{"id":4270,"date":"2020-07-31T07:06:38","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T06:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/?p=4270"},"modified":"2020-07-31T07:09:22","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T06:09:22","slug":"sport-england-grant-to-help-the-solihull-barons-during-current-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/2020\/07\/31\/sport-england-grant-to-help-the-solihull-barons-during-current-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Sport England award to help the Solihull Barons during current COVID-19 pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Cup Winning team (S Crampton)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Solihull Barons have been awarded \u00a3676.08 of National Lottery funding from Sport England\u2019s Community Emergency Fund towards end of season costs during the on-going COVID-19 pandemic.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The outbreak of the virus and the consequent shutdown of businesses as of March 23 has left the sport and physical activity sector facing a period of uncertainty.<\/p>\n

In response, on March 31 Sport England announced a \u00a3195m package to help the sport and physical activity sector through covid-19. Within the package is a \u00a320m Community Emergency Fund, of National Lottery money to deliver immediate funding to those who have a role in supporting the nation to be active but are experiencing short-term financial hardship or the ceasing of operations due to the impact of coronavirus.<\/p>\n

The grant will allow the Solihull Barons to cover Covid disrupted end of season expenditure while allowing the team to prepare for a return to play when the time comes.<\/p>\n

Tim Hollingsworth, Sport England\u2019s Chief Executive, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAs the body responsible for the growth of sport and physical activity participation, we want the vital grassroots organisations that make sport and physical activity happen in this country to not just to come through this crisis but to be in a position to thrive again in the future. The \u00a320m Community Emergency fund, made possible by National Lottery players is part of a multimillion pound package of support we are providing to ease the pressure on a huge number of the organisations who are central to the nation\u2019s health and wellbeing.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are proud to be able to provide vital funding to the Solihull Barons to help it through these extremely challenging times.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

About the Sport England Community Emergency Fund<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part of Sport England\u2019s overall \u00a3195m support package to help the sport and physical activity sector through COVID-19, the \u00a320m Community Emergency Fund\u00a0aims to deliver immediate funding to those most in need. It’s specifically targeted at organisations, including those not currently supported by us, who have a role in supporting the nation to be active but who are experiencing short term financial hardship or the ceasing of operations due to the ongoing crisis.
\nAwards will be between \u00a3300 and \u00a310,000, and in in exceptional circumstances we\u2019ll consider awards of more than \u00a310,000. The types of organisations eligible include local sports clubs forced to close at short notice but who are facing ongoing costs around maintenance and utility bills, and voluntary and community sector organisations who deliver or enable sport and physical activity.
\nThis \u00a320 million fund of National Lottery money is designed to complement other sources of funding from the government, such as funds targeted at small businesses.
\nFurther information on the Community Emergency Fund \u2013 including seeing if your organisation is eligible and the application process – can be found via https:\/\/www.sportengland.org\/how-we-can-help\/our-funds\/community-emergency-fund.<\/a><\/p>\n

About National Lottery<\/b><\/p>\n

National Lottery players raise \u00a330m every week for good causes, funding arts, heritage, sports, voluntary and charity projects around the UK. For more information on good causes in your area go to www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk<\/p>\n

About Sport England<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sport England is a public body and invests up to \u00a3300 million National Lottery and government money each year in projects and programmes that help people get active and play sport.
\nIt wants everyone in England, regardless of age, background, or level of ability, to feel able to engage in sport and physical activity. That\u2019s why a lot of its work is specifically focused on helping people who do no, or very little, physical activity and groups who are typically less active – like women, disabled people and people on lower incomes.
\nwww.sportengland.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Solihull Barons have been awarded \u00a3676.08 of National Lottery funding from Sport England\u2019s Community Emergency Fund towards end of season costs during the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. The outbreak of the virus and the consequent shutdown of businesses as of March 23 has left the sport and physical activity sector facing a period of uncertainty. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4270"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4288,"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4270\/revisions\/4288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}