Whether it’s the park you run through, the hall you do classes in or the pitch you play on, welcoming and accessible spaces have a big impact on a person’s experience – and likelihood of coming back.

As part of this, Sport England have produced a guide and accompanying document to explain more about the new Community Asset Fund, how and why they're doing things differently, when they will make decisions plus tips and advice for developing your project or idea.
Sports clubs and community organisations can now apply for investment from the Community Asset Fund – Sport England’s new capital fund dedicated to enhancing the spaces in local communities that give people the opportunity to be active.

This fund will have a value of £15 million per annum with the anticipated size of bids between £1000 and £150,000. There is no deadline to apply and awards will be made from February 2017.

https://www.sportengland.org/funding/community-asset-fund/

The £3m Sporting Capital Fund provides loan funding of between £50,000 and £150,000 to eligible organisations. 
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Our simple, repayable, unsecured loans will be tailored to meet the needs of each organisation and will be repayable over 3 to 5 years.  If needed, a repayment holiday of up to 24 months may be available, giving projects time to generate sustainable revenue before starting to repay the loan.  

We can invest in organisations that are looking to develop new projects, operations and revenue streams. Whilst every organisations’ needs will differ, we expect the funding to be used for projects and activities such as:

• Equipment to support revenue streams 
• Recruitment, training and deployment of staff and volunteers 
• Equipment to support business functions, including finance, project management and governance 
• Other operating costs 

https://www.sportingcapital.org.uk/investment/what-we-fund​

Transform Foundation provide funding of up to £18,000 to cover the strategy, design, build, content strategy, training, QA and launch of a new mobile optimised website, with sophisticated marketing, fundraising, appeals, social media, e-commerce and website management tools. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

The grant covers 100% of the website design and build costs with the Foundation’s current grant partner. Applicant organisations will need to cover ongoing costs for a minimum of a 12 month commitment
They are specifically targeting small and midsize charities – generally with an income between £350k and £30M a year.

https://www.transformfoundation.org.uk/website-grants

The Fore is an open-access funder offering development funding and strategic support up to a value of £30,000 to early-stage charities and social enterprises.
The Fore state: “We are proud to be a funder without lengthy forms or restrictive criteria. We recognise you, our applicants, as the experts in your own fields so our process simply asks you to tell us who you are, what you need and how our funding would enable you to take a step forward in your operations. If we have any more questions, we will ask them of you individually.”
They match successful applicants with professional support – ongoing mentoring, strategic advice, governance support or other assistance.

The Fore is a partner of the Big Lottery Fund.

The deadline for applications is 3 September 2018.
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http://www.thefore.org/charities/