A limited number of small to large grants are available to UK rowing clubs and charities for activities that develop the coaching of rowing in state-maintained secondary schools.
The Henley Royal Regatta Charitable Trust supports young people in education to learn to row or scull. Projects can be UK wide. The Trust’s priority is to identify and support programmes that develop the coaching of rowing in state-maintained secondary schools that are in turn linked to a local rowing club or an appropriate charitable organisation.
For example, the Trust currently supports several programmes at London Youth Rowing, Warrington Youth Rowing and East Anglia Youth Rowing which have set up programmes to widen participation in deprived and culturally diverse communities where rowing has not traditionally occurred. These organisations are operating a hub and spoke model providing access and coaching to participating schools and then a pathway to a partnered rowing club. When budgets permit, other applications will be considered for specific projects, including for events encouraging new participants to the sport.
Grants are normally a maximum of 50% of the total required for each project and can be for 1-3 years. One-off grants are also made. Donations range from £500 to over £120,000.
Further information, guidance and details about the Trust’s free-form application process is available on its website (scroll down the page to the ‘Applying for Funding’ heading).
The timetable for applications is designed to follow the academic year, namely:
- Applications must be received by 1 March annually
- Decisions will be communicated to applicants by the end of March
- Funding awards for September to July are normally made in early October (payments can be released at other times by agreement)