Funding streams available to clubs

The County Grants Fund aims to support affiliated cricket clubs to create welcoming environments, provide enhanced facilities and playing opportunities, and to help clubs tackle the impact of climate change.

Funding up to £10k

Provides finance to clubs for capital projects to help them build and ensure a sustainable future. All scheme applicants must demonstrate that funds will be used to benefit the general community.

Loans up to £50k

The Movement Fund offers crowdfunding pledges, grants and resources to improve physical activity opportunities for the people & communities who need it the most.

Funding up to £15k

Funding focuses on bringing people together to build strong relationships in and across communities and improve the places and spaces that matter to communities.

Funding from £300 to £20k

The Recreation theme covers projects which will benefit people in their free time, but also includes renovations of clubhouses which have a wider community use outside of sporting activities.

Funding from £10k to £75k

The SUEZ Communities Fund for England uses monies provided by SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK through the Landfill Communities Fund. The company’s donations relate to its operations in England.

Funding from £3k – £50k

The HPC Community Fund has been created to benefit areas experiencing ‘residual and intangible’ impacts as a result of the construction with grant funding.

Funding up to £20k

You can ask for money if your group works in one of these communities and you have an idea to make the local area better. Whatever you ask for, it must improve community wellbeing and quality of life.

Funding unrestricted

A Green Business Grant is designed to help small and medium businesses and organisations purchase and install new products and equipment that reduce your carbon emissions, cut your utility costs and improve your energy efficiency.

Funding up to 15k

Involving communities in environmental activities that benefit their local area, restoring, maintaining or enhancing the local natural environment or engaging people in supporting the local natural environment

Funding up to 2k

The scheme is open to all schools, registered charities and not-for-profit organisations, with priority given to projects that provide food and support to young people.

Funding up to £1.5k

For clubs near former Clarks factories, the fund can support refurbishment of facilities and for investment into new sports equipment.

Funding up to £60k

Grants of up to £750 are available to very small registered charities, community groups, sports clubs and Community Interest Companies across the UK for sports kit and clothing for children and young people aged 18 or under

Two funds with a common aim – to support youth cricket in Somerset. Tony Coles offers grants to help fund facility projects at clubs or schools, whereas the Harry Burden annually awards a bursary to support a young player’s cricket.

Funding up to £5k

This page summarises a number of funding opportunities that could help organisations who are looking to deliver sporting, physical activity and healthy living projects here in the West of England.

Use this tool to find current grants and funding in your area. This tool is run by Somerset Activity & Sports Partnership, and lists hundreds of targeted funds for sports clubs across Somerset.