Funding, National Governing Bodies (NGBs) and sport resources
Funding
London Sport provides free funding advice and a number of useful resources on their website to help organisations. This includes writing funding bids, top tips and developing a strong evidence base. In addition, London Sport provides a free Check and Challenge to proofread a final application.
Each year Sport England invest more than £250 million of National Lottery and public money to help people play sport and take part in physical activity. Click through to find the right fund for you.
National Governing Bodies (NGB)
Please follow the NGB links below to find more information about the sport.
- Athletics
- Basketball
- Bowls
- Canoeing
- Cricket
- Cycling
- Football
- Golf
- Hockey
- Judo
- Netball
- Orienteering
- Rowing
- Rugby Union
- Sailing
- Tennis
For NGBs not listed, please see the Sport England website.
Sports club resources
Club Matters is Sport England’s one-stop-shop for sports clubs, groups and organisations involved in the delivery of physical activity and sport. Club Matters provides free, convenient, practical resources to help organisations to develop, grow and become more sustainable and successful.
Whatever your role - coach, facilitator, instructor, leader, teacher or trainer - if you're helping people to be active and improve, UK Coaching are here for you.
Keeping active resources
Sport England - Join the Movement
Tips, advice and guidance on how to keep or get active in and around your home. Join the Movement and share how you're getting active.
Guidelines on physical activity, how much to do, as well as suggestions on how to keep active.
Our Parks are normally an organisation to help you get the most out of your local park, but they now have a schedule of daily workouts you can do at home.
These are home workouts with specific pages for those that have a health condition are blind or have a visual impairment, a disability, or for older people.
Discover the best Britain has to offer and the benefits that outdoor activity can bring.
Whether you’re new to walking or have always loved exploring on foot, discover new places to walk. Join us and experience that incredible feeling of being outdoors.
Sport / Fitness / Wellness solutions
Free or low-cost physical activity offers: an open, inclusive list of tools from London and around the world that people and organisations can use to stay active at home.
Exercises for disabled people
For accessible online exercises and inclusive activities for disabled people please visit Adaptive Yoga with WheelPower and Access Sport.
Disability Sports Coach
Keeping children and young people active
Youth Sport Trust free resources
In this section, you will find a series of free resources, including activity cards and our popular 60-second challenges, plus a range of digital support including webinars and podcasts.
Supporting and challenging young people to become the best they can be.
Joe Wicks has sessions aimed at children of all ages and are available on demand alongside a number of other short fun workout videos.
The NHS Change4Life website has a host of videos, activities and resources to help get kids get active. Plus, there’s healthy eating tips and resources available.
GoNoodle® engages 14 million kids every month with movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts. Available for free at school, home, and everywhere kids are.
imoves wants to help keep primary aged children as active as possible by offering free access to their imovement platform. Some of their best resources including videos, music and lesson plans are now available free to help pupils stay active and healthy.
Sport England’s This Girl Can campaign has teamed up with Disney to create fun dance routines to help parents get their kids active while listening to the songs they love. You can learn their moves or put your own spin on their routines.
Move Crew is a programme developed with the expertise of teachers and physical activity specialists, elite athletes, kids and coaches. Each mission is designed to help kids unlock their 60 minutes of daily recommended activity.
The Daily Mile is a fully-inclusive, free and simple initiative which improves the physical and mental health of children. It’s a social activity where the children run or jog, at their own pace, for 15 minutes every day.
Premier League Primary Stars uses the inspiration of sport to connect pupils’ learning to the world around them.
The Dynamos Cricket app, designed both for those who have never played cricket before, and those looking to build on what they already know, is packed full of amazing features for all children aged 8+ to enjoy.
Key stages: early years foundation stage
Description: videos that get younger children up and dancing with CBeebies presenters.
Registration is not required
Key stages: early years foundation stage to key stage 2
Description: 10-minute videos based on Disney films that count towards a child’s 60 active minutes per day.
Registration is not required
Key stages: key stage 1 and key stage 2
Description: videos which help children move while they learn. They support curriculum subjects, including maths and English.
Registration is not required
Key stages: key stage 1, 2, 3 and 4
Description: videos delivered by teachers focussing on the PE curriculum which are accessible on YouTube.
Registration is not required
Key stages: key stage 3 to key stage 5
Description: videos featuring a range of exercises and workouts. You can choose exercises by: degree of difficulty, type, gender and whether equipment is needed or not.
Registration is not required
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Safeguarding
It is important to understand if you are setting up virtual videos and making contact with any young person, you need to make sure that there is a neutral setting which doesn’t show any personal information about yourself or your family. No personal information should be shared publicly, including email addresses and personal social media accounts. A central area will need to be created which is an open platform. This protects everyone involved and keeps everything in a public space as it would be in the 'real world'.
What to do if you have any concerns
If you have any concerns, speak to the school or the club welfare officer. Ensure all members of the team or organisation, whether they are coaches or leaders are following the code of conduct policy put in place within the current setting, club or organisation. This will help with the understanding on how to behave in certain situations.
Online Safety
It is important to be mindful of what is being accessed online and understanding that there are benefits and risks to the increased exposure to being online. Benefits can include keeping in touch with friends and family, and even learning a new skill. It can also be a safe place to share experiences and successes and receive instant feedback. The risks of social media include not knowing who you are talking to and people taking advantage of vulnerable people. Further information on keeping young people safe.
What to look out for
Review your privacy settings. For some a profile or account could be an open book where anyone can view. For others it may have tighter restrictions and therefore, no access for the public. It is important that this is the setting that is adopted.
It is equally important to be mindful of who is requesting your 'friendship'. People are not always as they seem, so don't accept anyone you do not know.
Think before you post. What you post leaves an online footprint which means that once it is posted it is public, even if your profile is private. Anyone can take a copy and share it with others which can impact your future if you are not careful. Additional advice.
If you have any concerns or are still unsure if you should contact individuals, then it is best to either contact the parents or do not contact them at all. Please also see London Sport’s useful links for Safeguarding.
For further information please contact the Sport and Leisure Team on 020 8303 7777 or email leisure@bexley.gov.uk