We recognise that funding is a key issue for organisations seeking to activate physical activity opportunities for all Londoners to live longer, healthier and happier lives. At London Sport, we are keen to help.
We relish opportunities to work with charitable organisations aligned with our mission across London, offering tailored advice and guidance, sharing funding opportunities and upskilling the sector through resources, webinars and events.
We also utilise insights captured from supporting the sector to continue advocating for change with funders, policymakers and Local Authorities. We are constantly seeking to increase funding available to activate projects, test innovative solutions and expand existing provision, helping all Londoners to experience the benefits of being active.
Examples:
GO! LONDON
Go! London aims to use sport and physical activity to empower young people to fulfil their potential by improving physical and mental wellbeing, safety, employability, and community relationships. Between 2023 and 2027, it is estimated that over £13 million would be invested into improving the lives of young Londoners
The fund has been established as part of a ground breaking new partnership between City Hall, which has given £4.5M, The London Marathon Foundation and Sport England, which have given £7.5M respectively, supported by London Marathon Events and London Sport, to improve the accessibility of sport across the capital.
More information is available here
Opening Schools Facilities
The fund, provided by the Department for Education, is designed to support schools open their existing sport facilities, including school swimming pools, for their pupils, local young people and the wider community outside of the school day.
As of 2024, London Sport has funded over 180 schools across London to run a variety of projects to achieve this aim. There have been 39,817 children and young people and 5,093 community user attendances at OSF sessions run so far.
More information is available here
Together Fund
The Together Fund is a continuation of Sport England’s Tackling Inequalities Fund which was created in April 2020 to reduce the negative impact of coronavirus and the widening of the inequalities in sport and physical activity.
London Sport distributed over £530,000 of grants through Sport England’s Together Fund. This funding helped more than 50 community organisations step up their efforts to encourage Londoners to be more active, with grants focusing on the most deprived areas of the capital. The fund also targeted communities and people most adversely impacted by COVID and, more recently, the cost of living crisis.
More information is available here
Tackling Inequalities Fund
The Tackling Inequalities Fund saw an additional £200k of investment into the capital’s community sport and physical activity sector, supporting local communities to start and remain active as society began to reopen following the covid-19 lockdown.
The investment, which was led by London Sport and supported by a number of sector partners, distributed to community-focused organisations working across eight London boroughs that demonstrate higher levels of inequality and physical inactivity.
These boroughs were: Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Harrow, Hillingdon, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea, Lewisham and Newham
Projects that we backed with investment focused on supporting people that are most at risk of inactivity due to the impact of covid-19.
More information is available here
If you are interested in partnering with London Sport to distribute funding, please contact us here.
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