Funding

GRANTS & FUNDING

 

Grants and Funding are available from various agencies but only in pursuit of their specific agendas, which tend to be broadly along the lines of the following:-

  • Increased number of juniors playing the game
  • Increased number of juniors affiliated to clubs
  • Better, more suitable facilities in support of the above
  • Better facilities in support of the Tourist market

GRANTS

 

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Community Chest

  • Amount - Up to £750
  • Eligible Items - small items of equipment and revenue costs e.g. golf balls, coach education courses, etc.
  • Who can apply - Golf Clubs, Schools, etc.
  • How to apply - Application forms available from Local Authority Sports development sections.
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Sportlot Minor Grant

  • Amount - from £750 to £10,000
  • Eligible items - equipment with at least a 5 yr life span e.g indoor nets, practice facilities, etc. plus revenue costs of up to £750 e.g. Junior Leader workshops or PGA Level 1 courses.
  • Who can apply - Voluntary organisations
  • How to apply - Applications via Sports Council for Wales (West Office – 0845 0450906)
    (N East office – 0845 0450908)
    (N West office – 0845 0450910)
    (S East office – 0845 0450904)
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Sportlot Capital

  • Amount - Over £10,000 but less than £50,000
  • Eligible items - Drainage, Floodlighting, buildings and non-personal equipment e.g. extend practice area, junior academy, etc.
  • Who can apply - Voluntary orgs, Clubs, LA’s, Company Ltd by guarantee
  • How to apply - Applications via Sports Council for Wales (West Office – 0845 0450906)
    (N East office – 0845 0450908)
    (N West office – 0845 0450910)
    (S East office – 0845 0450904)
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 Sportsmatch

  • Designed to encourage commercial investment in grass-roots sport, by matching £ for £.
  • Amount - Min £300 to max £30,000
  • Eligible items - New or Additional Sponsorship agreements involving grass-roots sport.
  • Who can apply - Golf Clubs, LA’s, etc.
  • How to apply - Applications via Sports Council for Wales (West Office – 0845 0450906)
    (N East office – 0845 0450908)
    (N West office – 0845 0450910)
    (S East office – 0845 0450904)
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 Royal & Ancient

  • No longer consider grants within GB&I
  • Interest Free Loans (for member clubs only)
  • Same priorities as Sportlot
  • Who can apply - Members Golf Clubs
  • How to apply - External Funds Supervisory Committee (01334) 460000
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Visit Wales

  • Recently appointed a“Development Executive” to implement the Golf specific strategy – “Golf as it Should be”
  • Will also still give advice on existing schemes
  • Investment Support Scheme
  • Business Tourism Scheme
  • Amount - Projects with a minimum capital cost of £10,000 and Awards of up to 35% of capital cost or £7,500 per permanent job created (£12,500 in objective one areas)
  • Who can apply - Golf Clubs, but need to prove tourism worth
  • How to apply - Visit Wales Enquiries
    Claire Carew (Senior Golf Development Executive)
    (029) 20499909
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Ryder Cup Wales - Legacy Fund

  • One of the commitments in the successful Ryder Cup 2010 bid was the establishment of a £2million Legacy Fund
  • The Fund is available to Local Authorities and Golf Clubs across Wales in order to develop quality, accessible public golf facilities
  • For further information and details please contact the Sports Council for Wales, Active Communities Investment Office on (0845) 0450904

FUNDING

 

Club Fundraising can be a laugh

 

Jongleurs Comedy Club in Cardiff has teamed up with the Welsh Sports Association (WSA), the umbrella body for all of the national governing bodies of sport and physical recreation in Wales, to help golf clubs raise money by going out and having a laugh.

 

The Millennium Plaza venue are the first major chain to sign up to Welsh Sports Rewards, an initiative developed by the WSA to enable Welsh sporting bodies and clubs to generate much needed income.

 

Clubs can take advantage of the initiative by organising a social event at Jongleurs, purchasing tickets directly from the comedy club for £4 per person using a code provided by the Welsh Sports Association and charging members £8 (the standard entry price).

 

Jongleurs’ promotions manager, Lex Levene explains the support they are giving to Welsh Sport “Each Friday night, for every Welsh sports club affiliated to this initiative, we are giving the opportunity to use our venue to host fundraising events. For every ticket they buy, we will donate a similar face value ticket in return. We organise the comedy and the catering, sports clubs just organise themselves".

 

The Welsh Sports Association is standing by to help you maximise the potential of this initiative, so please visit: http://www.trytime.org.uk/mainsite/jongleurs.html or click here to download a poster.