Leeds City Council community sports team have compiled a one-stop guide to funding opportunities to support sports projects. The information is only a guide and may be subject to change. We recommend that you contact the funding provider directly for more information on specific schemes.
The guide contains information on the following:
- Sport England Lottery fund and other Lottery funded programmes
- Other sports funding
- Regeneration funding, local sources of small grants
- Other sources of funding
- Charities and trustees
- Other initiatives
- Other useful contacts
- Grant funding bodies for environment projects
Download: Funding opportunities guide
Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASC)
The CASC system is run by the Inland Revenue Sports Clubs Department. It seeks to recognise the good community work that many sports clubs do by giving them many of the benefits of charitable status but without the hard work and complexity of enrolling as a charity and complying with charitable procedures. To find out more about CASC contact HM Revenue and Customs
website:
www.hmrc.gov.uk/charities/casc.htm, or
telephone: O845 3020203 (option 2),
e-mail: charities@hmrc.gov.uk
Rate Relief
The Council has the discretionary power to grant rate relief for non profit making organisations who occupy premises for the purposes of recreation. For information on rate relief and to see if your club qualifies for a reduction please contact Sanjeev Bali,
telephone: 0113 2475115 or
e-mail: business.rates@leeds.gov.uk