Funding 4 Sport has information of over 120 sports funding streams that organisations can apply for to gain funding for their sports club or organisation. We also categorised these funding streams into categories to if you are looking for specific sports funding streams you can find these easily. These categories include:
- Sports Funding Streams for Individuals
- Capital Sports Funding Streams
- Sports Specific Funding Streams
- Local Sports Funding Streams
- Sports Funding Streams for Coaches
- Sports Funding Streams for Workforce Development
The majority of Funding 4 Sports 120 funding streams can be applied for to support disability sport activities; however Funding 4 Sport has over 35 specific Disability Sports Funding Streams. Some these can be seen below:
Access for Athletes — Challenged Athletes Foundation's
Provides funding grants for equipment such as sports wheelchairs, hand cycles, mono skis, etc, as well as training and competition expenses to physically challenged individuals.
To find out more click here.
Archer Trust
Provides funding for organisations if you;
- Are a small UK charity for whom a grant of between £250 and £3,000 will make a big difference.
- In one way or another, you provide aid or support to a defined group of needy or deserving people, for instance those with physical or mental disabilities or the disadvantaged. You are competently run and can support your application with up-to-date accounts.
They provide funding between £250 and £3,000. To find out more click here.
Bruce Wake Trust
The Trust was established to encourage and assist the provision of leisure activities for the disabled. The Trustees will consider grant applications related to the provision of leisure activities for the disabled but favour particularly applications whereby the potential beneficiaries meet one or all of the following criteria:
- The potential beneficiaries are physically disabled wheelchair users
- Improved access for wheelchair users is proposed
- A sporting or leisure activity involving disabled wheelchair users is proposed
Applications meeting the above criteria will be considered from charitable organisations. Applications on behalf of individuals will only be accepted through a charitable organisation or equivalent recognised body.
All applications should be submitted together with appropriate financial information. Charitable organisations should include a copy of their latest financial statement
To find out more click here.
Disability Sport Development Trust - Dream It Believe It Achieve It
Established in 2010, Dream It Believe It Achieve It (DBA) recognises that athletic greatness inherent in all people with physical disabilities and supports their athletic endeavours by providing grants for training, competition and equipment needs.
Grants are awarded for a wide range of physical disabilities, across the entire spectrum of sport. Athletes assisted by DBA range from world class athletes competing on an international level to those who are recently disabled and are intent on becoming more active.
Funding is for adaptive sports equipment, training and competition expenses, programs and events that help disabled athletes get off the sidelines and into the game.
Applications accepted from September 1 to December 1.
To find out more click here.
Sport England’s Inclusive Sport Fund
The Inclusive Sport Fund has been set up by Sport England with £8 million of National Lottery Funding. It will invest in programmes designed to grow the number of disabled young people (age 14+) and adults regularly playing sport.
To find out more click here.
Steven Gerrard Foundation
Registered charities within the UK that run projects working with disadvantaged children can apply for grants of up to £10,000 per year for up to 3 years through the Steven Gerrard Foundation. The primary goal of the Steven Gerrard Foundation (SGF) is to support:
- Disadvantaged children including their education and health
- Children with disabilities
- Street children
- Children going through family breakdown.
The SGF places emphasis on supporting projects which involve children in identifying their own issues and solutions, designing and monitoring projects.
Grants are available up to £10,000. To find out more click here.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
The Foundation currently makes over 300 grants a year of which the majority are small grants (averaging £5,000). A small number of larger grants (i.e. over £10,000) are awarded each year.
- Physical and Mental Disability: projects involving rehabilitation, (including related arts and sport programmes)
- Rural Issues: projects providing transport for the elderly, disabled or disadvantaged; contact networks for young disabled people;
- Urban Deprivation
Grants are available up to £10,000. To find out more click here.