Sport England’s Community Emergency Fund Set To Pause on Thursday

The fund, which is part of £600m The National Lottery is committing across the UK during the coronavirus crisis, has already helped thousands of organisations by covering costs such as rent, insurance and utility bills – as well as some staff costs and maintenance of pitches and facilities.

This extra £15m is available immediately to help meet the demand of the existing applications and those likely to be submitted in the coming days.

The fund will then be paused at 11.59pm on Thursday 14 May, to enable assessors to process all remaining applications as soon as possible.

Sport England will then reflect on the fund’s impact and consider what ongoing support clubs and community groups will need as restrictions are eased in the future.