Sport England Movement Fund

Sport England's new Movement Fund simplifies funding applications and will help those with the greatest need secure investment to support people to live active, healthy, lives. The fund, which is worth £160 million over the next four years, replaces the Small Grants Programme and Active Together fund, and will offer crowdfunding pledges, grants and resources to provide physical activity opportunities that can help us tackle long-lasting inequalities. If your organisation and project are eligible for funding, and your project aligns with our goals, you could receive up to £15,000.

What we fund

The Movement Fund supports projects that promote physical activity, including active travel, walking, cycling, dance, fitness and sporting activities. Here are some of the things the funding could cover:

• Equipment: support purchasing new or improved equipment that's required for the delivery of your activity.
• Refurbishing or upgrading facilities: we can support you to improve or create spaces that can provide opportunities to get more people active.
• Developing new capabilities and leadership skills: providing formal training for staff and volunteers to improve their skills and leadership abilities to help improve how you tackle inequalities and get more people active.
• Delivery costs: paying for the people and facilities you need to deliver the project, where these are new costs to your project.
• Emergency relief: helping with costs during a crisis, like damage from extreme weather, that couldn't have been avoided or insured. Community organisations affected by the recent impact of Storms Bert and Conall can apply to our Movement Fund to recover quickly. Funding available for facilities damaged by extreme weather | Sport England

Priorities

Projects providing opportunities for groups facing barriers to activity are of particular interest, such as:

• people living on low incomes
• disabled people or those with long-term health conditions
• older people
• people from culturally diverse communities
• pregnant women and parents with very young children
• girls aged 5-16
• LGBTQ+ people
• people who are in foster care
• people who provide care without pay.

Sport England are also particularly interested in projects that address the challenges faced by individuals with combined characteristics, such as people with long-term health conditions alongside caring responsibilities.

Find out more about the fund here - Apply for funding | Sport England