LCSN HARROW AND BRENT FUNDING FAIR SUCCESS
LCSN Press Release
Tuesday 7 July 2009
HARROW AND BRENT FUNDING FAIR SUCCESS
Community sports groups from both boroughs get in the know about funding
Harrow, London – Last week saw over 30 voluntary sports-related clubs and groups from across Harrow and Brent attend the Harrow Civic Centre for the London Community Sports Network (LCSN) Community Sports Funding Fair.
LCSN helps organisations within London's voluntary and community sports sector to develop and grow, so they can attract more resources and deliver better sporting and personal development opportunities to their members and communities.
The free event, in partnership with the London Boroughs of Brent and Harrow and Pro-active West London Partnership, was aimed at groups who traditionally slip through the net of funding and support and offered the opportunity for them to find out more about different funding and support opportunities direct from the funders themselves.
Sport England (Small Grants Scheme), Grassroots Grants, Help a London Child, the John Lyons Charity, Middlesex FA, London Borough of Brent, London Borough of Harrow, Clubmark and the North West London Community Forum were all on hand to speak directly to those present about what funding was available and how organisations should go about obtaining it.
During the evening there were also speeches and presentations from John Lyon's Charity (Erik Mesel) and Sport England (Sangita Patel) who explained about how their funding works and is accessed.
Dylan Cox, LCSN Community Development Officer, who organised the fair said:
““The event really demonstrated the ethos of LCSN which is supporting frontline groups and giving them opportunities.
“These groups have some great ideas but they have not been able to secure funding for them either because they don’t know where the funding is or they don’t have the capacity or skills to apply for it.
“This was a way of negotiating the funding minefield for them and to help increase their knowledge of what is available to them allowing them to speak directly to funders and to find out what the funders are looking for.
“I will now have meetings with some of the groups who attended the fair and push them to complete their funding applications, therefore turning events like this into results in terms of building infrastructure and successful projects.
“I have had some great, positive feedback – and we would now like to make it an annual event.”
Manish Popat, Bessborough Cricket Club (Headstone Manor Cricket Ground), U11 and U13 Manager said:
“We are now coming to the end of the cycle for some of our facilities like our nets, and our cricket pitches need some extra help with maintenance, but all of this costs money which our subscriptions don’t cover.
“The fair has been a very positive experience for us because, as volunteers, we don’t have enough time to search out funding opportunities - you can spend hours and hours searching the internet, running up phone bills, wasting time and hitting brick walls, so having everything consolidated here in one place was great.
“This has saved us lots of time and we all have a lot of food for thought after coming here - we’ve all got a lot of information to take away and think about.”
Steeven Sharpe, Football Development Officer, Middlesex County FA
“This is just down the road for us and having opportunities like this, face-to-face are excellent as people may not believe there is assistance available and what funding there is available to them.
“It’s been good to actually put names to faces and go through with the groups how we can actually help them – it is useful to both us and the groups themselves.
“We have met a few groups I was already aware of – Harrow Stars and Londonium Athletics – and also a few groups we weren’t aware of, so it was really useful to put them in contact with the right people back at my office – particularly a few disability projects that we didn’t know about.
“I think there are some real key developments we can make in Harrow and Brent which will be fantastic for us.”
Jemima Morris, Partnership Manager, Pro-Active West London said:
“It makes a big difference having events like this which are face-to-face, rather than just sending emails back and forth.
“As an organisation it has been very useful for us to meet people as we get to learn a lot about the issues facing smaller organisations that are chasing small pots of funding regularly. We had the opportunity here tonight to discuss how they can look at being more sustainable rather than constantly thinking where their next grant is.
“The event allowed people to relax and mingle with each other asking questions as often, when you have presentations people are a bit nervous to talk up. It was a great turnout and we look forward to being invited back again.”
For more information about how London Community Sports Network can help you in Brent and Harrow please email dylan.cox@locsp.org, call 020 8556 5973 or visit the LCSN website at www.communitysports.org.uk
- Ends -
Notes to Editors
1. LCSN is hosted and run by the award-winning Leyton Orient Community Sports Programme (LOCSP), an organisation with more than 20 years experience of delivering sports development, education and training to people across London.
2. Attendees included representatives from the following organisations:
Middlesex Cricket Board, PACE, Harrow Council, Hut Association, Watford FC, Harrow Stars FC, LOCSP, Link Up, Harrow St Mary's Cricket Club, Active Aspirations, Kensington Dragons Football Club, Insights Independent School, Active Aspirations, Harrow Special Olympics, Harrow Cricket, Streetleague, Greenhouse, LCSN, Middlesex FA, Capital Help A London Child, Official Sports, North West London Community Forum, OK Club, Ilays, Phoenix Canoe Club, FC Eagles Kosova, Edo State Women Association, Survive and Save Club, Northolt RFC, Queen Mary Sailing Club, Bessborough Cricket Club, Leisure Connection/Willesden Sports Centre, Harrow Mencap, Asian Peoples Disability Alliance, Ealing Council, Gendai Karate Association, Jesus for the World Community, Community Links, Walthamstow YMC, Harefield Academy, Londinium Athletics and Grassroots Grants.
3. Hi-res photos available upon request please contact Andrew McSteen, LOCSP Communications Officer on 020 8556 5973 or email andrew.mcsteen@locsp.org.
4. More quotes available upon request please contact Andrew McSteen, LOCSP Communications Officer on 020 8556 5973 or email andrew.mcsteen@locsp.org.
Tuesday 7 July 2009
HARROW AND BRENT FUNDING FAIR SUCCESS
Community sports groups from both boroughs get in the know about funding
Harrow, London – Last week saw over 30 voluntary sports-related clubs and groups from across Harrow and Brent attend the Harrow Civic Centre for the London Community Sports Network (LCSN) Community Sports Funding Fair.
LCSN helps organisations within London's voluntary and community sports sector to develop and grow, so they can attract more resources and deliver better sporting and personal development opportunities to their members and communities.
The free event, in partnership with the London Boroughs of Brent and Harrow and Pro-active West London Partnership, was aimed at groups who traditionally slip through the net of funding and support and offered the opportunity for them to find out more about different funding and support opportunities direct from the funders themselves.
Sport England (Small Grants Scheme), Grassroots Grants, Help a London Child, the John Lyons Charity, Middlesex FA, London Borough of Brent, London Borough of Harrow, Clubmark and the North West London Community Forum were all on hand to speak directly to those present about what funding was available and how organisations should go about obtaining it.
During the evening there were also speeches and presentations from John Lyon's Charity (Erik Mesel) and Sport England (Sangita Patel) who explained about how their funding works and is accessed.
Dylan Cox, LCSN Community Development Officer, who organised the fair said:
““The event really demonstrated the ethos of LCSN which is supporting frontline groups and giving them opportunities.
“These groups have some great ideas but they have not been able to secure funding for them either because they don’t know where the funding is or they don’t have the capacity or skills to apply for it.
“This was a way of negotiating the funding minefield for them and to help increase their knowledge of what is available to them allowing them to speak directly to funders and to find out what the funders are looking for.
“I will now have meetings with some of the groups who attended the fair and push them to complete their funding applications, therefore turning events like this into results in terms of building infrastructure and successful projects.
“I have had some great, positive feedback – and we would now like to make it an annual event.”
Manish Popat, Bessborough Cricket Club (Headstone Manor Cricket Ground), U11 and U13 Manager said:
“We are now coming to the end of the cycle for some of our facilities like our nets, and our cricket pitches need some extra help with maintenance, but all of this costs money which our subscriptions don’t cover.
“The fair has been a very positive experience for us because, as volunteers, we don’t have enough time to search out funding opportunities - you can spend hours and hours searching the internet, running up phone bills, wasting time and hitting brick walls, so having everything consolidated here in one place was great.
“This has saved us lots of time and we all have a lot of food for thought after coming here - we’ve all got a lot of information to take away and think about.”
Steeven Sharpe, Football Development Officer, Middlesex County FA
“This is just down the road for us and having opportunities like this, face-to-face are excellent as people may not believe there is assistance available and what funding there is available to them.
“It’s been good to actually put names to faces and go through with the groups how we can actually help them – it is useful to both us and the groups themselves.
“We have met a few groups I was already aware of – Harrow Stars and Londonium Athletics – and also a few groups we weren’t aware of, so it was really useful to put them in contact with the right people back at my office – particularly a few disability projects that we didn’t know about.
“I think there are some real key developments we can make in Harrow and Brent which will be fantastic for us.”
Jemima Morris, Partnership Manager, Pro-Active West London said:
“It makes a big difference having events like this which are face-to-face, rather than just sending emails back and forth.
“As an organisation it has been very useful for us to meet people as we get to learn a lot about the issues facing smaller organisations that are chasing small pots of funding regularly. We had the opportunity here tonight to discuss how they can look at being more sustainable rather than constantly thinking where their next grant is.
“The event allowed people to relax and mingle with each other asking questions as often, when you have presentations people are a bit nervous to talk up. It was a great turnout and we look forward to being invited back again.”
For more information about how London Community Sports Network can help you in Brent and Harrow please email dylan.cox@locsp.org, call 020 8556 5973 or visit the LCSN website at www.communitysports.org.uk
- Ends -
Notes to Editors
1. LCSN is hosted and run by the award-winning Leyton Orient Community Sports Programme (LOCSP), an organisation with more than 20 years experience of delivering sports development, education and training to people across London.
2. Attendees included representatives from the following organisations:
Middlesex Cricket Board, PACE, Harrow Council, Hut Association, Watford FC, Harrow Stars FC, LOCSP, Link Up, Harrow St Mary's Cricket Club, Active Aspirations, Kensington Dragons Football Club, Insights Independent School, Active Aspirations, Harrow Special Olympics, Harrow Cricket, Streetleague, Greenhouse, LCSN, Middlesex FA, Capital Help A London Child, Official Sports, North West London Community Forum, OK Club, Ilays, Phoenix Canoe Club, FC Eagles Kosova, Edo State Women Association, Survive and Save Club, Northolt RFC, Queen Mary Sailing Club, Bessborough Cricket Club, Leisure Connection/Willesden Sports Centre, Harrow Mencap, Asian Peoples Disability Alliance, Ealing Council, Gendai Karate Association, Jesus for the World Community, Community Links, Walthamstow YMC, Harefield Academy, Londinium Athletics and Grassroots Grants.
3. Hi-res photos available upon request please contact Andrew McSteen, LOCSP Communications Officer on 020 8556 5973 or email andrew.mcsteen@locsp.org.
4. More quotes available upon request please contact Andrew McSteen, LOCSP Communications Officer on 020 8556 5973 or email andrew.mcsteen@locsp.org.
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