Government Financial Packages - Small Business Grant Fund
About the Small Business Grant Fund:
The government are providing a Small Business Grant to support small businesses, including cricket clubs with a one-off grant of £10,000.
The government will provide additional Small Business Grant Scheme funding for local authorities to support small businesses, including cricket clubs that already pay little or no business rates because of small business rate relief (SBRR), rural rate relief (RRR) and tapered relief. This will provide a one-off grant of £10,000 to eligible cricket clubs to help meet their ongoing running costs.
Eligibility:
You are eligible if:
- your business/sports club is based in England
- you are a business/sports club that occupies property
- you are receiving small business/sports club rate relief or rural rate relief as of 11 March
Apply through your Local Authority:
Different Local Authorities are operating the scheme in different ways across the country, ranging from automatically awarding grants, to writing to potentially eligible organisations. With regards the two Local Authorities in Wiltshire, please see links below for making applications:
- Wiltshire Council – Apply here
- Swindon Borough Council – Apply here (this is a link to a page about the fund with an email account to contact if you think you qualify)
It is Wiltshire Cricket’s understanding that both Local Authorities above are writing to organisations that they think qualify. However, if you have not received a letter but think you qualify then you can still make an application.
Unsure of your Local Authority?
If you are unsure of your Local Authority you can use this link:
Small Business Grant Fund Guidance Notes
The full Small Business Grant Scheme Guidance Document on the Government website, can be accessed Below:
Small Business Grant Fund Guidance Notes
Find out your rateable value
If you want to find out if your club’s property has a rateable value, and indeed what that value is, please use the link below and press the green start button:
https://www.gov.uk/correct-your-business-rates
From there enter your club postcode and it will tell you your rateable value.
