Sport England: Active Together
About crowdfunding
This programme is a coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic recovery fund, helping sport and physical activity organisations to move forward with priority projects and running costs that they might still be struggling with.
It can help with projects that cannot be afforded right now due to the impact coronavirus continues to have on an organisation's normal income streams, as well as a broader spectrum of issues that most of us now face.
It is a fund about recovery, reinvention and building resilience.
To date, we’ve supported campaigns with a financial pledge towards their target fundraising amount, but in addition to this, we've been providing:
- free 1-2-1 coaching by experts
- advice and guidance on campaign improvements
- access to free online courses
- free 30-minute webinars, monthly.
There's £7.5m of National Lottery funding available to continue supporting clubs and local organisations to set up and run their own crowdfunding campaign, with a potential financial pledge from us to help them towards their crowdfunding target.
Crowdfunding is a great alternative if you don’t meet any of the priority groups of our other funding streams, or if you’re seeking to raise funds because of a loss of income due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Why consider crowdfunding?
Crowdfunding is a great way to raise essential funds during a critical time. The common misconception is that during times of crisis, donations and charitable giving has suffered, but this is not what we’ve seen with Active Together.
As of 1 August 2022, we've invested £3.1m, with a further £6.5m raised from supporters within local communities.
There have been more than 79,000 supporters, pledging to more than 600 campaigns, with the average pledge being £82.
See below for some of the successful campaigns we've already supported.
