Everyone Active grant scheme now open

Local organisations can continue to offer fun fitness and wellbeing opportunities thanks to a £50,000 grant scheme from South Oxfordshire District Council. 

A new round of the Everyone Active grant scheme has just launched to help fund projects that help communities become more active. 

Previous grant recipients Chinnor Tennis Club and Wallingford Triathlon Club, who were both awarded grant funding last year, are using the grant to offer new fitness activities and opportunities for local people to join in with and help boost their quality of life. 

South Oxfordshire District Council is providing £50,000 in funding for community organisations and individuals to apply for, with a maximum grant of £1,000.  

Applicants will need to show that their projects will help communities to become more active or sustain activity. 

More information about the grant scheme can be found on the website southoxon.gov.uk/grants or organisations can contact the council’s Community Enablement team on 01235 422405 or grants@southandvale.gov.uk.

Everyone Active grant scheme rules include: 

  • Projects should provide benefit to more than one person becoming active or supporting ongoing activity 
  • The maximum grant you can apply for is £1,000 
  • You can apply for revenue costs or capital items 
  • You can request 100 per cent of your project costs 
  • The project must complete within 12 months of the award decision  
  • One application only from each individual or organisation 

The grant is open for a wide range of groups and organisations in the district,not-for-profit groups (including sports clubs), town and parish councils and parish meetings, not for profit preschools, Parent Teacher Association’s (PTAs) and other local authority run schools or academies for non-statutory elements of the education programme. An individual can also apply who is supporting their community to become active or to sustain activity.  

The funding can be used in a variety of ways including: 

  • Buying new leisure or playground equipment 
  • Projects to introduce or improve physical activity 
  • Running training courses for volunteers or staff to help improve physical and mental wellbeing 
  • Setting up a community garden to share the physical and health benefits of growing fruit and vegetables  
The closing date for applications is midday Friday 30 June 2023.