External grant organisations

Community grants

Surrey has a variety of funds and funding advice accessible by Surrey communities, provided by different organisations. There are also community funding streams available that cover all of England that can be used in Surrey. 

View funding opportunities provided in Surrey

Search national funding opportunities via the Get Grants website

Sports grants

Listed below are other available sources of funding. If you are thinking of making an application, please contact our sports development team as they may have successful examples that could help your application.

Email: sports@woking.gov.uk

Phone: 01483 743 804

Sport England small grants

Small Grants uses Lottery funding to make awards of between £300 and £10,000 to not-for-profit organisations to help more people play sport.

If you are considering applying for a grant we would encourage you to complete the pre-application checklist as a first step. To find out more about the fund in general visit the Sport England webpage.

GLL Sport Foundation Sports Grant

The GLL Sport Foundation is one of the leading independent supporters of young sporting talent in the South of England; having currently provided funding and training grants to over 2,000 athletes across 60 different sports at a value of over £1.5 million.

The GLL Sport Foundation in partnership with our partners, sponsors and supporters provides tangible support (financial awards and training membership awards) for talented young sports men and women across South England.

For more details please go to the website.

Surrey County playing fields association

Grants of up to £1,000 are available for equipment, initial set-up costs, disabled facilities, new activities, special events and courses for judges and coaches.

Grants of up to a maximum of £1,000 but usually of £500, are available for children's play equipment, holiday schemes and playgroups. Grants for on-going revenue costs are not available. Contact the SCPFA local development officer for help and more details: Dr R Elsdon-Dew, Heath Cottage, Heath Drive, Walton on the Hill, Tadworth, KT20 7QS. Phone: 01737 812 781 or email: elsdondew@nascr.net

Other external sources

There are a whole variety of external funding bodies that local groups, clubs, organisations and individuals can access. In order to help you to find the most relevant schemes, Active Surrey have a database listing the available funds along with their criteria.

Active Surrey funding search