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Peterborough Athletic Club
Financial Support, Grants and assistance for athletes
Everyone knows that elite athletes attract financial support through Lottery funding administered by UKA. But did you know that athletes of all abilities can apply for a wide range of financial assistance from many other organisations, charities and trusts. PAC has brought together information on many of these sources below. Please note that the requirements for funding vary for each source and they are subject to change. Good Luck!
Peterborough Sports Aid Foundation
Helping youngsters to pursue their sporting dreams, rewarding commitment and alleviating hardship. Promoting sport as an education for life.
SportsAid provides financial assistance to Britain’s amateur sportsmen and women. The aim is to help them prepare for the competitions against better funded, overseas athletes. SportsAid focuses on giving grants to youngsters aged 12 to 18 years old who are a member of the GB/England team or in a National squad. The grants can help with costs such as travel, training, accommodation, competition fees and equipment. Applicants must be identified and nominated by their Governing Bodies of Sport, based on their talent and sporting results. If you feel you meet these criteria, contact your National Governing Body to discuss your nomination for a SportsAid Award and request a SportsAid application.
Applications must be submitted with details of the applicants’ sport, achievements and plans, together with confirmation from their coaches. The applications are submitted through the SportsAid system to the national body controlling their sport for approval.
We are developing close links with all sports clubs and schools in Peterborough. Anyone who would benefit from a grant should ask their coach, club official or teacher. Further details available on the website:
The Arthur J C Kendall Memorial Fund
The Arthur JC Kendall Memorial Fund aims to encourage, promote and develop participation in athletics as a means of promoting physical health in the young of the community. Applications or beneficiaries must, therefore, be under the age of 21 years. Application forms can be obtained by sending a stamped addressed envelope to the Trust’s Administrator at the following address: The Arthur JC Kendall Memorial Fund, 19 Langsmead, Blindley Heath, near Lingfield, RH7 6JT.
OCS Young Sports Person Awards
OCS Young Sports Person Awards give out over £35,000 to up and coming young sports people to help with training, travelling and competing.
ASDA Sporting Chance
Each ASDA store and depot is being partnered with a local athlete to help with their development and raise their profile in the community. Through SportsAid, they will provide each one of these young sportsmen and women with a grant every year until 2013. In addition, each of their stores will be supporting their local athletes on a community level by carrying out fundraising activities to raise additional money for things like training, equipment and travel.
Website: http://www.asda-sportingchance.co.uk
The Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS)
“TASS supports the potential medal winners of the future”
TASS is a unique partnership between National Governing Bodies of Sport and educational institutions, which focuses on maintaining a balance between academic life and training as a performance athlete. TASS provides athletes with a tailored package of services including coaching, strength and conditioning, talented athlete lifestyle support, physiotherapy & sports medicine, as well as support with competition and training expenses. To apply for TASS funding you must be nominated by your sports National Governing Body.
Funding amount: TASS offer two types of awards: 1) Scholarships - Scholarships are awards to the value of £3,000 per annum 2) 2012 Scholarships - 2012 scholarships are awarded to the value of £10,000 per annum
The Ron Pickering Memorial Fund
Applications are invited for grants from the RON PICKERING MEMORIAL FUND from young track and field athletes who are in education and may need financial help towards training or provision of equipment.
Applicants must be aged between 15 and 23 years, medalists from their National Schools AA, AAA U17, & U20 or U23 Championships or in the top six of the appropriate UK ranking lists.
The grant application process starts each year on October 1st, with completed forms to be returned by November 30th.
To speed the process up and reduce administration cost we would prefer you to download the following file, print your own form and return it to us.