The ECB have put together a Grant Aid funding booklet which can be downloaded fromThe booklet provides a good overview of all sources of funding and grant aid available to clubs and is well worth a read.
www.ecb.co.uk/ecb/development/sources-of-grant-aid-and-funding-for-cricket-clubs,77,BP.html
England and Wales Cricket Trust - Interest Free Loan Scheme
The England and Wales Cricket Trust welcomes eligible ECB affiliated cricket clubs with Junior sections to consider an interest-free loan to assist in the development of facilities on their ground.
Whether it is a sightscreen or a changing room, the England and Wales Cricket Trust will allocate interest-free loans to clubs that meet set criteria up to £50,000 with a repayment period of up to ten years.
Clubs with as little as 25 per cent partnership funding can apply (repayments quarterly throughout the term of the loan).
The scheme is open to any ECB affiliated cricket club with a junior section.
There is no application form for the loans, but clubs must submit a development plan in an approved format.
In fact all funding from ECB uses this same method – so once your development plan is approved there won’t be endless form filling!
More information on the development plans can be found on www.ecb.co.uk/clubdevelopmentplanning
(this is an online tool to help have been very helpful in adding other important issues to be considered in this vital initiative.