Regardless of whether you are operating a commercial programme or a small village club, the tennis programme should cover its cost and in many cases generate a profit.
Profit from the tennis programme is used in different ways; subsidise the performance sessions, pay for more equipment, contribute towards the facility sinking fund, pay for ‘taster’ sessions at potential new schools/community sites, additional coach education, tournament visits.
Areas to consider when costing a programme
- Do you incorporate the cost of equipment, court usage and administration within your prices?
- Do you incorporate coach retainers for associated administrative work within your prices?
- Do you generate a profit from your coaching and competition programme?
- What do you do with the profit generated – reinvest in equipment, coach education, taster sessions?
- How to compare with the cost of other tennis programmes within your region?
- Do you allocate some of the income/profit for courts fees/sinking fund?
Sources of local funding
Grant Search Facility
Our free to use grant search facility allows you to search through the thousands of grants and soft loans that could help you. We ask you some basic questions about your organisation, and then list the support schemes that you might be eligible for. The information that you search is updated daily by a team of researchers, is fully comprehensive and completely free to use.
Use the Grant Search Facility
Funding for performance tennis programmes
Satellite Funding
Satellite clubs focus on the development of players under the age of 12. Satellite clubs are required to meet a number of set criteria. Some examples include:
- Achieving Tennis Clubmark
- Delivering a complete tennis programme with a key focus on mini tennis and under 12’s
- Delivering a complete programme of intra and inter club competition
High Performance Centre
These centres are carefully designed to meet the needs of performance juniors providing high-level coaching and fitness programmes and access to top facilities. To qualify as an IHPC or HPC, a centre has to meet a number of minimum standards:
- Access to indoor courts at agreed times
- Onsite gym and player room
- Onsite facilities to ensure that the performance players have the best access to off court support
- Ideally the facilities will include accommodation and on-site tuition for the players
- All players must have access to an agreed amount of court time and have individually managed programmes
For more details about these clubs, the criteria and application process,
contact your local Talent Performance Co-ordinator.