Comic Relief have announced that they will open their programme “Sport for Change” on the 14th November 2010.

The aim of the programme will be to understand more about how sport can play a part in delivering positive change within the lives of individuals and communities. Comic Relief will welcome applications from community groups and organisations using sport as part of a broader programme of work to bring about change at an individual and /or community level. Comic Relief are happy to receive applications from consortia of agencies as long as there is a lead community-based organisation. Applicants will also need to:

• demonstrate how they are using sport as part of a broader programme to achieve a measurable social change or impact
• show how the work is based in community development principles
• have monitoring and evaluation systems in place to track the impact of the work.

The maximum grant size in this programme is £100,000 in total.

The deadlines for submitting an initial letter of interest are: the 11^th  January 2010 and the  21^st  May 2110

http://www.comicrelief.com/apply_for_a_grant/uk/sport