Sports Club Enhancement Fund Application 2026-27

Please select which funding category your club is applying to (please select only one) *

Sports Related Equipment (not clothing, merchandise or kits) or Specialist equipment e.g. disability equipment, performance analysis equipment. (Fundamental equipment is capped at £500.00, any request over this for balls, bibs or cones will be declined.)
Club Development Officer Post which would see a minimum of 200 hours of coaching delivery in a school/club setting (must be an unsalaried employee).
Sports Event e.g. one-off event to help boost the existing membership of your club or a New Sports Programme e.g. a programme aimed at encouraging participation for an under-represented group or increasing club participation.
Up-skilling of coaches/volunteers through Coach Education courses and workshops (Please note that it is imperative that Clubs arrange or register Coaches on courses within the allotted project timeframe. If not, any funding awarded will be withdrawn).

* It is the Club’s responsibility to ensure that any Coach(es) delivering the programme have:

· Valid Coaching Qualifications

· Valid Safeguarding Certificates

· Valid Access NI Check

· Public Liability Insurance (if applicable)

· A valid First Aid Certificate.

Clubs should ensure a Risk Assessment is completed for programmes and that they have the schools/participants permission for any photographs taken.

Sports Clubs should now complete the Application Form. Questions 13-18 should be completed in reference to the category you have selected. Assessors will be reviewing the quality of the proposed application, looking for clearly articulated benefits and defined beneficiaries.

Sports Club Enhancement Fund Application 2026-27

Introduction

Please select which funding category your club is applying to (please select only one) *

Q1. What is the name of your club? *

Q2. What is the address of your club? *

Q3. Which District Electoral Area is your club/organisation located in? (Please specify) *

Q4. Is your club affiliated to Sport Lisburn & Castlereagh? *

Q5. Please state which recognised National Governing Bodies your club is affiliated to: *

Q6. Is your club fully constituted? *

Q7. Does your club hold a bank account in the clubs name? *