To allocate £23,400 of the £122,530 Sport and Activity Strategy budget as follows:-

A)      to fund the Workforce and Coach Education grant (£10,000);

B)      to fund the Actives Spaces & Places grant (£10,000); and

C)      to fund the Active Travel grant (£3,400).

The grant funding opportunities have been allocated to deliver on the strategic action plan of the ‘Sport and Activity Strategy’ (A6 Appendix A - Sport and Activity Strategy 2024 - 2028.pdf). The funds allocated in this report reflect the first-year release of allocated funding programmes/ opportunities.

On the 20th of September 2024, a Cabinet adopted and allocated £122,540 to deliver the Sport and Activity Strategy (Decision - Cabinet Members' Items - Report of the Leisure and Public Realm Portfolio Holder - A.6 - Sport and Activity Strategy for Tendring).

Within the decision under decision (c) - the Portfolio Holder for Leisure and Public Realm be authorised to prioritise the key actions from the Sport and Activity Strategy and the subsequent allocation of the approved Sport and Activity Strategy budget.

As such, the proposed funding has been allocated under a total of £23,400 for Year 1 of the strategic budget to run from January 2026 – December 2026.

The listed action plans the grant funding will achieve are as follows:

•           Upskill Local Volunteers

•           Outreach Programme

•           Improve Cycling Opportunities

A panel of officers selected by the Community Sport & Activity Manager will adhere to the scoring criteria to score the funding bids. The individual scores given by each panel member have been given an overall percentage to identify those bids with the highest average score that meets the required pass mark.

The Cabinet Member for Leisure & Public Realm in this decision is approving allocation of funding to the highest scoring bids as recommended by the panel. 

Applications of the enlisted funds are subject to a required pass mark & scoring panel before being awarded allocated funds of up to £1000 for special bids, or more in exceptional circumstances.

Successful submissions are notified of the decision and agree to adhere to legal requirements of the fund and all monitoring responsibilities.

Not to launch an open call funding scheme and reducing opportunities for local grassroots clubs and community groups to thrive. 

To give the funding to alternative projects, however, the scoring criteria and approval metrics have been followed.

The proposed applications have been selected by the scoring panel by following approved criteria.