Sports and recreational grant aid

Plymouth City Council is committed to supporting individuals, clubs and organisations to create opportunities to develop sport within Plymouth.

What grant aid is available?

Under the Council's scheme there are currently two categories of grant aid.

Sporting qualifications, courses or workshops

This grant aid scheme provides a contribution towards:

• a coaching or officiating course
• a leadership award
• a development/good practice workshop or course
• a sport related volunteer training course

The above qualifications/awards or courses must be nationally recognised by a National Governing Body (NGB) or other sporting body, such as Sportscoach UK, Sport England or the British Sports Trust. For further information please download the document below.

Travel and accommodation

This grant aid scheme provides a contribution towards travel and accommodation costs incurred as a result of competing at events/competitions.

Applicants must have attained or aspire to the following performance level: county, regional, national or international.

The event/competition must be recognised by a sports authority or Governing Body. For further information please download the document below.

How much support can you expect to receive?

The scheme is to provide assistance and not fund activities in their entirety.

Who will consider the application?

All grant applications will be considered by the Grants Committee. Meetings will take place in June, September, December and March of each year.

Further information

Grant aid will only be given to those living within the recognised city boundaries and/or those who are members of a recognised Plymouth Sports Club or organisation, who are non-profit making.

It should also be noted that even if you meet all the criteria shown, there can be no guarantee that your application will be successful. Considerable response to this scheme is expected and prioritising may be necessary.

Documents

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	Sporting qualification information - information sheet on how to apply for sporting qualification funding. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 1MB
	Groups sporting qualification form - complete this form to receive grant aid for a group. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 46KB
	Individual sporting qualification form - complete this form to receive grant aid for an individual File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 51KB
	Travel and accommodation information - information sheet on how to apply for travel and accommodation funding. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 982KB
	Groups travel and accommodation form - complete this form to receive grant aid for travel and accommodation for a group. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 54KB
	Individual travel and accommodation form - complete this form to receive grant aid for travel and accommodation for an individual File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 47.5KB
	Sport grant aid details - overall details on how to get funding and what you are entitled to. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 100KB