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Jersey Sport awards £100,000 to local sports from their new SUPPORTIN SPORT Fund

Jersey Sport were able to create a new SUPPORTIN SPORT Fund at the beginning of May to help support local sport organisations, thanks to generosity of the late Valerie Guy who left Jersey Sport legacy money in her will. The money is being invested directly back into local sport to help organisations build safe and sustainable sport offers, which will allow more islanders to GET INVOLVED in sport within the island.

Over £200,000 worth of applications to the SUPPORTIN SPORT Fund were received – the criteria for which was agreed in collaboration with local sport representatives during consultation at the start of the year. Seventeen local sports organisations have been awarded full or partial funding to support their ambitions – which will directly benefit around 4,000 islanders.

Details for the 2025 SUPPORTIN SPORT Fund will be confirmed in October. Further information about other local funding opportunities available for local sports are available on the Jersey Sport website.

Sports organisations benefitting from the 2024 SUPPORTIN SPORT Fund are:

• Gracie Barra CI
• Jersey Cricket
• Jersey Cycling Association
• Jersey Hockey
• Jersey Rugby Association
• Jersey Shotokan Karate
• Jersey Smallbore Shooting Association
• Jersey Spartan Athletic Club
• Jersey Squash and Racketball Association
• Jersey Table Tennis Association
• Jersey Water Polo Association
• Lindy Hop Jersey
• Padel For All
• Riding for the Disabled Jersey
• Rock ‘n’ Road Runners (in partnership with Velocity)
• See Her Run
• Tigers Swimming Club (Jersey) Limited

David Kennedy, CEO at Jersey Sport said, “We are delighted to be able to support local sports organisations with some much-needed funding thanks to the legacy monies of Valerie Guy. The wide scope of the funding will benefit a huge number of islanders in so many ways, and we will aim to distribute more funding following our ongoing fundraising efforts. As a registered charity, we want to be in a position to support local sports to develop, grow and become more sustainable, and funds such as this allow sports to make a significant contribution to our community.”

Jersey Sport is a registered charity on a mission to inspire, lead and enable positive wellbeing for all through lifelong engagement with sport and physical activity. To find out what the successful local sports will be using their SUPPORTIN SPORT funding for, please visit:
www. jerseysport.je/supportin-sport-fund-awards-2024

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