Samworth Brothers Community Opportunity Fund is sponsored by Samworth Brothers Limited. Supports grassroots community organisations and smaller charities in the East Midlands region, focusing on tangible community benefits and sustainable impact.

Community Opportunity Fund | Samworth Brothers Samworth Brothers Community Opportunity Fund At Samworth Brothers, we bring our purpose of ‘doing GOOD things with GREAT food’ to life by being a long-term force for good, reinvesting in the future of our business so we can make a positive difference for our people, our communities and our stakeholders.

To help realise this vision, the Samworth Brothers Community Opportunity Fund supports deserving community and sports projects close to Samworth Brothers’ locations. The Fund was originally established as the Sports Opportunity Fund in 2013 following the success of the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics and a desire to support our communities to thrive through the legacy of the Games.

By giving a helping hand to young people to become more active, or to support an initiative that benefits their communities, the Fund helps improve their sense of worth, gain new skills, create opportunities and has a positive outcome for their communities. Since its inception, the Fund has made awards exceeding £2 million benefitting over 75 clubs and organisations.

We support clubs and organisations where sport is the starting point and the main focus of activities. We require our award recipients to be a member of their relevant sport governing body or to have Club Mark or equivalent status. We require our award recipients to have the correct safe-guarding, welfare and insurance policies in place.

We support clubs, associations and organisations where food, nutrition and cooking skills are the main focus of activities. This could include educating young people on where food comes from (plant to plate/field to fork), providing cooking and nutrition skills in the community, supporting the development of allotments. We require our award recipients to have the correct safe-guarding, welfare and insurance policies in place.

Examples of what IS supported: Accessible facilities at a children’s dance school Starter blocks at a kids swimming club Coaching qualifications for an under 12’s girls football team Kit bags for a kids cricket club Examples of what is NOT supported: Individuals (only clubs, organisations etc are supported) Expeditions or fundraising challenges Projects that directly replace statutory funding (i.e. in schools) Funding for property/ground rent The Fund was originally established as the Sports Opportunity Fund in 2013 following the success of the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics and a desire to support our communities to thrive through the legacy of the Games.

By giving a helping hand to young people to become more active, or to support an initiative that benefits their communities, the Fund helps improve their sense of worth, gain new skills, create opportunities and has a positive outcome for their communities. Since its inception, the Fund has made awards exceeding £2 million benefitting over 75 clubs and organisations.

We support clubs and organisations where sport is the starting point and the main focus of activities. We require our award recipients to be a member of their relevant sport governing body or to have Club Mark or equivalent status. We require our award recipients to have the correct safe-guarding, welfare and insurance policies in place.

We support clubs, associations and organisations where food, nutrition and cooking skills are the main focus of activities. This could include educating young people on where food comes from (plant to plate/field to fork), providing cooking and nutrition skills in the community, supporting the development of allotments. We require our award recipients to have the correct safe-guarding, welfare and insurance policies in place.

Examples of what IS supported: Accessible facilities at a children’s dance school Starter blocks at a kids swimming club Coaching qualifications for an under 12’s girls football team Kit bags for a kids cricket club Examples of what is NOT supported: Individuals (only clubs, organisations etc are supported) Expeditions or fundraising challenges Projects that directly replace statutory funding (i.e. in schools) Funding for property/ground rent The main target group is young people under the age of 18 years old.

We primarily provide support to clubs/organisations or projects that are working with young people in hard to reach and disadvantaged groups, including those with disabilities. The main types of awards we make are to extend capacity.

Examples of the types of activities we prefer to fund include projects to get more people qualified or trained, the ability to put on new events or new sessions for different age groups/gender/ethnicity, plans to extend to new locations to reach more young people and other schemes to improve young people’s experience of actively taking part in either sport and recreation, or learning about and being engaged in, food, nutrition and cooking.

You must have a plan for how you are going to sustain the activities we are funding beyond the funding period. We are keen that the projects we support are sustainable for the long-term (i.e. that they remain open and in place for future generations to benefit, once our award as been spent). We are happy to help a project get off the ground, but it then needs to be able to stand on its own two feet.

Most of our awards are for one year although we do fund some multi-year projects but not usually for more than three years. Only projects in areas where a Samworth Brothers business is an integral and important part of the local community will be supported (see here for our locations). The main target group is young people under the age of 18 years old.

We primarily provide support to clubs/organisations or projects that are working with young people in hard to reach and disadvantaged groups, including those with disabilities. The main types of awards we make are to extend capacity.

Examples of the types of activities we prefer to fund include projects to get more people qualified or trained, the ability to put on new events or new sessions for different age groups/gender/ethnicity, plans to extend to new locations to reach more young people and other schemes to improve young people’s experience of actively taking part in either sport and recreation, or learning about and being engaged in, food, nutrition and cooking.

You must have a plan for how you are going to sustain the activities we are funding beyond the funding period. We are keen that the projects we support are sustainable for the long-term (i.e. that they remain open and in place for future generations to benefit, once our award as been spent). We are happy to help a project get off the ground, but it then needs to be able to stand on its own two feet.

Most of our awards are for one year although we do fund some multi-year projects but not usually for more than three years. Only projects in areas where a Samworth Brothers business is an integral and important part of the local community will be supported (see here for our locations). Request an Application form Trustees meet each month to review applications.

All applications should be submitted by the 25th of the month, in order for it to be considered at the next meeting. We aim to give you an update by the end of the meeting month, but sometimes decisions are delayed if further information is required, either as documentation or gained by visiting in person. If you are confident that the proposed application meets the criteria above, please submit an application using the form below.

Community Opportunity Fund Consent By submitting this form, you agree to Samworth Brothers Terms and Conditions . “Support like this will make a really significant difference to us and will help us reopen and be able to offer opportunities for all our disabled riders. ” “The team are super excited to receive the Fund.

The extra goals and training poles will help the training sessions and develop core football skills. ” Rockinghorse Children’s Charity “Thanks to the generous support of the Samworth Brothers Community Opportunity Fund, our new Wellbeing Service will be able to support so many children and young people struggling to manage a difficult health diagnosis and spending long periods in hospital.

” Some of our beneficiaries Leicester Nirvana Football Club – Leicester Barton Athletic Club – Manchester North Cornwall Dragons Swimming Club – Cornwall Warriors Basketball Academy – Leicester Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre – Leicester Joola Plymouth Table Tennis Club – Plymouth Leicester City Hockey Club – Leicester Rockinghorse Charity – Brighton Saltash Cricket Club – Cornwall Loughborough Greenfields Cricket Club – Loughborough Argyle Community Trust – Plymouth Portland Charity – Mansfield