Sport NI’s crowdfunding drive to help clubs

Sport Northern Ireland has launched a crowdfunding drive to provide sports clubs, charities, voluntary organisations and PTAs with new funding opportunities. The new Creating Opportunities programme will support organisations to raise funds for their sporting participation initiatives by setting up crowdfunding campaigns.

Sport NI will then match-fund the projects by pledging up to 50% of an organisation’s Crowdfunder campaign total – up to a maximum of £5,000.

In total, the programme will see £1.6 million of National Lottery funding distributed over the next three years. To run an effective crowdfunder campaign, eligible participants will need to reach out to their local community and wider network to meet their fundraising target.