Part of Sport Development's role is to increase the numbers of people participating and volunteering within sports clubs and increase the range and standards of sporting opportunities for the people of Leeds.
The team focuses on supporting clubs, sports coaches and officials to develop their ability to provide a range of formal sporting experiences from regular participation and competition through to sporting excellence. The officers in the team work on a city wide basis and can support you in the following areas
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Volunteering
- support and advice on any aspect of volunteering from increasing your volunteer base to developing the volunteers you already work with
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Club Mark - support for clubs working towards Club Mark accreditation, which recognises clubs who provide safe, effective and child friendly training conditions
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Establishing school and club links - linking clubs to schools and providing accessible exit routes for young people to participate outside school.
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Funding support advice for clubs
West Yorkshire Sport funding guide
Leeds Sports Federation - small grants scheme The Leeds sports grants are intended to encourage and enable the people of Leeds to take part in sport, particularly within the voluntary sports clubs. The system is administered by the Leeds Sports Federation on behalf of Leeds City Council, through its grants panel. Grant awards are made for sports equipment or kit only. Grants awarded are from £100 to £500. The grants panel meets four times per year.
Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASC)
The CASC system is run by the Inland Revenue Sports Clubs Department. It seeks to recognise the good community work that many sports clubs do by giving them many of the benefits of charitable status but without the hard work and complexity of enrolling as a charity and complying with charitable procedures. To find out more about CASC contact HM Revenue and Customs
email: charities@hmrc.gov.uk
Rate relief
The council has the discretionary power to grant rate relief for non-profit making organisations who occupy premises for the purposes of recreation. For information on rate relief and to find out if your club qualifies for a reduction, please contact Sanjeev Bali on 0113 2475115 or email: business.rates@leeds.gov.uk
For further information or support please contact us using the contact details on the right of this page.
Find your nearest club
West Yorkshire Sport maintain a searchable databases of sports related clubs in Leeds.
Some of the sports governing body websites also have a facility to search for local clubs. Links to these sites can be found below.
Amateur Swimming Association
UK Athletics
Badminton England
Football Association
British Aikido
Karate England
British Cycling
Lawn Tennis Association
Netball Yorkshire
UK Athletics
Sport England
We can not recommend any of the clubs on these databases and advises parents to read the link 'club safety check' on the NSPCC website before deciding on a club for your child.