to admin@sysport.co.uk
We're running presentations in Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield in the next two months that will provide application specific feedback and help shape your project. We'll be sending dates out very soon.