Among a number of ways to support your club, we run regular funding clinics covering a range of funding opportunities to help groups achieve their objectives.
Indeed, the subsections on the left cover many of the principal funding schemes available to your club. Please feel free to contact the Development Team prior to completing your funding application. If the project is right and it meets the relevant criteria, we can support you through the application process and beyond.
Middlesex clubs receive £47,500 worth of funding!
The MCFA is delighted that ten Middlesex clubs, three of whom are Charter Standard, were successful with recent Football Foundation Grow the Game applications. This means that they now have up to three years of funding to support new activity within their clubs.
Charter Standard clubs Denham United Ladies, Edmonton Rangers Youth and Discover were amongst those receiving up to £5,000 each. The clubs will now have funds to support setting up new teams. With the help of the Middlesex County Football Association Development Team clubs completed applications in February to support activity from this summer onwards over the next two to three years.
This money will prove vital to the clubs and will specifically help them pay for costs relating to coach education courses, affiliation, pitch hire, referee hire, FA CRB’s and more. This is a great achievement for all of the clubs concerned and we are delighted that almost £50,000 of funding will be supporting the crucial development of football in Middlesex thanks to the Football Foundation.
The Football Foundation’s Grow the Game scheme opens in two windows during the year. The second of these should be in the next couple of months and this information will be updated on our website as soon as we know so please keep checking back. The next round of funding could be ideal for setting up new mini soccer teams from January 2011. If you are interested in setting up teams for players up to and including U10 it will be worth thinking about submitting a Football Foundation Grow the Game application.
For more information on this scheme and other funding opportunities please contact Football Development Officer (Clubs), Steeven Sharpe on 020 8515 6901 or steeven.sharpe@middlesexfa.com
Sport England – Small Grants Programme
The Sport England Small Grants Programme has been set up to support local community sport projects which seek to increase participation, sustain participation or develop opportunities for people to excel at their chosen sport.
For example, we might help a sports club expand its age range by helping it to buy extra team kit or pay additional coaching fees. Or we may help youth clubs work together with local sports clubs to get more young people playing sport.
You can apply for any sum from £300 to £10,000 but the total project cost cannot exceed £50,000
Who can apply?
It is open to any bona fide not-for-profit club or association, statutory body or educational establishment. We will not fund individuals or organisations established to make a profit and distribute that profit to members.
For more information please visit the following website www.sportengland.org
Cash 4 Clubs
Cash 4 Clubs is a sports funding scheme which gives clubs a unique chance to apply for grants to improve facilities, purchase new equipment, gain coaching qualifications, and generally invest in the sustainability of their club. In 2008 over £30,000 was given out in grants to 30 community sports clubs across the UK. It's a flexible, no-fuss way to get some help for your club or team.
For further information please take a look at the following website www.cash-4-clubs.com