Criteria

The Olympic Legacy Fund is a £1million pound investment programme, delivered by Sport NI in partnership with Crowdfunder UK. The fund aims to improve the quality of offering at club/community sports facilities, encouraging people to engage in sport and physical activity. Supported projects will leave a lasting community legacy from the success of Northern Ireland athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympic/Paralympic Games.

• A constituted sports club which is affiliated to a governing body of sport recognised by either Sport NI OR Sport Ireland.
• A community/voluntary sector organisation that delivers or enables sport and/or physical recreation as your primary activity.
• A charitable trust that delivers or enables sport and/or physical recreation as your primary activity.
• A constituted Parent Teacher Association (PTA) that delivers or enables new/additional extracurricular sport and/or physical recreation including residentials.

• Enhance facilities, such as upgrading fencing, spectator accommodation, facility security or playing surfaces;
• Modernise facilities, such as renovating clubhouses, upgrading changing rooms, new storage spaces or energy saving installations;
• New equipment costing over £1,000, large items of sport equipment such as boats, trailers, gym equipment etc. or non-sporting equipment such as storage racks, scoreboards or video equipment.

Please note that to be eligible for this fund, your project must be in draft mode. Projects that are live, closed, or set to “always on” will not be considered.

If your application is approved, you’ll be offered match funding of up to 65%* of your project target, up to a maximum of £32,500.

If approved, Sport NI will make the pledge when you have met the ‘fund conditions’:

1. Raise at least 18% of your initial target,

2. Receive donations from a minimum number of supporters:

• 30 Supporters if your target is between £1,000 and £15,000

• 60 Supporters if your target is between £15,001 and £30,000

• 90 Supporters if your target is £30,001+

If either of these fund conditions are not met, the pledge will be withheld until both have been met.

If these two fund conditions are met, Sport NI will pledge 65%* of your target up to a maximum of £32,500.

*If your club/community group is in an area of high social need, you may be eligible for an enhanced 75% contribution from Sport NI, up to £37,500.

Before applying please read the Sport NI Olympic Legacy Fund .Eligibility and Pledge Criteria

All funded projects are required to agree to the Sport NI Olympic Legacy Fund Grant Conditions

A full copy of the programme guidance note can be found at www.sportni.net