Human checked
Funding matches are reviewed before they’re included in your assessment.
Grassroots sports funding
In 3 working days, know which funders fit your club’s next project — and which to skip.
You answer a short brief about the club and the project. We do the searching, check published criteria against what you’ve told us, and send a human-checked Funding Assessment your committee can use. Less evenings on Google. A clear shortlist for the next meeting.
£49 · one project · PDF in 3 working days
You get what to chase, what to skip, and what to fix before you apply. If nothing is worth pursuing, we say so plainly. Funding awards are never guaranteed — decisions stay with the funders.
Built by a current club chairman with over 15 years’ experience administering and seeking funding for grassroots sport.
Funding Assessment
IllustrativeClubhouse changing rooms for women & juniors
Example club · Indicative budget £85,000
- Governance & constitutionReady
- Quotes & project costsGather 2 more
- Lease securityCheck term
- Match fundingGap to close
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4 options ranked for fit
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What to do before you apply
There is funding out there. Finding the right funding is the difficult part.
Sports clubs are run by volunteers who already have enough to do.
When funding research is squeezed into a volunteer’s spare evenings, good opportunities get missed simply because nobody had the time to find them.
Funding opportunities are spread across national bodies, local programmes, trusts, foundations and governing bodies. Eligibility rules vary, deadlines change and a promising grant can turn out to be completely unsuitable after you’ve spent hours researching it.
Grassroots Funding does the initial work for you.
Tell us about your club and the project you want to fund. We’ll research suitable opportunities, assess the strongest matches and give you a clear plan for what is worth pursuing.
The process
How it works
- 01
Tell us about your club
Give us the information funders typically need about your organisation, facilities, membership and community.
- 02
Tell us what you need
Describe your project, approximate cost, what you’re trying to achieve and any funding you’ve already secured.
- 03
We research the options
We identify potentially relevant funding programmes and check their published criteria against your club and project.
- 04
Get your Funding Assessment
Receive a prioritised assessment showing the opportunities we think are worth pursuing, potential award values, important requirements, risks and recommended next steps.
- 05
Get application-ready
If you decide to pursue an opportunity, we can help you understand what the funder requires, organise your evidence and prepare for the application.
The support available depends on the individual funder’s rules. Your club remains the applicant.
Funding Assessment
Stop guessing. Get a shortlist built for this project.
Before the committee spends another evening researching grants, get a researched view of where this project actually stands.
You fill in the club and project once. Within 3 working days you get a Funding Assessment PDF: prioritised opportunities, rough award ranges, key requirements and deadlines, gaps that could sink an application, and plain-English next steps to share with the committee.
£49
No VAT. Within 3 working days of your completed brief.
Get a Funding Assessment — £49One club project per assessment. If we don’t find anything worth pursuing, we’ll say so — we won’t pad the report. Funding decisions always remain with the individual funder.
What’s included
- Club and project review against what funders usually ask for
- Research across relevant programmes (national, local, trusts, governing bodies)
- Eligibility and fit check on each option we include
- Prioritised shortlist — chase these, skip those
- Indicative award ranges where published
- Key requirements, evidence and deadlines
- Risks and gaps that could weaken an application (tenure, quotes, match funding, governance)
- Recommended next steps for the committee
- Shareable Funding Assessment PDF
Application Readiness Support
Get application-ready
Found a funding opportunity worth pursuing?
We can help your club understand the application, organise the evidence it needs and prepare to put forward the strongest case it can.
The support available varies by funder. Some funding programmes allow external drafting or review support, while others require applications to be prepared entirely by the applicant.
We check the funder’s rules before agreeing what support we can provide.
Your club remains the applicant and is responsible for approving its information and submitting its application.
Application Readiness Support — from £395
Ask about Application Readiness SupportPotential support can include:
- Review of the funder’s current application guidance;
- Confirmation of any rules concerning third-party support;
- Eligibility and evidence checklist;
- Application question breakdown;
- Identification of missing information;
- Guidance on what each question is asking for;
- Help organising supporting evidence;
- Project and outcome planning;
- Drafting assistance where permitted by the funder;
- Review of club-prepared responses where permitted;
- Pre-submission completeness check.
The exact support we can provide depends on the rules of the funding programme.
Your club stays in control of the application.
Some funding programmes restrict or prohibit third-party involvement in preparing applications. We check the funder’s rules before agreeing the scope of our support. Where external support is restricted, we’ll explain what we can and cannot help with. Your club remains responsible for its application and submission.
Sample
See what you’ll receive
Not sure what a Funding Assessment looks like? View an illustrative example showing how we assess a club project, prioritise potential opportunities and explain what to do next.
View sample Funding AssessmentIllustrative sample (PDF). The club and funds in it are fictional.
Why clubs trust us
Built for grassroots clubs
Independent
We’re not a funding body and our job is to identify the opportunities that appear genuinely worth your club pursuing. We don’t receive commission from funders for recommending grants.
Clear about eligibility
We’ll tell you when an opportunity looks weak as well as when it looks promising.
Honest about outcomes
Funding decisions are made by individual funders. We never promise an award. We do promise a clear view of what’s worth your time.
Secure
Club information and documents are handled securely and aren’t publicly accessible.
Questions
FAQ
Common questions from club treasurers, secretaries and fundraising leads. Want to see the kinds of projects we help with? Browse example projects.
What types of clubs do you help?
Grassroots Funding is designed for volunteer-led UK sports clubs and community sports organisations.
Do you guarantee we’ll receive funding?
No. Funding decisions are made by the organisations awarding the money. We identify and assess opportunities and can help you prepare stronger applications, but we cannot guarantee an award.
What does the £49 cover?
One Funding Assessment for one club project, including research, assessment of suitable opportunities and a written Funding Assessment.
How quickly will I receive it?
Within 3 working days of receiving your completed information.
Can you help with the application?
Often, yes — but it depends on the funder.
Some funding programmes allow clubs to receive external help with planning, drafting or reviewing an application. Others restrict or prohibit third-party involvement.
We check the rules for the particular funding opportunity before agreeing what support we can provide.
Where permitted, we may be able to help with evidence, question planning, drafting and review. Where external involvement is restricted, we’ll explain what support is allowed and help your club get application-ready without breaching the funder’s rules.
Your club remains the applicant and is responsible for approving its information and submitting the application.
Do you apply for funding on our behalf?
No. Grassroots Funding’s standard service does not make your club the passive recipient of an application submitted by us.
Your club remains the applicant. We help you find appropriate opportunities, understand the requirements and prepare for the application. Any additional support is provided only where the relevant funder’s rules permit it.
Can we use you for more than one project?
Yes. Each Funding Assessment relates to one project so that the research and recommendations remain focused.
What if you don’t find any good funding options?
We’ll say so. The purpose of the assessment is to identify what is genuinely worth pursuing, not to fill a report with unsuitable grants.