Applying For Support
Sports Grants Scheme
If your club's project meets with all of the criteria in our self assessment checkilst, please download and complete ALL elements of the application pack, including the Covering Letter, Application Form and Project Plan. If you are applying from Scotland and Wales, please download our frequently asked questions for alternative requirements.
Application Pack
Your club's application must be typed and you are also required to provide a copy of your club's most recent financial accounts in support of your application.
Timescales
The closing date for grant applications is the 10th of every month. An electronic copy and hard copy of your application pack is required by this date. If your application is received after the month's closing date, it will be rolled forward into the next month. Your complete application pack must have been received before being progressed to the next stage. You will be sent an email confirming that your application has been received and when the application will be assessed.
If you application does not meet all of our criteria then it will not be processed further. A panel assessment will be completed by the last day of every month. You will receive notification of whether your application has been successful within 90 days of this date. During this time, the Foundation may wish to contact you for more information.
When all elements of your application pack have been completed, please email an electronic copy to info@wellssportsfoundation.org. Please send a completed and signed hard copy of the application pack to the Wells Sports Foundation, CityLab, 4-6 Dalton Square, Lancaster, LA1 1PP and retain a copy of your application pack for your records.
Sporting Ambassadors scheme
If your event meets with all of the criteria in our self assessment checklist, please complete our Expression of Interest form. We will respond to you within 7 days to confirm if your requirements meet with our criteria. If successful, you will we will send you an application form in order to tell us about your event in more detail.
If you have any questions or would like to clarify any part of the criteria, please contact Sophie Byham on 01245 328303.
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About us
Our aim is to make a difference by promoting good health and healthy recreation, to motivate and encourage young people to take up sport as a lifelong activity.
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Sporting Ambassadors
We have a team of world class athletes who are available to visit schools and sports clubs throughout the country so that young people can engage with and be inspired by some of Britains's most accomplished and promising athletes.