Sported Foundation grants
Sported Foundation funds and supports non-profit community sport groups and clubs across the UK, focusing on clubs in areas of deprivation or underserved communities.
Guidance last checked 16 July 2026· from the funder’s own website
Overview
Sported works with community sport groups across the UK, and it aims at the clubs it says need support most: off the radar, in areas of deprivation, or in underserved communities. To be eligible your group must deliver or support sport, physical activity or movement to people of any age. It must also be based and constituted in the UK. It must be a non-profit group, organisation or club - or profit-making, but intending to use any profit for public good rather than personal or shareholder gain. Its objects cover advancing opportunities for children and young people through sport, providing sport and recreation facilities for people in need, and promoting health and community participation in healthy recreation. It describes its funding as flexible, trust-based and IVAR compliant, and says it removes barriers such as complicated application processes and due diligence requirements.
What they fund
The Charity Commission register records purposes including amateur sport, disability, the advancement of health or saving of lives, education and training, and economic and community development. Its own guidance centres all of this on community sport and physical activity.
Who and where
The register records that it operates throughout England and Wales, and across all four UK countries, benefiting people with disabilities, children and young people, other charities and voluntary bodies, and the general public. Its own guidance says a group must be based and constituted in the UK.
Who they help
Where they fund
What Sported Foundation says in its own guidance
Quoted directly from the funder’s own website, with a link to the page each quote came from. Always the most current word is theirs — check the source before you apply.
What they say they're looking for
“We focus our support on the clubs which need our support most – off the radar, in areas of deprivation or in underserved communities.”
Source: sported.org.uk — Home - Sported →
Who they say they'll fund
“Based and constituted in the UK.”
Source: sported.org.uk — What we do - Sported →
“Delivering or supporting sport, physical activity or movement to people of any age.”
Source: sported.org.uk — What we do - Sported →
“A non-profit group/organisation/club.”
Source: sported.org.uk — What we do - Sported →
“Profit making, but intending to use any profit for public good not for personal or shareholder gain.”
Source: sported.org.uk — What we do - Sported →
How they say to apply
“we remove barriers to access to funding including complicated application processes and due diligence requirements”
Source: sported.org.uk — Funding - Sported →
“Our funding is flexible, trust-based, and IVAR compliant.”
Source: sported.org.uk — Funding - Sported →
Their charitable objects
As registered with the Charity Commission (their formal purposes):
Objects the objects of the charity are: 1 to advance the opportunities of children and young people through participation in sport to help enable them develop their full capacities;3.2 to provide and assist in providing facilities for sport, recreation or other leisure time occupation of such persons who have need for…
How to approach them
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Common questions
How much does Sported Foundation give?
In its most recent published accounts it made £1,848,457 of grants to organisations and nothing to individuals. It does not publish a grant range, and there is no typical or median award figure available for this funder.
What does Sported Foundation fund?
It funds and supports groups delivering or supporting sport, physical activity or movement to people of any age. Its objects cover advancing the opportunities of children and young people through sport, providing sport and recreation facilities for people in need, and promoting health and community participation in healthy recreation. Its Charity Commission entry records purposes including amateur sport, disability, the advancement of health or saving of lives, education and training, and economic and community development.
Who can apply?
Its eligibility guidance describes a non-profit group, organisation or club, or an organisation that is profit-making but intends to use any profit for public good rather than personal or shareholder gain. The group must deliver or support sport, physical activity or movement to people of any age, and must be based and constituted in the UK. It says it focuses on clubs that are off the radar, in areas of deprivation or in underserved communities.
How do I apply?
It says it removes barriers to accessing funding, including complicated application processes and due diligence requirements, and describes its funding as flexible, trust-based and IVAR compliant. Check the funder's own website (www.sported.org.uk) and its Charity Commission entry (charity number 1123313) for current guidance, as processes can change.
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