Sport Private Provider Fund opens 9 Feb

Group activity providers, outdoor sports providers and watersports centres are among the businesses who can apply for funding from Sport Wales' latest Covid-19 support package.
 
Grants of £5,000 and £15,000 are being made available through the "Sport Sector Private Provider Fund" to help the wide range of privately-run businesses that keep the Welsh public active.
 
The new fund is a further example of how Welsh Government funding is being used to help protect sporting organisations, clubs, facilities and jobs to ensure that sport and physical activity can play a major role in Wales’ recovery from the pandemic.
 
Sarah Powell, Chief Executive of Sport Wales, said:

"A significant number of businesses could be eligible for this new fund. All of them are highly valued by the Welsh public for the multitude of opportunities they provide. We appreciate that the available grants won’t cover all of the losses that businesses have suffered, but we hope they go some way to easing the financial heartache of the pandemic. 

"We will also expect those businesses taking advantage of the fund to be looking at innovative and sustainable approaches to their future operations that will help in tackling the now increasing levels of inequality in activity among different groups of people in Wales."

The Sport Sector Private Provider Fund opens on Tuesday 9 February at 12 noon and businesses will need to submit their applications before 4pm on Friday 19 February.

Full guidance on who is eligible for the Sport Sector Private Provider Fund, and how to apply, can be found here:

www.sport.wales/sport-sector-private-providers-fund/

Please note:  the Sport Sector Private Provider Fund will look to support private businesses who directly provide sport and physical activity opportunities in Wales, such as: fitness centres and gyms, crossfit operators, group activity providers, swimming pools, yoga and dance studios, outdoor sport providers, watersports centres, tennis centres, 5-a-side facilities, cycling tracks, motor sports, indoor golf, footgolf, gymnastic centres, climbing centres, horse riding centres/tracks, martial arts operators, angling operators, skate park operators, ice rinks, squash facilities, boxing centres, target shooting, trampoline parks and snooker venues.