£10k from Sport England is good news for the Rudyard Lake Trust.  Over the past year, HeawardSports Ltd. has been supporting the fantastic Rudyard Lake Trust to deliver a range of funding bids. These aim to help the Trust secure and grow access to the lake for a range of paddlesport. The latest development in this exciting journey has seen the Trust awarded a grant of £10k from Sport England. This grant will fund a range of new projects at the lake, all designed to bring this popular Staffordshire beauty spot alive for paddlers of all kinds, including those new to the sport but whoRead More →

Gym layout

Developing a new community gym Several months ago we were introduced to C.A.R.E. (Herefordshire) CIC, C.A.R.E is a fantastic community interest company based between Hereford and Abergavenny. C.A.R.E. currently run the village Post Office and shop as well as a newly launched community cafe. They also deliver a wide range of services for older vulnerable/isolated people in their local area, Herefordshire’s Golden Valley. Next door to the cafe they also hold a lease on an empty light industrial unit and had long dreamt of opening this up as a community gym. C.A.R.E.s lack of experience in the sport/leisure sector was a barrier to the schemeRead More →

Get Our Free Guide to Income Generation! Funding is often a challenge for community organisations. Our new free guide to income generation for sports clubs and community groups is the first in a series of free and practical ‘no strings’ guides. These aim to give a useful starting point for sports clubs and community groups looking to take action on a range key topics. Whether you are looking to improve your facilities, fund a new activity programme or just make sure that you generate enough money to keep the doors open this guide should help! The content provided is based on well over 20 years ofRead More →

HeawardSports at Table Tennis Englands National Conference  This years Table Tennis England National Conference sees HeawardSports Ltd. invited to deliver a workshop on Sunday 31 March 2019. Our interactive workshop will be delivered by HeawardSports MD Andrew Heaward and draws on his extensive experience in this area of work to consider how table tennis clubs can generate extra income to help deliver their aims. The workshop will cover four really important topics including: When to rely on external funding and what to do when this isn’t a sustainable solution! Grant funding including: What does ‘grant ready’ look like, Identifying and assessing potential funders, How toRead More →

good plannig is fundermental to any organisations long term viability

Why Viability Matters! Both viability and planning are often seen are tedious and boring topics by those involved in leading a range of community organisations, this is especially true of those involved in sport sector where ‘business orientated’ topics like planning and viability are often not seen as relevant or fun and the focus is to get on with it rather than plan. Many sports clubs, community groups and smaller social enterprises are quite rightly focused on ‘getting things done’ and far less concerned about their longer term plans, but ignoring these areas can turn out to be a big and sometimes costly mistake. TheRead More →

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