70 Pembrokeshire clubs benefit from Sport Wales funding
70 Pembrokeshire clubs benefit from Sport Wales funding
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Seventy Pembrokeshire clubs have been successful in receiving grants from the Be Active Wales Fund over the last financial year.
In total the clubs received more than £407,800 from the grants scheme from Sport Wales in 2023/24.
The fund backed 25 different sports, ranging from archery, basketball and cricket to sailing, short mat bowls and weightlifting and everything in between.
The Be Active Wales Fund is open to applications from not for profit community clubs and groups to help develop and sustain their activities.
Grants range from a minimum of £300 up to a maximum of £50,000.
The scheme will support coach education courses, the purchase of essential items of equipment right up to larger projects such as floodlighting and boats for sailing clubs.
For advice and support with your application contact Alan Jones or Lois Hilling at Pembrokeshire County Council’s Sports Development department, Sport Pembrokeshire on sport@pembrokeshire.gov.uk
The Be Active Wales Fund is always open for applications.
More information is available on the Sport Wales website.
70 Pembrokeshire clubs benefit from Sport Wales funding
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