The Barclays Community Sport Fund, delivered in partnership with Sported, helps to reduce inequalities in sport – with a focus on football, tennis, and cricket.

The fund supports community groups and grassroots sports organisations who are working within the most deprived areas of the UK and are making sport more accessible to women and girls, as well as engaging people from other underrepresented groups including people with disabilities, from racially diverse communities and from the LGBTQ+ community.

The programme will support thousands of community groups across the UK with a total investment of £1.4million a year over three years.

*Eligibility criteria apply. UK only. Grants subject to availability. This is a three-year funding programme running from April 2025 until December 2027.

Sport opens doors to skills that last a lifetime. That’s why Barclays is giving grants to community sports groups who need it most.

In partnership with Sported, the Barclays Community Sport Fund offers grants, bespoke support, and exclusive ticketing opportunities to make football, tennis, and cricket more accessible in communities across the UK*.

Since the fund’s inception in 2022, we’ve helped over 3,500 community groups to make sport more accessible, with over 550,000 young people supported by the fund so far.

The Barclays Community Sport Fund will be open for applications from 22 April 2025 to 22 June 2025.

How can my club or group apply?

The £1.4 million-a-year fund provides grants to community groups that are:

Making football, cricket, or tennis more accessible to women and girls

AND

Operating in areas of high deprivation

What can I apply for?

A £1000 grant to help sustain and increase access to football, tennis, and cricket for women and girls (as well as engage people from other underrepresented groups, such as people with disabilities, those from racially diverse communities and those from the LGBTQ+ community)
Funding for football, tennis, and cricket coaching courses to help increase the number of female coaches delivering sport to girls

If successful for funding, your group will be able to access: