GRANT AID & SPORTS BURSARIES 2005
Please note that the 2005 Sports awards for Basingstoke & Deane
have recently been launched and all local Leagues and Clubs are strongly
encouraged to ensure that participants are aware of the awards plus apply if
they perform at the required minimum county standard.
Application
forms for this year’s annual sports grant aid have automatically been sent to
last year’s recipients with additional forms now available from the Borough
Council on request via 01256-845685. Applicants
must be at least county level or equivalent within their sport. It should
be noted that full details of all sporting achievements for the past year
should be noted on the form along with any press reports, which may provide additional
information to the grant panel during consideration of the applications. Please
also ensure that the application is fully supported by the coach and club and
any grant awarded last year is detailed as to how it was spent.
All applications must be completed no later
than 08:00 on December 1st and there will be absolutely no
exceptions to this condition. All grant aid applications are automatically
considered for the annual Basingstoke
& Deane Gazette Sports Awards in the categories of Junior and Senior
Sportsmen and Women and if anyone wishes to be considered for a Sports Centre Scholarship, they should
indicate on the form and note how this would benefit their performance.
Once received
there will be no further correspondence until late January or early February
next year. Applicants will then also be advised if they have been successful
with their application and have also been short listed for the annual sports
awards evening to be held at the Apollo
Hotel on March 3rd 2006.
Grant aid
awards range between £35 and £250 depending on talent, potential and related
expenses and alongside associated publicity go a little way to supporting the
local sporting community. Details of last years winners are available on the
Basingstoke Gazette newspaper website via - http://www.thisishampshire.net/hampshire/basingstoke/sport/sportawards/
Information on the full list of current local
Sporting awards is available via the Borough Council Leisure Services web site
with these including Volunteers, Officials, Veterans and Teams.
http://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/leisure/sports/development/sportscouncil.htm
Hampshire
County Council also have a sport bursary scheme and to qualify for an award you
should demonstrate that you have achieved
county or
regional competition level with national potential, for
example, a sportsman or sports woman who attends regional training, a Centre of
Excellence etc or national competition level, national competition potential or
inclusion in the national training squad. Successful applicants must demonstrate that they
are already making a considerable commitment to their sport, which can be
supported by either the county or regional sports association or governing
body. Applicants should have left, or be on the point of leaving full-time
education, but part-time students and students at University are eligible to
apply.
Successful
applicants will receive a bursary which reflects their level of competition and
level of expenses. Grants vary up to a maximum of £500 and application forms
are accepted throughout the year. Awards are made twice yearly with closing dates for submission 1 January
and 1 June. Further details are available via the County Council website - http://www.hants.gov.uk/sports/funding/bursary.html