Think Active – Opening Your School Facilities, funding opportunity
Opening Schools Facilities fund is a 3 year programme by the Department for Education in partnership with the Active Partnerships National Team. Locally, this fund is being managed by Think Active (the Active Partnership for Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire).
We are currently in the second year of the programme and are still recruiting schools for both years two and three.
The fund is available to non-fee paying: primary, secondary, special and all-through schools. There will be a priority on schools who are located in an area of higher social deprivation, engage with young people from ethnically diverse communities, women and girls, pupils on free-school meals, people with special educational needs, long term health conditions and/or disability. There is also a priority for schools with pools.
The funding can be used to allow facilities outside of the normal school day for physical activity. This can be for activities for either the school community, staff or the wider community. The funding can cover a range of different things but cannot be used for capital projects.
For further information visit the Think Active website. If your school would like to express and interest in the fund please contact Lucy Wilkes (Partnership Manager, Think Active) – lucy.wilkes@thinkactive.org by Friday 13th October.