Sportsmatch
Sportsmatch is a government funded scheme set up to help fund grass roots and community sports in
England. The scheme does this by matching new sponsorship money with Sportsmatch funding, on a pound for pound basis, thus doubling the impact of your investment.
The scheme is directed at projects which aim to increase participation in sport at grass roots level, and/or improve basic skills and Bucks Sport has an excellent track record of working closely with Sportsmatch.
Sportsmatch was founded in 1992, following a move by a number of people in the sponsorship industry to encourage businesses to invest money in grass roots sports.
In its first 6 months of funding, Sportsmatch had £1 million to distribute and made 61 awards. Since that time, Sportsmatch has grown to an organisation employing eight staff full time. It now has an annual budget of approximately £3.5 million and funds more than 400 projects a year.
For further information see
www.sportsmatch.co.ukNational Sports FoundationThe National Sports Foundation can match, pound for pound, commercial business sponsorship or funding from trusts / private donors for a sporting project that aims to increase participation and/or improve performance at grassroots level, funding projects over £50,000 . Projects may be a revenue scheme, a capital project or a mixture of both. Sponsorship may be in cash or in-kind.