Knowledge Hub: Cost of Living
Supporting the Sport & Physical Activity Sector to manage the cost of living crisis.
With clubs and physical activity providers still recovering from the financial impact of the various phases of Covid restrictions, rising energy (and other) costs, as well a reduction in income for residents facing cost of living challenges, the sport and physical activity sector is facing a challenging time. We've gathered together some advice and support for the sector.
Advice & Guidance
Buddle Resources
Buddle (Previously Club Matters) have a range of information for clubs to help with managing money, costs, emergency financial planning and budgeting.
NCVO
Advice and Guidance aimed at charities, voluntary organisations and community groups
Links to guides, webinars, resources to support small charities to navigate the challenges of the cost of living crisis on employees, volunteers, and organisations.
City of Lincoln Advice
Advice and Guidance aimed at residents
Useful information that can be passed onto club members with support and guidance to ease the pressures of the current cost of living.
Energy Saving Advice
VSCE Energy Efficiency Scheme & Funding
The VCSE Energy Efficiency Scheme helps voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations (VCSEs) across England to deliver more efficient services for people and communities by saving money on their energy bills.
The scheme offers independent energy assessments to offer energy saving advice in your building. The scheme can also offer capital grants to implement findings from your assessment.
Sport England Reducing Energy Costs
Guidance for clubs and organisations to take stock of their current situation and develop action plans to reduce their energy costs and impact on carbon zero agenda
England Rugby - Energy Bill Webinar
Watch this webinar to find out more about your renewable energy options, with expert advice from the Energy Saving Trust.
Football Foundation - Energy Saving Advice
The FA have lots of practical hints and tips to help your club or organisation to deal with rising energy costs by becoming more energy efficient.
Grants & Financial Support
We've gathered together links to financial support and grants that are available to help individuals, groups, organisations and businesses with the cost of Living Crisis. You might also want to take a look at our funding pages, for further funding and grants available to the physical activity sector.
Grants and Support for Charities and non profit groups, and individuals
Charitable trust and foundation and other sources of cost of living crisis grant funding for UK charities, community groups and individuals, including core unrestricted grants and for energy bills and food
Thrive Lincolnshire
Thrive Lincolnshire is a campaign to raise £1M, by inviting individuals, corporate and other partners to donate to the appeal. This will fund work such as debt advice, warm spaces, food banks, domestic abuse, mental health, families, people with disabilities, older people etc. In fundraising stage at the moment. Grants not yet available
Cost of Living Grants
To alliviate the impact of the cost of living crisis, support organisations such as charities and community groups, as well as individuals can apply for a range of grants.
Funding may be available from a range of sources including:
- Central Government
- Local Authorities
- Community Foundations
- Grant Making Bodies
Grants Online is in the process of pulling these funding sources together and to list them in one place.
Cost of Living Support - District Councils
District Council are sharing facts and pointers to the wide range of help and support that is available to individuals, groups and businesses.
- Boston Borough Council: Cost of Living – Boston Borough Council
- City of Lincoln Council: Cost of Living Support – City of Lincoln Council
- East Lindsey District Council: Cost of Living Support – East Lindsey District Council (e-lindsey.gov.uk)
- North Kesteven District Council: Cost of Living Support | North Kesteven District Council (n-kesteven.gov.uk)
- South Holland District Council: Cost of Living Support – South Holland District Council (sholland.gov.uk)
- South Kesteven District Council: Cost of Living help and support (southkesteven.gov.uk)
- West Lindsey District Council: Cost of living support | West Lindsey District Council (west-lindsey.gov.uk)
- Lincolnshire County Council: Cost of living – Lincolnshire County Council
Impact
Sport England - Activity Check-in- Cost of Living
Aimed at orgnisations who work in the sport & physical activity sector, this research explores our current, collective understanding of how the cost of living impacts people's activity levels and shares some ideas on how to help people get, or remain, active at low or no cost.
Cost of Living - Children and Young People
Sported - Keep the Doors Open campaign
How the cost of living crisis is critically impacting our groups and young people. Find out how you can support the campaign.
Youth Sport Trust - Research and Resources
Youth Sport Trust are providing cost of living support for schools to keep young people active. Alongside research and reports they have a range of free activity resources for schools, as well as offers and support from other organisations.
