Barclays Community Football Fund
Sported is delighted to partner with Barclays on the Barclays Community Football Fund, offering small grants, training, kit, and exclusive ticketing offers to hundreds of clubs across the UK to make football more accessible in our communities.
Barclays believe in creating opportunities for all through access to football. That’s why, in partnership with us here at Sported, the Barclays Community Football Fund is providing grants, training, and exclusive ticketing offers to make football more accessible in communities across the UK.
The Barclays Community Football Fund is helping to reduce inequalities in football by supporting community sports groups who need it most. The programme focuses on groups operating in areas of high deprivation and supporting young people from the following underrepresented groups: women and girls, racially diverse communities, young people with disabilities, from the LGBTQ+ community, and from lower socio-economic areas.
Community sports groups can apply to receive:
£1000 Access Grants to spend on increasing underrepresented young people’s access to play
Up to £5000 Deep Impact grants available for existing fund recipients
Coaching grants to get more women qualified to coach girls’ football at a grassroots level
Access to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion training and resources
Exclusive opportunities to apply for Premier League and Barclays FA Women’s Super League tickets, mascot opportunities and exclusive promotional experiences
Who can apply
We welcome applications from not-for-profit organisations including community groups, youth groups and traditional football clubs. Groups must meet the following criteria:
You operate in an area of high deprivation and support the hardest to reach young people. We use the Government Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) to establish eligibility and only organisations located in or supporting young people from IMD areas 1-3 are eligible to apply.
We recognise the disproportionate impact that the pandemic and cost of living crisis has had on young people with disabilities and will consider disability football applications from groups that sit outside of IMD areas 1-3.
You are already delivering football activities to young people under the age of twenty five, or you are wanting to start with our support.
You are delivering services directly to beneficiaries from one or more of our priority groups as follows: women and girls, racially diverse communities, young people with disabilities, from the LGBTQ+ community and from lower socio-economic areas.
Restrictions
Due to the work Barclays do with their Girls School Football Partnership, schools groups will be unable to apply for this fund. Other educational institutions are also not eligible to apply for the fund.
Eligible Expenditure
The funding can be used for anything that will support your delivery of football activities to underrepresented groups. Typical examples of costs might include a contribution towards:
Venue hire including floodlights / heating
Coaching costs
Volunteer expenses
Equipment
Kit
Marketing and communications
Training and qualifications
Insurances and affiliation
How to apply
Apply online at https://thehub.sported.org.uk/barclays-community-football-fund/apply-now.html