Club Support
Basketball England have received £150,000 from Sport England as part of their 'Tackling Inequalities' funding package.
The Tackling Inequalities Fund has been set up to help reduce the negative impact of COVID-19 and the widening inequalities in sport and physical activity. It has been highlighted that within society, certain groups of communities have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. These groups of people are from:
- Lower Socio-Economic Groups
- BAME Communities
- Disabled People
- People with Long Term Health Conditions (LTC)
These 4 priority groups have been shown to have reduced levels of physical activity during the COVID-19 period.
This funding is designed to reach deep within these priority groups through our club and local league networks to minimise the impact COVID-19 has on physical activity. The 2 main areas of funding are to:
- Support clubs and leagues through hardship due to COVID-19 and provide financial support to them enabling the delivery basketball to these priority groups
- Enable adapted delivery of basketball sessions and competitions, or new sessions for those priority groups.
Webinars
There will be several support webinars taking place to help explain the funding and help answer any questions you may have. These will take place on:
- Thursday 27th August, 6-6:30pm - https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/263402397
- Friday 28th August, 11-11:30am - https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/839537333
- Tuesday 1st September, 5-5:30pm - https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/553685581
- Tuesday 8th September, 3:30-4pm - https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/112462733
If you have any questions about the Tackling Inequalities Fund, please email support@basketballengland.co.uk
Further information on Tackling Inequalities Fund, together with other club support guidance can be found at www.basketballengland.co.uk/get-involved/clubs/club-support/
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