Talented Young Sports Performer Grant Programme

To address a lack of financial backing for talented individual sports performers both in Stroud and nationally, Stroud District Council has created a Talented Young Sports Performer Grant Programme. The grants will allow individual athletes at national, international or paraolympic level the chance to apply for funding from the Stroud District Council Youth Council.

Applicants aged between 5 to 21 years (no age range for paraolympic athletes) can apply for £50 to £250/£300 assistance with costs such as kit/equipment, training fees, competition entry fees and transport. Once the application is received, the Council's Regeneration Through Sport Manager will assess it against a standard set of criteria and make recommendations to the Youth Council. They will then finalise the amount of money to be allocated to each person at a Youth Council meeting. The grants are not retrospective and there will be up to 3 assessments per financial year in June, September/October and January/February.

PDF  Criteria for the Talented Young Sports Performer Grant - 07/12/2004 : 41Kb

PDF  Talented Young Sports Performer Grant - Application Form - 07/12/2004 : 38Kb

For further funding information please contact Mr Dennis Yeoman, Sports Aid South West on 01793 643760 or e-mail sportsaidsw@btinternet.com.

Further information can be found at the Youth Iniative Fund section of the Youth Council Website or by contacting Jane Bullows, Regeneration Through Sport Manager on 01453 754322, e-mail jane.bullows@stroud.gov.uk or write to: Stroud District Council, Ebley Mill, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5 4UB.