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Together Fund
Find out more about the Together Fund and apply today for your community project in Lincolnshire.
Together, we're tackling inequalities.
About the Together Fund
The Together Fund is a continuation of the Tackling Inequalities Fund that was set up in April 2020 by Sport England in response to the coronavirus pandemic. This fund exists to help to reduce the negative impact of coronavirus and support community groups working with our target audiences to grow and enable more people be more active.
The Together Fund will see another £20 million of National Lottery funding be committed to helping the groups that are disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic and significantly impacting their ability to be physically active.
Priority Groups for the Together Fund
The funding will be spent in a similar way to the Tackling Inequalities fund and invested in four key areas across Lincolnshire.
- Lower socio-economic groups
- Ethnically diverse communities
- People with a disability
- People with long-term health conditions
Together Fund Requirements
Active Lincolnshire are looking to support projects, with applications between £500 - £5,000, that meet all of the following requirements:
- Have at least 51% of participants coming from one of the four priority groups as detailed above
- Funding is required as a direct result of your community group or audience being adversely affected by the results of COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic
- The funding will help to resolve issues in improving access to take part in sport and physical activity for your target audience
- This investment will help your community group to recover and grow or continue to survive as a result of hardship
- Your proposal is directly funding the provision and delivery of physical activity that is currently taking place or will take place in the immediate future
- You are a trusted community organisation
- Your project will be sustainable post-funding.
Please take a look at our FAQ's for answers to commons questions.
Key Dates
Active Lincolnshire will allocate the funding in seven rounds throughout 2022 and two more in 2023. Upcoming key dates are:
Closing Dates for Application:
- 11th January 2023
- 8th February 2023
The Active Lincolnshire panel will meet on the last Wednesday of each month with a closing date, before submitting successful applications to Sport England before the end of each month.
Please note there will be a panel meeting in November 2022, for applications that have already been submitted.
Apply Now
Follow the link to fill out the online application form to apply for funding. Please make sure you have read all the guidance on this page first. You may want to take a look at the sample application form here before you begin to make sure you have all the information required.
Together Fund Workshop
To support clubs and organisations who would like to apply for Together Funding with their applications we hosted a free online workshop on Thursday 1 December. The session will covered:
- Update on the funding eligibility and time frames
- Guidance on what you can apply for
- What are the key requirements
- The opportunity to discuss your ideas
- Panel dates
If you were not able to attend the workshop, the presentation slides and recording of the session are available here:
Together Fund Webinar Presentation - 1st December 2022 (PDF)
The webinar recording will be available here shortly.
Further support & guidance
If you need further support or advice to help you with your application for the Together Fund, please fill out this short funding form and one of our team will contact you to discuss the how the funding can work for you.
Funded Projects
Below are a list of projects which have received Sport England Together Funding distributed through Active Lincolnshire. More projects will be added as they receive approval.
Organisation | Project | Amount Awarded | Project Information |
Lincoln Basketball CIC | All Nation 3 x 3 basketball events to increase community cohesion. | £4,810 | |
Virginia House | Increasing physical activity opportunities for people with learning disabilities using their service in Louth. | £1,195 | |
Hartsholme Cricket Club | Creating opportunities for boys and girls between 5-11 years old to participate in cricket. | £3,520 | |
Chance 2 Meet Lincolnshire | Supporting children and young people with sensory impairments to come together, with their families and engage in accessible, inclusive activities. | £2,531 | |
Bourne Rugby Club | Upskilling coaches and providing kit for them, to increase club capacity for local young people and to encourage more participants from low income backgrounds. | £4,500 | |
Darkside Rising CIC Girls Project | Supporting neurodivergent girls to improve their physical health and mental wellbeing through specialist exercise and strength training sessions. | £4,988 | |
Darkside Rising CIC | The Open Gym Project will create a well-equipped space for Darkside Rising CIC clients to exercise, free of charge, in a safe environment that they know and trust. | £4,939 | |
Wragby Warhammers Baseball Club | Providing kit so new participants can access baseball coaching at the club. | £1,150 | |
Boston Judo Club | Boston Judo club, will encourage new participants from ethnically diverse communities in the area, removing barriers to participation by providing free sessions and kit. | £1,290 | |
Cherry Judo Club | Cherry Judo Club will run Judo based fitness introducing people to activity and regular exercise. A second block of sessions will be aimed at those wanting to engage in full contact sessions or return to the sport. Sessions will be free or low cost to encourage those from low income backgrounds. | £4,036 | |
Living Connections | The funding will be used to deliver multi-sport sessions for people living with poor mental health, including depression, and having difficulty going out, giving them the opportunity to meet and socialise with others in the same situation. The project will allow them to take part in activities, receive support and make new connections. | £2318 | More information coming soon |
The Ever Young Club (SPOTS) | The Ever Young Club, a community group for over 50's based in Spalding, Lincolnshire, will deliver twice-weekly exercise classes in their venue to allow members to enjoy inclusive activity. The funding will support the running of the sessions and facilitate the purchase of new exercise equipment. | £3277 | |
Active Nation, Lincoln | Active Nation Lincolnshire are working with parkrun to set up a new parkrun in the grounds of Yarborough Leisure Centre. | £5,000 | More information coming soon |
