We support the physical activity and sport sector in London to find funding and use it in the best way plays a vital part in our efforts to get the capital more active.
That’s why we offer a range of services to support partners and individuals to secure new funding.
Search for funding
London Sport recommends My Funding Central for partners seeking funding. My Funding Central is a simple to use, up to date, online tool which has details of thousands of funding opportunities.
It is free to use for charities, voluntary organisations, community groups and social enterprises with income of up to £30,000 per year and if your income is higher there maybe a small fee to pay. For example if your annual income is between £500,000 and £1 million this fee is only £300 per year.
Help with funding bids
Funding bids are often complicated, long and can be difficult to write while successful bids are well written and have supporting information, such as local insight.
How do you make sure that your application stands out from the competition? Here’s a few questions to ask yourself when writing your application:
- Do you have data and insight to support your bid? Our Insight and Data Portal can provide the information to support your bid.
- Is your project realistic and financially feasible?
- Do you meet the funder’s criteria and will your proposal stand out from others?
- Do you ensure your organisation sounds capable and credible, with clear and measurable aims?
- Are your bid outcomes in line with the funder’s?
We help you with understanding funding bids and what you need to do, to put together the best bid you can as well as a free Check and Challenge service.
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This is a useful guide to help you develop an initial idea to the point where potential funders are asked to invest in it, such as considering the feasibility of your concept, building an evidence base and finding funding pots.
This is a useful guide to help you develop an initial idea to the point where potential funders are asked to invest in it, such as considering the feasibility of your concept, building an evidence base and finding funding pots.
Use this guide and My Funding Central to better understand what funding is available and how you can access it.
When writing an application to a public, lottery or trust funder an applicant will always be required to prove the need and that the concept is right to address that need.
A good way to start to consider your options is thinking about the type of evidence and the scale of evidence.
This is a short guide explaining these types of evidence, how to build evidence to support your concept, including how to build localised evidence, and where to find it.
Any organisation that is providing, or wants to provide, community facilities for physical activity and sport could gain funding for the development of those facilities, whether that be something entirely new or a refurbishment.
Applying for facilities funding can be a complex area so we’ve tried to help you by creating a short guide to get you started including practical and technical recommendations.
Those delivering physical activity and sport who are in need of funding often overlook sponsorship as an opportunity to gain funding.
Yet, increasingly organisations are finding success in diversifying fundraising to include corporate funding, and sponsorship can be a great way of securing regular funding over a longer period.
Our simple guide offers some useful support if you are considering securing sponsorship.
