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SPORT INVERCLYDE
CLUB GRANT CRITERIA
Sport Inverclyde’s CLUB GRANT SCHEME is intended primarily for sports clubs involved in the development of sport. Club Grants are also available to club members wishing to attend coach education courses, which will be of future benefit to the club and to the sport represented.
The Scheme’s objectives are to award grants which will :
§ Increase participation numbers
§ Improve performance standards
§ Improve coaching and officiating standards
§ Develop new sporting opportunities
1. A Club Grant will only be given to clubs who are affiliated to Sport Inverclyde, and who are based within Inverclyde.
2. Club Grant applications will be considered under the following categories :
I. START A CLUB GRANT
For new clubs being formed to develop sport.
II. EQUIPMENT GRANT
For existing clubs in respect of purchasing equipment to assist with the development of their sport.
III. COACH EDUCATION GRANT
To support club members attending courses to gain instructor or coaching certificates which will benefit clubs in Inverclyde.
IV. SPORTS OFFICIALS’ GRANT
To support the improvements of officiating standards.
V. COACHING CLINICS GRANT
To assist clubs organising clinics where the invited coach is of a national or international status.
VI. PRESTIGIOUS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS GRANT
For teams which have qualified to represent Scotland at prestigious events outwith Scotland.
CONDITIONS
In addition to the general principles of the Grant Aid Scheme, the following conditions apply to all applications from clubs:
I The level of grant available to clubs in any one year will be 50% of the estimated cost of the proposal up to a maximum of £200.
II The combined total of Grant Aid awarded to a club and its individual members will not exceed £500 in any one year.
III Applications must be signed by the club secretary and countersigned by the club chairman.
IV A copy of the club’s audited accounts or most recent balance sheet must be submitted with each application.
V Applications for grant aid must be made in advance of the project. No grant aid will be awarded for expenditure incurred before the grant application has been received.
VI Sport Inverclyde reserves the right to consider each application on its merits and is under no obligation to grant aid to applicants or to specify reasons for refusal to do so.
VII The assistance of Sport Inverclyde should be acknowledged in publicity material promoted by a successful club applicant.
VIII Where an equipment grant is awarded, it must be ensured that:
§ The equipment is wholly owned and controlled by the club.
§ The equipment is properly maintained by the club.
§ Equipment purchased with a Sport Inverclyde grant will not be disposed of without prior consultation with the sports council.
§ If the club is disbanded, any equipment purchased through a Sport Inverclyde grant should be returned to the sports council, if not, the club will remain financially liable to Sport Inverclyde for the grant sum.
IX Completed applications should be returned to:
The Secretary
Sport Inverclyde
c/o Inverclyde Leisure
Greenock Sports Centre
Nelson Street
GREENOCK
PA15 1QH
Tel. 01475 715766
Fax. 01475 710555
Mob. 07747006841
‘e’ mail – andymcgilp@hotmail.com
