Objectives

• The Kent County Council Capital Grant for Sport is administered by Active Kent & Medway and is intended for the following purposes:
  • Provision of facilities for the community of Kent, including specialist facilities, training centres and centres of excellence and performance
  • Purchase of new fixed and large scale community equipment
  • Improvements to existing buildings and sites or conversion of redundant buildings
  • Levering funding from other organisations into key schemes in Kent, and demonstrating partnership
  • Providing specialist facilities or equipment for disabled people
  • Increasing participation in sporting activities

Funding Information

• Grants are available of up to £5,000 (The maximum amount of funding awarded of £5,000 is reserved only for projects of countywide strategic significance).
• The average funding award for this grant is currently around £2,500 per project.

Expected Outcomes

• In order for your application to be successful it must support one or more of the following KCC outcomes:
  • Children and Young People have better physical and mental health
  • All Children and Young People are engaged and thriving to reach their potential
  • Increase participation in sporting activity by those aged 11-25
  • Physical and mental health is improved by supporting people to take more responsibility for their own health and well-being.
  • Kent residents enjoy a good quality of life and are more people benefit from greater social, cultural and sporting opportunities.
  • Older and vulnerable residents feel socially included.

Eligibility Criteria

• Not for profit community organisations looking to develop sport and physical activity infrastructure such as: Voluntary Sports Clubs, Parish Council, Registered Charities, Schools and National Governing Bodies of Sport.
• Applicant organisations must:
  • be located within the Kent County Council administrative boundary
  • not be a borough or district council
  • not have already started the project
  • not be asking for 100% of the funding costs
  • supply at least two quotes for the works
  • upload a copy of their club constitution or organisations Articles of Association
  • upload the latest set of accounts
  • already have planning permission (if it’s required).

For more information, visit Active Kent & Medway.