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APPLICATIONS FOR 2025 OPEN 6 -31 JANUARY 2025

Sport organisations considering applying to this fund are encouraged to attend our 2025 Funding Opportunities Event on the 28 November.

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Travel Grant 2025

Jersey Sport are delighted to launch the redesigned Travel Grant for 2025, in partnership with the Government of Jersey. The Travel Grant aims to support the development of Jersey athletes by providing local sport organisations with financial assistance towards the travel costs associated with higher level off-island competition or training.

It has been recognised that whilst the Travel Grant’s annual budget has remained at £125,000 since its inception, the costs of off-island travel have subsequently increased and the demand on the fund has grown considerably, reducing the impact of this fund in its previous format. The process of annual or biannual application and claiming was time intensive and administratively heavy, and its forecast nature caused challenges due to the differences in sport’s seasonality, training needs and qualification processes.

As such, change was needed to meet the needs and demands of sport. Earlier in the year, an online consultation process was held with local sport organisations as part of our continued focus to work in partnership with sport during programme or service redesign. This data was analysed, and a preferred option was presented to and agreed by the Government of Jersey.

We are pleased to share this redesign ready for distribution in 2025 which reflects the most streamlined and efficient process for grant distribution, minimising the time and administrative burden on our volunteer sports workforce and internal Jersey Sport resources. The new process allows for greater impact to be demonstrated against the Jersey Sport 2023-26 strategic plan, GoJ’s Inspiring an Active Jersey strategy and sport organisation’s own needs and ambitions.

Successful applicants will receive one payment for the use of off-island sport travel during 2025. Autonomy and support will be given to sport organisations to make decisions on how their funding is best distributed to support off-island sport opportunities in relation to the fund criteria, the needs of their sport and alignment to their own strategic/development plans.

CRITERIA FOR THE TRAVEL GRANT 2025

Applications will be considered where the following criteria are met:

1. All funding must be used solely for the purposes of off-island sport travel.
2. Supported activities should be of a higher level of training or competition than is available on-island and travel should be deemed necessary to support the development of an athlete.
3. Athletes should be considered amateur athletes, who train or compete without renumeration from external sources, such as a professional contract.

Applications will be considered against a tiered award system that considers factors such as:

• Size of membership
• Size of travelling membership
• Necessity of travel
• Impact of travel

Due to the broad nature of this fund criteria, restricted funding available and expected overwhelming demand for support, it is important that applicants acknowledge that there should be no expectation or guarantee that all applications will be funded.

TIMESCALES FOR APPLICATIONS AND AWARDS 2025

The Travel Grant will continue to open annually in January of each year and sports should apply for funding to support their off-island sport travel opportunities for the whole of 2025.

Successful applicants will receive one payment for the use of off-island sport travel during 2025. Autonomy and support will be given to sport organisations to make decisions on how their funding is best distributed to support off-island sport opportunities in relation to the fund criteria, the needs of their sport and alignment to their own strategic/development plans.

Fund Schedule

29 NOV                     S&SS Health Check open for applications

6–31 JAN                  Travel Grant opens for applications

3 – 14 FEB                Officer review of Travel Grant applications

28 FEB                       Communication of Awards

DROP IN SUPPORT SESSIONS

Jersey Sport will be holding a series of drop-in support sessions for sports to understand more about the Travel Grant and to ask specific questions about the application process, eligibility, awarding and reporting requirements. Sports don’t need to book in advance to attend any of the scheduled sessions:

· Thursday 28 November 2024 – Fund Launch Event 18:00-19:30 @ Highlands College

· Tuesday 10 December 2024 – 16:00-18:00 Board Room @ Jersey Sport Offices, FB Fields

· Thursday 19 December 2024 – 13:00-15:00 Buenos Aires Room @ Santander Work Café

· Wednesday 15 January 2025 – 12:00-14:00 Buenos Aires Room @ Santander Work Café

· Thursday 30 January 2025 – 16:00-18:00 Board Room @ Jersey Sport Offices, FB Field

Should you have any questions or need any further advice, please contact the Jersey Sport Team at: grants@jerseysport.je