Active Southwark Olympic Legacy Fund

Funding eligibility and criteria

Applying sports or physical activity organisations should meet the council ‘minimum requirements’ standard, as currently required by organisations booking council facilities (must have a constitution, safeguarding policy, insurance - see point 15).

Grants are only payable to constituted groups with the correct governance and structure (for example, Tenants and Residents Associations, community interest groups, sports clubs, schools, local charities, and limited companies by guarantee which demonstrate they are non for profit). A set of accounts will be required to show solvency and income/expenditure for that financial year demonstrating a record of sustainability.

Applications must be able to meet all of the following criteria:

1. All funded projects must be delivered in the London Borough of Southwark
2. Applications must show a clear demand/need for the investment, with some evidence to back this up (e.g. survey of residents)
3. Applications must have a strong commitment to being more inclusive of D/deaf and disabled people with specific details on how this will be achieved
4. All funded projects will be required to record participation data and supply this information showing the engagement and impact with the funding
5. Applications must address one of the Active Southwark strategy themes and have a clear stated outcome(s) for residents (contact an officer is this needs more explanation)
6. COVID-19-related projects will have to demonstrate how the government guidance on return to sport and recreation has affected their ability to deliver, and what difference the grant would make to help people return to activity
7. Evidence of or a specific plan to obtain match funding for larger grant applications
8. The project must help to grow the number of residents being physically active as a core aim, with a proportion being people that are not being active regularly.
9. Activities that are created because of a grant should be free or charged to local residents at an affordable price, have no limitations on access including discriminatory or membership policies
10. Applications must support the commitments made by the council through the Southwark Stands Together agenda
11. Applications must demonstrate a sustainable delivery model that will not require ongoing/regular funding for maintenance or other costs
12. Applications must be from a non-profit making club/organisation and re-invest any surplus revenue back into the sports club/organisation
13. Applicants must declare any other funding grants received and provide evidence of up-to-date accounts
14. If applying for larger grants for capital building costs applicants must demonstrate how they will maintain a space receiving investment (opening and closing, community use, litter pick, safety etc)
15. It is recommended that any sports or physical activity organisation should meet the council’s minimum requirements for organisations using council facilities (has a constitution, safeguarding policy, health and safety policy, equity statement, code of conduct, insurance, bank account, national governing body affiliation and coaching qualification where relevant). All applications must submit all additional documents as evidence of this as mentioned in the additional documents attachment
16. Medium and large-sized grants if successful at the initial stage will need to submit a development plan and business plan.
17. Please note an organisation can only apply for one project in each round, and is not able to apply again if already in receipt of a successful application in the previous 12 months.

Page last updated: 12 September 2023