Grant Aid/Funding for Shooting Clubs

[Alycidon]

If you have a junior section then there are also several other govt schemes that can yield funds aimed at getting youngsters to participate in things. Talk to your local town hall for advice, funds for these schemes are limited annually so you have to get an application in early.

Several major companies do a match funding schemes, you need to have a member of your organisation who works for such a company. Essentially they will match the amount of money raised elsewhere from another fundraising effort (not another grant though !!).

First step is to get your memebers to enquire with their employers to see if they have any such schemes. DHL for example have branches everywhere and do have a scheme, so thats a starter for you.

I have raised about 2.5K in the last 18 months for my air cadet squadron just using grants with another £600 or so in the pipeline for this year and £1500 for next year. And we still have the lottery to apply for when we move buildings.

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[pennineway.fswo]

Awards for All are not funding new construction but The Small Grants Scheme is offering grants up to £10000 that does include new construction work

I have just applied for a £1000 cash4clubs grant. This is easy to apply for with a web based application

If applying for this grant remember to cut and paste your info. into a saved Word doc if you do not complete it in one sitting.
I made the mistake of saving what I thought would be my application, only to find on opening the doc. some days later that all I had saved was a blank application form

Awards for All is also web based but you register with a password and all your info is saved

i will post here if the cash4 clubs application is successful
John

[Dartside]

Would this grant be available to a scout group ? I am a recently qualified instructor & need to buy rifles & everything else needed to run a range

[pennineway.fswo]

cash 4 clubs offer grants every 2 months of £250/£500/£1000

I would think you are in a good position to apply for equipment for scouts

Last year I applied for a grant for local scout groups in Leicestershire to use our indoor 25yd range once a week over a 12 week period and the application was successful. Only £500 but it all helps to run the club

My recent application to cash4 clubs to pay for resurfacing our car park was not successful, but I have just put in another application for money to buy bench rest equipment, tables etc. Fingers crossed
John

[DedIdick]

We've just had word that our application for a grant to improve our range & facilities has been approved. £9000, we had asked for the full £10k but they won't fund the purchase of 2nd hand equipment so they knocked off the item in question. Still it's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. There's always next year or the year after.

Don't be put off from applying for these grants, the money's there and Awards for All Scotland have been very helpfull guiding us through the stumbling blocks.

[pennineway.fswo]

Well done that man.
ATB
John

[pennineway.fswo]

I am not sure how many clubs are aware, but grants are being made available for up to £50,000 for clubs to cover new facilities or improvements to current club buildings etc. The grants are from Sport England (Inspired Facilities)

Shooting is one of the sports that is listed as eligible for grants although it is one of the high risk sports
I believe that this grant aid will be available for another 2 years or so, and although there is a lot of work involved in putting a bid together, it is worth applying if you have a new project in mind

Our club at Groby now has splendid indoor and outdoor rimfire and air rifle LSR and BR facilities but our 10 metre range is quite poor and we need a new building to house a new airgun range, so I will give it a try.Our County Sports Partnership (Leics and Rutland Sport) have agreed to help and advise me.

Well done to those clubs that have been successful in their applications to date.
It's a shame there will be little if any legacy for our sport after the Olympic games, hopefully if a few clubs get some cash for new shooting facilities it will ease the blow a little.
ATB
John

[pennineway.fswo]

I applied for this grant £47000 to build a new 10 metre range at Leics and District SBR&PClub and put on a towns water supply to the club house.
Unfortunately the application was not successful and I was more than disappointed when told we had not got it

These applications are very time consuming and I probably spent 70-80 hrs working on the application

The reason given was that the 'Need' part of the application would have been stronger if it had been supported by questionnaires completed by local schools and other organisations to show that they needed this new facility and would use it. (not easy to do particularly with schools).

Basically it was a new range to replace our existing one in the club room and was being built to improve facilities for existing members.

I had put so much work into the application that I at first decided not to bother applying for further grant aid.

However, I noticed yet another opportunity to get money from the local authority under the 'Legacy Scheme' and so I applied for £7500 (the max) to help us put on the water supply
This was partly successful and we have been offered £3600 towards the project

So 6 grants applied for in 6 years and 3 have been successful.
Pity about the big one

Club members will lend and/or donate the money for the new 10M range and I will then apply for a grant to restore and improve our clubroom facilities (we have already been donated a full size snooker table)

[Hemmers]

If you've applied for 6 grants you've probably come across them, but I just thought I'd check you've talked to your County Sports Partnership. They can give an "in" to schools. Stuff coming from them gets a lot more credibility than a scary local "gun club" writing to schools asking if their kids would like to come shooting said scary guns. There should be one for every county (so we fall under SASSOT in Staffordshire. Quality of websites may vary from county to county!)