This week saw the end of the first year of the ECB County Grant Fund for clubs where any monies had to be spent by 31 January.
We approved grants for the sum of £108,277 in line with our allocation from the ECB across 13 clubs and each of the 3 ECB themes with projects for solar panels, new Practice Nets, Non-Turf Pitches and improving Pavilion facilities.
The Grant monies in addition to the partnership funding of just short of £100K saw the total investment in cricket in the county in excess of £200K, not to mention the £30K plus of the Inspire to Play Grants earlier in 2022.
All the applications that were sufficiently well progressed were completed with Grants being paid in the final week.
The scheme for 2023 will be launched soon by the County; will follow similar themes, however, unfortunately like other counties have received a reduced allocation for 2023.
We have carried over a handful of ‘in progress’ applications from 2022 and will be in touch with those clubs, but feel free to reach out to me [email protected]