Small Grants of up to £5,000 and Major Grants of between £5,001 and £30,000 are available to UK registered charities and Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) for sports-based projects providing sport and physical activity opportunities for disadvantaged children and young people and/or people with a disability.
The Peter Harrison Foundation operates two grant programmes, with most grants awarded through its Opportunities Through Sport Programme. The programmes are:
Active Lives – the Foundation supports sporting activities that provide opportunities for people who are disabled, or for disadvantaged children and young people to fulfil their potential and develop personal and life skills. Applications are accepted from registered charities across the United Kingdom.
Positive Futures for Children and Young People - applications are accepted from charities where the beneficiaries are children and young people with special needs in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey; East Sussex and West Sussex.
The Foundation also operates a Discretionary Grants Programme (see the first heading under 'Grant Programmes'). The trustees use these funds to support projects that are of particular interest to them, and which fall outside its open grant programmes.
Within its Open Programmes, the Trust will consider applications for capital, revenue or project funding and welcomes applications for physical activity initiatives that:
- Give a focus for skills development and confidence building through the medium of sport.
- Have a high degree of community involvement.
- Have a strong training and/or educational theme within the sporting activity.
- Help to engage children or young people at risk of crime, truancy or addiction, and
- Provide sporting equipment or facilities for disabled or disadvantaged people.
Charities that have been registered with the relevant regulatory body in their area for at least 2 years (for example, the Charity Commission for England and Wales, the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator or the Charity Commission for England and Wales) may apply. Applications are not normally considered from local branches of national charities unless they are separately constituted.
Opportunities Through Sport offers the following funding:
- Small grants of up to £5,000 (for organisations with a turnover of up to £500,000), and
- Major grants of between £5,001 to £30,000.
Grants, which can be awarded for a single year or over several years, can also be for significant amounts. There is no specific requirement for matched funding.
To apply, eligible organisations are advised to follow the guidance on the Foundation’s website.
The next deadline for applications is Wednesday 1 January 2025.