Tackling Inequalities

For phase 3 of TIF, Wesport and Voscur were able to join together to bid for a further £255,000 to support the West of England.

The original purpose of TIF remained, to deal with the ‘here and now’ issues community organisations and the audiences that they serve are facing as a result of the impact of COVID-19. TIF aimed to achieve this by:

• Providing financial support where the community organisations that connect to our priority audiences are facing financial hardship.
• Helping community organisations to provide opportunities for our priority audiences to be active at this time.

And NEW for phase 3:

• Supporting bodies to strengthen coming out of COVID through developing their governance, business planning and resilience.

Together, Wesport and Voscur focussed on our priority audiences across the West of England through a solicited bids approach. To ensure this fund reaches as far as possible, Voscur engaged the other VCSE leads in each of the localities:

• BANES 3rd Sector Group
• CVS South Glos 
• Voluntary Action North Somerset

Each VCSE lead supported partners to apply, providing the guidance for their longer term resilience and Wesport ensured projects had a clear and sustainable line of sight toward physical activity.

Through TIF and Together Fund, Sport England have been investing in National Partners to further increase the reach to priority audiences across England. In Phase 3, locally, Voscur received £200,000 of TIF funding to support community groups in Bristol. Through their partnership with Black South West Network (BSWN) the access to culturally diverse communities increased to see the overall funding in the West of England through phase 1 and 2 of TIF supporting those most adversely affected by Covid and the conditions of lockdown.

For the transition from TIF to the Together Fund, Wesport and Voscur were able to join together to bid for a further £381,556 to support the West of England.

The original purpose remained within the Together Fund to support the four key audiences increasing their physical activity levels. Sport England recognise that ‘here and now’ issues are still within community organisations but have now put an empahsis on 'recover and grow' to help organisations reach their goals.

Together, Wesport and Voscur focussed on our priority audiences across the West of England through a solicited bids approach. To ensure this fund reaches as far as possible, Voscur engaged the other VCSE leads in each of the localities:

• BANES 3rd Sector Group
• CVS South Glos 
• Voluntary Action North Somerset

Each VCSE lead will support partners to apply, providing the guidance for their longer term resilience and Wesport ensured projects had a clear and sustainable line of sight toward physical activity.

The current application process has been successful and greatly subscribed to where we have been able to allocate £277,626 so far. You can see a breakdown of the current funding below.