Sports Management Issue 1 2012 - Leisure Opportunities
Sports Management Issue 1 2012 - Leisure Opportunities
Sports Management Issue 1 2012 - Leisure Opportunities
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Local community groups can apply for a share of £10m from the National Lottery under the latest round of the Inspired Facilities Fund<br />
PIC: WWW.SPORTENGLAND.ORG<br />
INSPIRED FACILITIES FUND<br />
This fund was set up to make it easier<br />
for local community and volunteer<br />
groups to improve and refurbish<br />
existing sports clubs or transform<br />
non-sporting venues into modern<br />
grassroots sport facilities. A total<br />
of £52m will be invested through<br />
Inspired Facilities on at least 1,000<br />
community sports projects between<br />
2011 and 2014.<br />
STATUS:<br />
So far, 350 community sports projects<br />
across England have already benefitted<br />
from Inspired Facilities, with<br />
Sport England dishing out £17.4m to<br />
improve local facilities. The second of<br />
five rounds of this fund is currently<br />
open until 2 April <strong>2012</strong>, with the third<br />
round opening on 23 July <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
HOW TO APPLY:<br />
<strong>Sports</strong> groups can find out more<br />
and bid at: www.sportengland.org/<br />
inspiredfacilities.<br />
PROTECTING PLAYING FIELDS<br />
Protecting Playing Fields will see a<br />
total of £10m of National Lottery<br />
funding being invested in sports<br />
playing fields across the country over<br />
three years from 2011-2014.<br />
The programme is being delivered<br />
via five funding rounds – each worth<br />
around £2m.<br />
STATUS:<br />
The first round saw 48 sports playing<br />
fields being awarded funding. Round<br />
two closed on 12 December 2011 and<br />
received 102 bids. Applicants will be<br />
informed shortly of the outcome of<br />
their bid. Sport England will be running<br />
a further three funding rounds,<br />
one in the latter half of <strong>2012</strong> and<br />
two in 2013.<br />
HOW TO APPLY:<br />
For dates of future funding rounds<br />
and to find out how to apply, visit:<br />
http://www.sportengland.org/funding/protecting_playing_fields.aspx<br />
GOLD CHALLENGE<br />
An independent initiative that aims<br />
to motivate more than 100,000<br />
people to test themselves in an<br />
Olympic- and Paralympic- themed<br />
challenge by the end of <strong>2012</strong>, while<br />
fundraising for charity.<br />
Participants register for free and<br />
choose one of three Olympic/Paralympic-themed<br />
challenges and the<br />
charity they want to fundraise for.<br />
Gold Challenge has more than 150 UK<br />
charity partners and aims to be one<br />
of the most successful multi-sport<br />
charity fundraisers of all time.<br />
STATUS:<br />
70,000 people have already signed<br />
up. The Gold Challenge will run until<br />
the end of <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
HOW TO APPLY:<br />
To find out more and sign up visit:<br />
http://www.goldchallenge.org/<br />
Tom Walker is SM’s news editor<br />
<strong>Issue</strong> 1 <strong>2012</strong> © cybertrek <strong>2012</strong> Read <strong>Sports</strong> <strong>Management</strong> online sportsmanagement.co.uk/digital 53
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