Any advice on finding sports funding for an induvidual ???

cjj_2

Hi everyone
Does anyone have any advice on which companys I could contact regarding help with funding a young talented athlete. As its not an olympic sport there is not as much help out there. Ive tried our local council and they have said no. Ive also tried a few other organisations without much luck. Any advice greatly appreciated. TIA x

hm71_2

Have you tried your local sports council- i sit on ours and we support many atheletes not with huge amounts but as much as we are able too.

cjj_2

Hi hm71 thanks for the quyick reply
Is that seperate to the local council because I have tried them and they said they couldnt help. Ive never heard of a local sports council how can I check if we have one. Thanks again for the help I appreciate it. x

hm71_2

it is a seperate group that works with the council to help people you could try here
Local Sports Councils and Local Authorities - Help for Clubs

or just google your local area with sports council ie basingstoke sports council & something should come up
could also try sport england they have a lot of grant programmes

cjj_2

Hi
I can see many places have sports councils after a quick google but we dont appear to have one but thanks again hm71 x

kingfisherblue

If there is a club linked to the sport, you could try them.

You could also ask at your main library for funding information - there is a book of funding for individuals. I can't remember the name of it, but it is published annually and our library has it in a separate section with other funding information. It is reference only, so you can't take it home. Although this might not be the case at your main library it is worth checking. Also, it isn't just sports funding, so you might have to plough through a lot of information before you find a suitable possibility.

I'll post a link if I can find the name of the book.

zenmaster

I went to a Freemasons' open day last week.

They had a board up illustrating their involvement in various charities. As well as the big names there were also individuals, including some sporting youngsters (tae-kwon-do and sailing are two I remember). I would think these would likely be one off grants though, rather than a continuous sponsorship..

It might be worth a letter.

cjj_2

Thankyou kingfisherblue and zenmaster. Will check out local library asap and am going to look into freemasons now. X

PasturesNew

Sport is a rich man's game. My sibling went to an event to compete in the past week and with the cost of petrol and a cheap B&B, plus entry fees, it cost over £300 for a few medals. So ... gold medal holder in the UK .... end of the line now as it's too expensive to compete.

Dunroamin

What sport is it?

hm71_2

you may want to try your local rotary club as well
they help with some charities etc..