March 9, 2016
Sporting lives locally
When sport grabs the headlines, it’s usually about a relatively few elite performers, their stratospheric earnings and sometimes bizarre and glamourous lifestyles. But this is to distort the real picture of sport in this country. The real story is to be found in 1000’s of community sports clubs involving over 150,000 local people in the organisation and coaching. Most of this is volunteer led but cash is always needed too. This list of recent recipients of 2014 Legacy funds gives just a flavour of all this local activity.
Legacy 2014: Sustainable Sport for Communities is a £1m fund which, from 2014 – 2016, will support the sustainability and capacity of aspiring and existing social enterprises delivering sport and physical activity in communities across Scotland.
The Fund is made up of an investment of £500,000 from the Scottish Government under the Legacy 2014 programme and £500,000 from The Robertson Trust.
The Programme has two Strands:
• Strand 1: is for clubs and organisations who wish to take on ownership of and/or develop local facilities for use by the local community. The Fund provides business planning and development support to organisations who want to scope out ideas around purchasing, renovating, building from new or enhancing an existing physical asset.
• Strand 2: provides revenue funding and direct support to clubs and organisations in the early stages of their journey to become a self-sustaining social enterprise. It aims to enhance capacity to develop longer term sustainability and increase wider community impact.
Both strands are now closed for new applications. More information about the projects that received funding through Strands 1 and 2 is available to read here. The full list of funded organisations is:
Strand 1 round 1
Ardenglen Housing Association, Castlemilk, Glasgow – £25,000
Loch Shin Sailing Club, Lairg – £25,000
Newton Park Association, Bo’ness – £23,800
North West Skye Residents Association, Isle of Skye – £23,500
Outfit Moray, Lossiemouth – £21,500
Reach for the Sky, East Kilbride – £25,000
Stanley Development Trust, Stanley, Perth – £24,900
Toward Sailing Club, Toward, Dunoon – £24,000
Huntly and District Development Trust, Huntly – £25,000
Brambles Trust, Ayr – £20,900
Showcase the Street, Arbroath – £25,000
Strand 1 round 2
Active Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, £14,000
Annan Athletic Football Club, Dumfries and Galloway, £19,200
Athletics Joint award, 3 clubs: Team East Lothian, Shettleston Harriers, Kilbarchan AAC, £25,000
Comrie Development Trust, Comrie, Perth, £15,000
Fabb Scotland, Callander, Stirling, £24,700
Fyrish Gymnastics Club, Highlands, £12,400
Glasgow City Foundation, Glasgow/East Dunbartonshire, £20,000
Greenock Morton Community Trust, Inverclyde, £25,000
Greystone Rovers YFC, Dumfries and Galloway, £25,000
Kirkliston South Queensferry Football Club, Edinburgh, £23,000
MY Adventure (MYA), Edinburgh/Borders, £25,000
Royston Youth Action (RYA),Glasgow, £24,900
Strand 2 grants
Kilwinning Sports Club, North Ayrshire – £30,000
Blantyre Soccer Academy, South Lanarkshire – £30,000
Scaladale Centre, Ardvourlie, Isle of Harris – £24,000
Liber8, Bellshill, North Lanarkshire – £30,000
Bill McLaren Park, Hawick – £22,500
Mallaig and District Pool, Mallaig – £30,000
Queensferry Sports and Community Hub, Edinburgh – £30,000
Barrhead Community Sport Hub, East Renfrewshire – £30,000
Broxburn United Sports Club, West Lothian, £30,000
Glasgow Watersport, Glasgow, £30,000