Sport for Change Grants
The Sport Development Team, in partnership with the Gannochy Trust is excited to bring this funding opportunity to our PACES clubs and Community Sport Hubs for a fourth year. With up to £1000 per project available, the purpose of the funding is to start, or continue projects, that enable an inclusive and welcoming environment for all, alongside achieving a wider social outcome.
In 2025, we were particularly interested in funding projects that fit within the following two themes:
1. Projects that engage adult women in sports participation, coaching and/or volunteering. This is because our data captured from PACES clubs across Perth & Kinross shows that women's participation in sport as well as in sports coaching positions, compared to men, is at a much lower level.
2. Projects that support people to have improved mental health. This is because poor mental health is an important public health challenge and significant mental health inequalities exist in Scotland. Improving the mental health and wellbeing of the population is a national priority because this is recognised as having a positive effect on many different aspects of society.
Apply for a grant (for projects running April 2025 - March 2026)
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Deadline: Midnight on Sunday 2nd March 2025
Decisions communicated by: Mid/late March 2025
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2024 Sport for Change Grants
Engaging adult women in sport
Perth Pickleball Club
Scone Thistle Community Club
Perthshire Rugby Football Club
Breadalbane Canoe Club
Aberfeldy Rugby Football Club
Burrelton Tennis Club
St Madoes Active Sports Hub
Tay Rowing Club
Fair City ABC
Engaging girls in sport
Destination Judo / Kinross High School
Perth Doo'cot Cricket Club
Disability inclusion
Perth Strathtay Harriers
Identified young people
Aberfeldy Tennis Club / Breathe Project
Tayside Judo / Perth Grammar School
LGBTIQ+ inclusion
Perth Parrots Floorball Club / P & K LGBT Youth Groups
Engaging older people (with an illness)
Blairgowrie Tennis Club / GP Referral
2023 Sport for Change Grants
Mental Health / LGBTIQ+ Inclusion
Perth Parrots Floorball Club / Scotland All Strong
Engaging people with a long term illness
Saints Table Tennis Club / Perth Parkinsons Support Group
Disability Inclusion
Meigle Cricket Club / Cricket Scotland
Identified Young People
Strathmore Golf Club / Active Schools
Aberfeldy Tennis Club / Breathe Project
Bridge of Earn Tennis Club / Perth College UHI
Social Isolation
Bridge of Earn Tennis Club / Tennis Scotland
2022 Sport for Change Grants
Engaging young people
Perth Phoenix Basketball Club in partnership with Basketball Scotland
Breadalbane Canoe Club / Breadalbane Academy
Dunfermline Track and Field (Kinross) in partnership with Active Schools and Broke not Broken
Strathmore Golf Club in partnership with Active Schools
Employability
Kinross Cricket Club / Kinross Youth Enterprise (KYTHE)
St Madoes Active Sports Hub in partnership with Active Schools and various Sports Governing Bodies
School Holiday Club Activity
Aberfeldy Rugby Club in partnership with Breathe Project and Active Schools
Loch Tummel Sailing Club / Breathe Project
Aberfeldy Tennis Club in partnership with Active Schools
Women and Girls
Meigle Cricket Club in partnership with Cricket Scotland.
Disability
Auchterarder Bowling Club in partnership with Para Handy Wheelchairs.
Mental Health
Adventure Circus in partnership with 'Bee'lieve Fitness