Creating sustainable community facilities through grant funding expertise
As a team of sport and leisure specialists, we’re able to offer our clients experienced sport and leisure business advisors to help secure Grant Aid through the development of sustainable business plans.
One example of this is the recently completed new sporting facilities at Front Lawn Recreation Ground in Leigh Park, Havant.
The £1.5m project has transformed Front Lawn Recreation Ground, ensuring it is fit-for-purpose and will help to create a stronger sense of community well-being and provide improved access to existing and new activities in Havant.
LK2 worked to support Havant Borough Council throughout the scheme, with its specialist team applying for £923,407 in grant funding from the Football Foundation, which will enable them to implement and improve its community programmes to better serve the local community at a high-quality sports facility.
The funding has helped to redevelop the scheme’s changing rooms and ancillary facilities including a community pavilion, install a full-size floodlit 3G artificial grass pitch, a floodlit multi-use sports area and improve and increase car parking.
All projects that secure investment or Grant Aid require a detailed and up to date business plan and extensive supporting documents to demonstrate the viability of the project – the LK2 team worked with Havant Borough Council to put this together.
This kind of consultancy is just one of the many services we’re able to provide. We have a wealth of knowledge and unrivalled experience in working with and applying for Grant Aid & investment and undertake detailed research and analysis into constraints, opportunities and financial viability linked to proposed development opportunities.
In fact, we’ve generated over £33m in Grant Aid for community sports facilities in the last 18 months, and we work with a number of National Governing Bodies such as Sport England. We’re also a key player on more than a dozen sports frameworks and have the unrivalled expertise to provide support at every stage of a development, from creating long-term strategy to bringing your facility to life.