FUNDING OPTIONS
Is your club looking to make improvements? At Cheshire Tennis we’re here to help. There are many funding options that we can advise on, including…
On top of this there are outside options too. Please feel free to take a look at the following links from a variety of funding providers.
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LTA Grants - Grants
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LTA Quick Access Small Loans - Quick Access Loan Scheme for tennis facilities
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Sport England - Our funding | Sport England
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Active Cheshire - Grant Funding Opportunities
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National Lottery Community Fund - Home | The National Lottery Community Fund
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Peoples Postcode Lottery Fund - Local Funding Opportunities | People's Postcode Lottery
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Cheshire West and Cheshire Funding Opportunities - Funding opportunities | Cheshire West and Chester Council
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Halton Community Funding - Grants and Funding
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East Cheshire Community Grants - Community Grants
PIG FUND
Cheshire Tennis offers various funding opportunities through our PIG Fund (Participation and Inclusion Grant), for all LTA registered clubs. Each club can apply once every calendar year and the grants are used to increase participation or at their club. Grants will only be given for NEW initiatives that are designed to increase inclusion and participation. Grants are awarded for between £100 - £1000. Examples could include…
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Club Competitions
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Open Days
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EDI days/ programmes
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Outreach programmes
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Officiating qualifications
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EDI FUNDING
There are a number of options open to help with the funding of both equipment and provision of inclusive sessions. Here are a few:
Become an LTA Open Court registered venue - If you register to be an Open court venue, you will receive £300 towards running a 12 week course or up to £500 to help towards running a 36 week programme together with an adaptive equipment bag. There is also a £100 grant available towards the running of a walking tennis programme.
The Dan Maskell Trust - Equipment and costs of putting on courses is covered here up to £600 for individuals and £1600 for organisations and community groups.
Cheshire Tennis has an annual fund available to assist with the provision of inclusive training, equipment and or the costs of running an inclusive course. We also want to support all groups in our communities to be able to enjoy our sport and welcome any community group to contact us to discuss their needs. Typically we can offer between £250 and £1000 towards a Cheshire tennis or padel based project. For more information email dandi@cheshirecountylta.org.uk