Tyne and Wear Sport has launched the Club Bursary Scheme with the aim of providing clubs with the opportunity to increase and retain new participants and improve the current situation within their club.

Grants of between £100 and £500 will be available with a specific focus on providing clubs with the opportunity to purchase:

• Equipment – for example, balls, bibs, tennis racquets, mats, team strips (not individual clothing),
• Marketing material – for example, banners, flyers, pull up/pop up advertising

Further information regarding the bursary can be found here

Please circulate this opportunity to your clubs in Tyne & Wear.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me jade.mackie@tynewearsport.org

Riverside Netball Club is one of hundreds of groups who applied for an award during this round of the scheme and impressed judges with their plans to use their grant to make a difference to their group and benefit the local community.

The group plans to use its award to purchase New Kit for their u14 squad.  Lynne Booth of Riverside Netball Club said: “We are very pleased with our BT Sport People Award. We have 8 junior squads to cater for and for the U14s to have a kit of their own will be tremendous and the girls are really excited.”

Tori Brady, a GCS Transformation Manager who volunteers at the club and nominated them for a BT Sport People Award, added:  “I have been a volunteer at Riverside Netball Club for six years now.  We are always low on resources and funding is hard to come by.  The BT Sport People Awards provides a great opportunity for community groups like ours to get some additional help that can make a huge difference. The new kit will have a big impact on the activities run by the club.  It is very positive that BT recognises the voluntary work of its people and supports local community activities in this way.”

Four hundred and fifty one applications were received for this round of grants and 84 applicants received awards totalling £50,980.

Applications were submitted by BT people from all over the world, including Peru, India and Belgium. These included a wide range of community organisations, from football clubs to police cadets to red squirrel protection, illustrating the wide variety of activities in which BT people are involved.

For more information and to see a complete list of the latest award recipients please visit: www.btpeopleawards.co.uk or see what BT can do to help charities by visiting: www.bt.com/charityportfolio.

For more information about netball in the North East please visit www.northeastnetball.co.uk/  or contact the North East Regional Office on north.east@englandnetball.co.uk or 0191 2614116.

Tyne & Wear Sport are offering some  financial support to clubs in Tyne and Wear. They have chosen to focus specifically on two areas of funding which will provide clubs with the opportunity to increase and retain new participants and improve the current situation within their club.
Grants of between £100 and £500 will be available with a specific focus on providing clubs with the opportunity to purchase;

• Equipment - for example, balls, bibs, tennis racquets, mats; this does not include team strips or match balls
  
• Marketing material - for example, banners, flyers, pull up/pop up advertising
  

In order to be eligible to apply for funding clubs must meet the following criteria;

• Be a formally constituted not for profit organisation or a registered charity
  
• Have a written constitution and a structured committee in place
  
• Hold a club bank account with at least two signatures
  

In order to apply clubs must be CAPs accredited or 'actively' working towards accreditation and affiliated to England Netball. Projects must have a specific focus on increasing participation within a club and be able to show how the funding will enhance the quality and quantity of sporting provision on offer.
All applications must be able to clearly provide the following information;

• Background information on the club i.e. current membership, age groups etc.
  
• The reason for requesting funding
  
• How the funding will increase participation
  
• What will happen after the funding
  
• Budget breakdown
  

The deadline for all applications is Thursday 31 July; all clubs will be notified if they are successful or unsuccessful within four weeks of the closing date. An application form and further details are available HERE

Tyne and Wear Netball wishes to support their affiliated members by providing funding to help develop coaches within the county.  An amount of money will be set aside each year to fund applications from individuals who wish to coach in our county area and contribute to the development of netball at all levels.  Applications will be dealt with as they are received.

Funding available:

• Up to 50% of the cost of a UKCC Coaching Course (Level I, II or III)
  
• Up to 50% of the cost of Coach Tutor and Coach Assessor training
  
• Help towards the costs of other Coach Development opportunities
  

Click Here to download more information, criteria information and an application form! 

MARS Milk is seeking to encourage people to play more with the launch of an exciting new initiative, the MARS Milk Play Fund.

The fund, which runs from May 1 2014 until September 30 2014, will donate cash awards to sports individuals and clubs in need of extra funding, whether they need new kit, help with travel costs, extra pitch time or competition entry fees.

Each month, ten deserving applicants will be selected to receive a donation of £300. There will also be a £1,000 award for the monthly People’s Choice award, where the public can vote for their favourite individual, club or team.

Michelle Frost, spokesperson for MARS Milk explains why the fund has been launched: “Unfortunately, the tough economic climate has meant that less funding is available for sports individuals and clubs. Our hope is that the fund will help clubs to recruit new members and encourage sporty individuals to play for longer.”

Every month the MARS Milk Play Fund will also the chance to win the latest gadgets and fun days out to share with friends.

The fund is open to residents of, and clubs and organisations based in the UK and Republic of Ireland only. Applicants must be 18 years or over and only one application will be accepted per person, club or organisation.

Applications to the fund can be made on the MARS Milk website www.marsmilk.com