Cash4Clubs

You can apply for £2,000 (€2000 in Ireland), to support your activities using sport for social purpose. You can only apply for one grant per club. We cannot give out awards to different teams within a club so please consider where the funds are most needed.

The fund is currently open from Thursday 12 September until Tuesday 12 November 2024. Please be aware that the programme may close early if we receive a large volume of applications. If this happens, we will add a message to this page so please check back for updates.

In 2023, the Cash4Clubs programme received an unprecedented demand for funding, and we unfortunately had to close sooner than expected. We understand that closing a grant programme early is disappointing. However, we do not want to waste the valuable time of community group volunteers with a hugely over-subscribed programme where we have already exceeded capacity.

This Cash4Clubs programme supports community groups that deliver sport and physical activity to under-represented groups of adults, aiming to getting vital funds to those that need it most. We will prioritise applications that:

• Increase participation in sport and/or physicaly activitiy for one or more under-represented groups, including women over 18, people with disabilities, those from racially diverse communities, from the LGBTQ+ community, or from lower socio-economic groups.
• Encourage people who would not usually engage in sport to take part. e.g. providing activities that support physical and mental wellbeing or tackle issues such as loneliness.
• Address broader social issues for the local community, such as reducing crime and anti-social behaviour, homelessness, connecting communities.
• If the programme is over-subscribed, we will also consider where your project is based and prioritise groups based in areas of high deprivation (Indices of Multiple Deprviation 1-3).

The funding is unrestricted – we want you to tell us what you need it for!

It can be used for anything that will support your organisation to continue your activities and increase participation in your local community. Typical examples of costs might include a contribution towards:

• Venue hire
• Utilities such as heating or lighting
• Equipment
• Coaching costs
• Volunteer expenses
• Kit
• Marketing and communications
• Training and qualifications
• Insurances and affiliations 

We cannot fund clubs or organisations which work with young people aged under 18.

We cannot support projects which are aimed at, or support young people, aged under 18.

We are unable to fund trips abroad.

Any costs associated with elite sport or talent development.

We cannot fund individuals.

We ask for four supporting documents, so we can carry out necessary due diligence checks to ensure we are funding safe and trusted organisations.

These are as follows:

• A governing document, e.g. Constitution or Articles of Association. This is so we can ensure you are a charity or not-for-profit organisation benefiting the local community. Unfortunately, we are unable to fund Sole Traders or Companies limited by shares.

• A bank statement in the name of your organisation and dated within the last three months. The statement should clearly show the sort code and account number, so we can make payment if you are successful. We do not need to see any transactions or balance. We are unable to fund personal bank accounts, so the account name must match that name of the organisation applying.
• Your organisation’s most recent financial accounts or cash flow statement. Please ensure you send us 12 months of accounts or a profit and loss statement if you have been running less than 12 months.
• An up-to-date adult safeguarding policy (if you are working with vulnerable adults).

The funding should be spent within a six month period, to allow us to assess and report on the impact of the programme.

As an explicit condition of funding, you will be required to complete a short feedback form to help us understand how Cash4Clubs has supported your organisation. You may also be selected for a grant audit so please keep copies of invoices paid and receipts for any items connected to the grant.

Organisations who received a Cash4Clubs grant in 2023 are unfortunately not eligible to reapply. Organisations who received funding from a Cash4Clubs programme prior to 2023 can reapply.

Yes! Sported are a UK charity but this grant programme is funded through Flutter UK & Ireland, so groups from Ireland are eligible to apply.

We will accommodate different accessibility needs to give organisations the best chance of communicating their idea and plans with us.

This could be arranging a conversation with a member of our team to provide clarity on the questions or processes or providing information and the application form in accessible formats. We will consider any requests for accessibility that will reduce any barrier to applying.

Please get in touch at [email protected]