Peter Harrison Foundation - Active Lives
Details
Funds applications for physical activity initiatives that:
- Offer high-impact, life-enhancing opportunities for those who live in the top 10% of areas of deprivation
- Remove barriers to participation for disabled or disadvantaged people
- Focus on grassroots involvement rather than elite participation in physical activity
- Focus on skills development and confidence building for individuals
- Incorporate effective strategies for wider impact, perhaps through training, partnerships and/or dissemination activities
- Demonstrate a high degree of involvement across the organisation from beneficiaries and those with lived experience
- Have a well-developed plan for sustainability and seek to deliver a legacy
- Reflect their values: Excellence, Entrepreneurship, Integrity, Sustainability
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Geographical areas funded: Scotland UK
Fund type
- Type of funding:
- Grant
- Type of cost:
- Capital, Core costs
Fund award sizes
- Maximum:
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- Notes on award amounts:
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Who can apply
Organisations which:
- are either a registered charity or a registered CASC (Community Amateur Sports Club)
- have been registered with the charity regulator for two years or more (charity applicants)
- have been registered as a CASC for two years or more (CASC applicants)
- have produced independently examined or audited accounts for at least one full year of operation
Your project / activity must:
- take place in the UK
- provide opportunities for personal or skills development through participation in physical activity
- meet the needs of people who face physical, mental, economic or social disadvantage
Applications which evidence that they meet the funding priorities below will have the best chance of being successful: SMALL GRANTS – In your last set of accounts, your organisation’s annual income was under £500,000 MAJOR GRANTS – In your last set of accounts, your organisation’s annual income was under £5,000,000
See funding priorities on website for more criteria.
- Maximum annual income:
- £5,000,000
When to apply
At any time. The Trustees customarily meet four times a year, so deadlines are:
- 1 January (for decision 30 April)
- 1 April (for decision 31 July)
- 1 July (for decision 31 October)
- 1 October (for decision 31 January)
Next deadline: 1 Jan 2025
How to apply
Complete the online application form on the Foundation's website.
Exclusions
Activites funded: Sport & physical activity
Beneficiaries funded: People affected by drugs and alcohol Black & Ethnic Minorities Carers Economically/socially disadvantaged Homeless or badly housed Care experienced people Socially isolated people LGBTQI people People in poverty Mental health conditions Offenders & ex-offenders Ill-health Disabilities Learning disabilities Physical disabilities Sensory impairments Refugees & asylum seekers Unemployed Victims of crime & abuse Women & girls Young people Veterans & armed forces personnel
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Peter Harrison Foundation
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Registered charity (rUK) 1076579
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Foundation House 42-48 London House, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 9QQ
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