| Introduction | How to Apply | Grant Application Process | Athlete Testimonials | Further Information |
SportsAid is already helping young athletes from Hertfordshire, by providing grants to help them develop in their sport and reach their potential at a time when other support is limited. Hertfordshire is Ready for Winners SportsAid has been created to work alongside SportsAid to specifically help potential World Class athletes from Hertfordshire.
Rather than creating a new organisation to manage the donations we receive, we have chosen to work with the National charity SportsAid as they possess the skills, expertise and procedures to administer the grant application process in a fair, consistent and transparent way. Therefore athletes or their coaches / parents should not approach Hertfordshire is Ready for Winners SportsAid directly to request support or funding as we cannot accept any requests for support.
Instead, athletes or their coaches / parents should follow the instructions below in the “How to Apply” section and contact their National Governing Body to request a SportsAid application if they feel they meet the criteria listed in this section.
The money raised by Hertfordshire is Ready for Winners SportsAid and managed by SportsAid will be “ring-fenced” for Hertfordshire. In simple terms this means that there is the funding for more athletes from Hertfordshire to receive SportsAid grants than was previously so (as long as the athletes meet the criteria to be eligible for a grant) because there will be more money available to fund grant applications from young athletes living in Hertfordshire.
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How to Apply
For full details on the application process, please visit the SportsAid website by clicking HERE.
SportsAid invites over 1,500 applications a year from up to 50 different sports.
To see the current list of sports that are supported by SportsAid click HERE.
To see the current list of recipients they support click HERE.
Applicants must be identified and nominated by their National Governing Bodies of Sport based on their talent and sporting results.
SportsAid applicants must meet the following criteria:
• Performance: Member of the GB/England team or squad member.
• Location: Live and train in England.
• Age: between 12 and 18 years old, but with a focus on the 12 to 16 age group.
• Income: must not earn over £8,000 a year.
• Funding: should not be in receipt of any other funding such as TASS* Award or Lottery.
If you feel that you meet these criteria, contact your National Governing Body to discuss your nomination for a SportsAid Award and request a SportsAid application.
To contact your NGB click here.
* Possible exception for younger TASS athletes who may be eligible for a top-up award.
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Grant Application Process
All grant applications received by SportsAid follow a standard process of assessment.
• Governing Bodies must submit application forms to SportsAid before their designated deadline. Delays are likely for forms received after these dates:
WINDOW 1 – September
WINDOW 2 – January
• All applications received by the SportsAid headquarters are divided into regions and distributed to the regional branches of SportsAid.
• The regional Grants Committee will assess all forms based on the SportsAid performance criteria. Applicants are not means tested.
• All applicants will be informed of the Committee’s decision within 3 months of the application being received.
For information on the SportsAid grant application criteria go to the ‘How to Apply’ section on this site.
If you have any queries regarding your grant application contact the SportsAid Grants Administrator on 020 7273 1979.
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SportsAid Athlete Testimonials
SportsAid is already helping lots of young athletes from Hertfordshire, by providing grants to help them develop in their sport and reach their potential at a time when other support is limited. These grants are valued highly by the recipients, as highlighted by the quotes below from some well known and not so well known recipients:
“Thank you very much for your recent letter and cheque from SportsAid that you sent, it was a very nice surprise! It will certainly help with the expenses of my training and I have now been able to update my indoor and outdoor arrows, so hopefully this will improve my scores further”
Matthew Gardner
Great Britain Junior Team – Archery, Bishops Stortford
“Thank you for your letter, cheque and good wishes informing me that I have been awarded a SportsAid grant for £250. I wish to thank the grant committee for the cheque you enclosed, which will go towards my training costs.”
Olivia Allison
Great Britain and England Synchronised Swimming Team Member, St Albans
“The work of SportsAid is so important to British sport. If you are young, ambitious and just beginning to experience success, SportsAid is where you go for help.”
Sir Steve Redgrave, Five time Olympic gold medallist & SportsAid alumnus
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Further Information
If you have any queries regarding your grant application contact the SportsAid Grants Administrator on 020 7273 1979.
For full details on the application process, please visit the SportsAid website by clicking HERE.
To see the current list of sports that are supported by SportsAid click HERE.
To see the current list of recipients they support click HERE.
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