Raising funds and improving facilities are arguably the biggest challenges facing cricket clubs today.

Workshops and Webinars

Currently, there are no upcoming webinars, but Cricket Wales is actively exploring new ways to support our network with education on funding opportunities and facilities improvement—stay tuned for updates!

Live and Current Grants

ECB County Grants Fund 2025

The County Grants Fund aims to support affiliated cricket clubs to create welcoming environments, provide enhanced facilities and playing opportunities, and to help clubs tackle the impact of climate change.

The scheme is open from 3rd February 2025 to 16th February 2025 for clubs to submit their expression of interest on the IMS Portal.

Clubs can apply for between £1,000 (minimum) and £10,000 (maximum) per application.

Here is a link to the recording of Facilities Funding Webinar: Facilities & Funding Webinar - County Grants Fund 2025

Here are a few films to show how clubs have used the County Grants Fund to improve their facilities:
Port Talbot Town CC: Creating Welcoming Environments: Click Here
Ynystawe CC: Preparing for the season: Click Here

Key Dates 2025:
· County Grant Fund webinar 14th January 18:00
· Expression of Interest open 3rd-16th February
· Panel review Expression of Interests 20th February
· Communication sent to all applicants 21st February
· Stage 2 application open 21st February – 20th March – no outstanding documentation or due diligence after this stage
· Panel review Stage 2 applications 21st March
· Communication sent to all applicants 24th March
· Project completion and reported to ECB no later than 31st December 2025

Key Documents

Facilities Funding Webinar presentation

County Grant Fund guidance notes

HOW TO APPLY

To register, please visit visit ECB IMS.

Landfill Disposals Tax Communities Scheme

Landfill Disposals Tax Communities Scheme - WCVA

The scheme is now open for applications for main grants of between £5,000 – £49,000 and a ‘nationally significant’ project with a value of between £50,000 – £250,000.

For this round of LDTCS, there will be two deadlines, this will enable applications to be assessed promptly when received. If you would like your application to be considered as part of window 1, please submit it by 20 December 2024. If you would like your application to be considered as part of window 2, please submit it by 7 February 2025.

The Fund will be open to any organisation for projects focusing on one or more of the following themes: Biodiversity, waste minimisation and the diversion if waste from landfill, and wider environmental enhancements.

HOW TO APPLY

In order to submit a request for funding, you will need to register with WCVA’s Multipurpose Application Portal (MAP). If you have previously registered with MAP, you can log in by entering your username and password on the home screen.

For further details please read the scheme guidance. Organisations can register by visiting the website map.wcva.cymru.

A Place For Sport

A Place For Sport offers clubs a great opportunity to engage with their community and raise money. If clubs or community organisations can raise money towards a targeted goal, Sport Wales will pledge funds up to 50% towards the given project.

On the crowdfunder website, people pledge money to support the cause or idea. In return, the person donating money can also get a reward, which can be a product, benefit, or service.

WHAT WILL SPORT WALES SUPPORT?

Sport Wales match funding scheme is for not-for-profit clubs and community groups looking to raise money for ‘off-field’ improvements. For example:

Changing rooms
Clubhouse renovations
Improved kitchen facilities
Bike racks and storage
Lifts and ramps for better disability access
New fencing

HOW TO APPLY?

Set up a crowdfunding page for your project and select the option to be considered for A Place for Sport support. This page will be your application – there is no need to apply to us separately. https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/funds/sport-wales

HOW IS FUNDING AWARDED?

If projects reach 25% of their target goal with support from a minimum number of donors Sport Wales will pledge between 30% and 50% of the total project, depending on the project’s potential to tackle inequalities within the community:

30%: If a project is likely to gain support on Crowdfunder.
40%: If a project demonstrates how it intends to support tackling inequalities.
50%: If a project is based in one of the most deprived areas of Wales, as identified by Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation data.

Please note that if the project fails to raise the remaining money within 8 weeks of receiving match-fundings the funding will be cancelled.

You can read the full details of eligible criteria on Crowdfunder.

Fund for Wales

Grants of between £500 – £2,000 will be awarded to small, volunteer-driven community organisations whose applications aim to deliver the following outcomes:

Improving people’s chances in life
Building stronger communities
Improving rural and urban environments
Encouraging healthier and more active people and communities
Preserving heritage and culture

Grants can support full or partial costs of, for example: projects costs, small capital items & equipment, core costs, activities and programmes (e.g. room hire, transport costs, volunteer expenses, insurance, tutor fees, community events).

Who can apply?

This Fund is open to constituted community-based charities and organisations (e.g. associations, social enterprises and clubs):