Active Southwark Olympic Legacy Fund
Applications that will not be funded
We will not fund the following:
- more than one request from the same applicant within the same financial year, where a grant was awarded. (Note - Applicants that were unsuccessful during a previous round are welcome to apply again with a different or amended project idea).
- activities that do not benefit people residing in the area
- commercial activities (where there is no public benefit)
- religious activities
- statutory duties or medical or academic research
- a school whose projects are solely targeted at their own pupils or students; activities provided must benefit the wider community (a guideline of 50% external participants is deemed acceptable)
- political parties or lobbying groups
- grant-making bodies to distribute grants through a different process
- projects that don't link to the Active Southwark Sport and Physical Activity Strategy and its intentions
- projects that don’t relate to physical activity
- individuals as opposed to organisations (any individual with an idea must work with a local community organisation to make an application)
- organisations not established in the UK
- projects that have already received substantial funding from the council (this excludes any awards of match funding towards a larger project cost)
- revenue costs - there are others grants available to help support these items, including items such as staff costs, management fees, venue hire, utilities and bills (see the section on capital and revenue funding)
Who cannot apply?
We will not support the following:
- individuals as opposed to organisations
- more than one request from the same applicant within the same financial year, whether a grant was awarded or not
- activities that do not benefit people residing in the area
- commercial activities (where there is no public benefit)
- religious activities
- statutory duties or medical or academic research
- a school whose projects are solely targeted at their own pupils or students
- political parties or lobbying
- grant-making bodies to make grants on our behalf
Page last updated: 12 September 2023
