Local community groups can apply for a share of £10m from the National Lottery under the latest round of the Inspired Facilities Fund INSPIRED FACILITIES FUND
This fund was set up to make it easier for local community and volunteer groups to improve and refurbish existing sports clubs or transform non-sporting venues into modern grassroots sport facilities. A total of £52m will be invested through Inspired Facilities on at least 1,000 community sports projects between 2011 and 2014.
STATUS: So far, 350 community sports projects across England have already ben- efitted from Inspired Facilities, with Sport England dishing out £17.4m to improve local facilities. The second of five rounds of this fund is currently open until 2 April 2012, with the third round opening on 23 July 2012.
HOW TO APPLY: Sports groups can find out more and bid at:
www.sportengland.org/ inspiredfacilities.
Issue 1 2012 © cybertrek 2012 PROTECTING PLAYING FIELDS
Protecting Playing Fields will see a total of £10m of National Lottery funding being invested in sports playing fields across the country over three years from 2011-2014. The programme is being delivered
via five funding rounds – each worth around £2m.
STATUS: The first round saw 48 sports playing fields being awarded funding. Round two closed on 12 December 2011 and received 102 bids. Applicants will be informed shortly of the outcome of their bid. Sport England will be run- ning a further three funding rounds, one in the latter half of 2012 and two in 2013.
HOW TO APPLY: For dates of future funding rounds and to find out how to apply, visit:
http://www.sportengland.org/fund- ing/
protecting_playing_fields.aspx
GOLD CHALLENGE
An independent initiative that aims to motivate more than 100,000 people to test themselves in an Olympic- and Paralympic- themed challenge by the end of 2012, while fundraising for charity. Participants register for free and
choose one of three Olympic/Para- lympic-themed challenges and the charity they want to fundraise for. Gold Challenge has more than 150 UK charity partners and aims to be one of the most successful multi-sport charity fundraisers of all time.
STATUS: 70,000 people have already signed up. The Gold Challenge will run until the end of 2012.
HOW TO APPLY: To find out more and sign up visit:
http://www.goldchallenge.org/
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