Programme Aims and Criteria

• The Grow Your Club programme supports sport and physical activity clubs in Wakefield District to increase their number of junior participants.
• Clubs must be affiliated to a National Governing Body (NGB) that is recognised by Sport England
• Each successful club will receive a £500 grant which must be used to run introductory sessions.
• The grant can go towards a coaching course for a new volunteer coach, new equipment and venue hire for the introductory sessions.
• These sessions must be for new participants that will feed into the youngest affiliated team or age group for the club’s respective sport/activity. E.g. In Football the youngest affiliated age group is U7s, therefore, the introductory sessions for a football club will be for 5–6-year-olds.
• Introductory sessions must run for at least 3 months.
• Clubs must charge a small fee for participants to attend the sessions to support ongoing running costs and sustainability.
• The aim of the programme is for these introductory sessions to run regularly so that clubs are adding new participants at their youngest age groups year on year.

Priorities

• Small clubs that have more potential to grow
• Clubs/participants from lower socio-economic areas
• Female participants and teams
• Ethnic minority participants and teams
• Disabled participants and teams