Yorkshire Sport Foundation

Yorkshire Sport Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1143654).

Yorkshire Sport Foundation is a registered charity that works to help people across Yorkshire become more active through sport, physical activity and movement, and to tackle inequality. It describes itself as the active partnership covering South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire, and its vision is for everyone there to enjoy the benefits of being active and playing sport. It gives grants to organisations and individuals, but there is no company-wide grant policy, as each programme with a grant-making function has its own policy.

Priority Areas

The foundation works to help people across Yorkshire become more active through sport, physical activity and movement, and to tackle inequality. It describes its support as backing, funding, guidance and resources, investing through partners and local communities as needed. Its vision is underpinned by themes including active communities, active design, health and care, active travel, active schools, public campaigns and sport. It supports organisations across its nine districts and works with local, regional and national organisations. It also gives grants to organisations and individuals; there is no company-wide grant policy, as each programme with a grant-making function has its own policy steered by officers, partners and funders.

Themes

• Active Communities
• Active Design
• Health and Care
• Active Travel
• Active Schools
• Public Campaigns
• Sport

Geographic Focus

Priority: South Yorkshire; West Yorkshire.

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Application windows:

• Changing Lives Together Fund: Expressions of interest are open until 23 February.

Who can apply:

• Changing Lives Together Fund
  • This grant is open to any organisation, partnership, club, individual or group who is working to create an inclusive and welcoming sport for all.
  • Love Rowing grants awarded within this fund are eligible for clubs/organisations within Britain and Northern Ireland. British rowing grants awarded within this fund are only eligible for clubs/organisations within England, due to constraints from the funding source.