There are two categories of grant available:
Category A - applicants can apply for up to a maximum of £50,000. Mayor of London: Facility Fund contribution should not exceed 60% of total project cost.
Category A grants are designed for small to medium developments and upgrades of facilities. Examples include, Multi Use Games Areas (MUGA’s), Refurbishment of indoor facilities and estate based ball courts.
Category B - applicants can apply for up to a maximum of £250,000. Mayor of London: Facility Fund contribution should not exceed 30% of total project cost.
Category B grants are designed for medium to large developments and the development of new sports facilities. Examples include multi-sport hubs. Applications for larger facility developments in Category A would also be considered.
Applicants should be aware that the anticipated demand for the Mayor of London: Facility Fund will most likely exceed the funds available, so while £250,000 is the upper limit in this category, only a very limited number of awards can be made at this level.
Any project application needs to clearly demonstrate that the funding:
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will assist with the creation or refurbishment of a space for the community to play sport in,
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provide a lasting benefit to the community in the immediate vicinity of the project;
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deliver a true multi sport approach
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will focus on raising participation in sports activity, particularly those individuals in the community that would currently be deemed “inactive”[1]. This should mainly be through encouraging new participants onto the facilities, but also can seek to increase the amount of activity by individuals already participating at the sites
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will see a multi-sector approach with local agencies and partners to make best use of the facility.
The Mayor of London: Facility Fund would particularly welcome applications from:
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organisations in Boroughs that have yet to receive funding;
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smaller, grass-roots, community organisations and sports clubs;
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applicants that can demonstrate a diverse range of partnership funders for their projects.
In order to ensure best use of our resources, during the decision making process we will:
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look closely at the percentage of the total project cost that a grant represents; and
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take into account the local need for the facility. This will be informed by the data that we compiled in our recent work in partnership with Sport England which shows where the greatest facility shortages currently exist. Details of this can be found on the Strategic Planning for Sports Facilities in London page on the Greater London Authority website.
Revenue Funding
For both Categories, as part of the total funding request, some revenue funding is available to support the facility development, representing 20% of the overall grant being applied for i.e. you could apply for a total grant of £250,000, comprising of £200,000 capital and £50,000 revenue.
This revenue funding should only be used to deliver activities at the facility developed to either:
If you have any queries please contact the Mayor of London:Facility Fund by email.
[1] “An inactive person” is defined as an individual who has participated in less than 30 minutes of moderate intensity exercise in the previous four weeks.
