Grants for groups and organisations to increase the number of people playing tennis and improve the quality and standard of tennis facilities in Great Britain.
The following funding is available for applicants, who must be a partnership of organisations with a commitment to improving tennis in their area.
Transforming British Tennis Together Fund
This is aimed at getting more people playing tennis at a grassroots level and in order to realise this, communities need three critical things:
• accessible facilities where local people can play, rain or shine
• great people to operate these facilities
• an easy way for players to find and book courts
The LTA want to see multiple organisations coming together to create hundreds of thriving ‘Community Tennis Networks’.
Growing the Game Fund
This fund is designed to support smaller venues who, primarily for geographical reasons, cannot be part of a broader Community Tennis Network. It is primarily focused on refurbishing courts and installing floodlights, however refurbishment of clubhouses/social spaces may be funded for the right projects. The support will be more streamlined for this grant. Bids to the LTA must include:
• Plans to increase the number of covered or floodlit courts within a network of venues
• Plans to implement online booking and a simple court access system in a network of venues
Applications for the Growing the Game grants will be accepted at any time and reviewed several times a year.
There are no minimum of maximum award levels for the two grant schemes available but match funding is required for both grant programmes.