Small Grant Programmes
Learn more about the local inspiring programmes that the Personal Best Foundation are supporting this year.
Small Grant Funding
The Personal Best Foundation are proud to announce the four inspiring projects that we are supporting through our Small Grants Fund 2024-25, empowering local clubs and community organisations that align with our purpose to change young lives through the power of athletics. Each will receive up to £2,000 to help break down barriers and make athletics and physical activity more accessible to children and young people from underserved communities.
These grants support clubs and local community organisations that share our values and are working to overcome barriers to sport, whether through adaptive equipment, specialist coaching, or inclusive running groups that promote mental wellbeing and community connection. Together, we’re making athletics more accessible for children and young people who need it most. These initiatives help young people from all backgrounds run, jump, throw and smile. 😊
Read more about our programmes2024/5 Recipients
The Penguin Sports Foundation
The Penguin Sports Foundation provides accessible sport for children with physical disabilities in North Devon and beyond. The charity runs several activities including a frame running club alongside North Devon Athletics Club offering opportunities for disabled children and young people to experience the thrill of running. The funding will be used to increase the awareness of frame running by providing trial sessions for local specialist schools, enabling opportunities for children who otherwise may not be able to attend after school activities or who have difficulty accessing the club.
Find out moreInclusive Sport Kent
Inclusive Sport Kent promotes and delivers inclusive physical activity for people of all ages and abilities with the aim of fostering social inclusion, improving mental health and developing confidence through physical activity. This funding will enable Inclusive Sport Kent to set up an Inclusive Athletics project, providing children and young people with disabilities with the opportunity to engage and experience weekly athletics sessions at a local fully accessible facility, combining track and field events with fun, skill-building exercises tailored to different ability levels to develop their physical fitness, coordination and social skills.
Find out moreTrack Academy
Track Academy empowers young people from some of the most under-resourced areas in the UK to realise their potential using athletics, education support and mentoring to support them. Young people supported at Track Academy have access to three athletics sessions a week, 50 weeks a year as well as a mentoring programme, homework clubs, workshops, holidays programmes and personal development programmes. The charity, based in Willesden in London, will use the funding to expand this existing programme to a new cohort of young people, supporting them to improve their grades and develop life skills which extend far beyond the track.
Find out moreLeicester City in the Community
Leicester City in the Community is the official charity of Leicester City Football Club with a purpose of inspiring and empowering local communities across Leicester. The funding awarded will help drive forward their Running Foxes project which supports 16-25 year olds with mild to moderate mental health concerns to access inclusive and supportive running groups delivered by experienced Run Leaders and Mentors. With help from PBF, weekly running sessions will be set up in two areas of high deprivation within Leicester City and opportunities will be given to some of the young people to upskill as Run Leaders.
Find out moreCHANGING YOUNG LIVES THROUGH ATHLETICS
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2023/24 Small GrantsOUR VISION
All children and young people have the opportunity to achieve their personal best through the power of athletics.
OUR PURPOSE
To change young lives through athletics.
WHY DONATE?
Over 4 million children and young people are at risk of being excluded from sport and physical activity.
That puts their mental, physical and emotional health at risk too.
Their family’s poverty isn’t their fault. And being from an ethnically diverse community shouldn’t matter.
But inequality and poverty mean opportunities can be out of reach.
Together, we can change that. Together we can change young lives.
Help us tear down barriers and level the playing field to make athletics accessible to everyone.
Donate today