Tranent & District Community Sports Club

🍎🥦 Funding Opportunity – Tesco Fruit & Veg Grants 🥕🍓🍇

💷 Grants of up to £1,500 are available through the new Tesco Fruit & Veg Grants programme for schools, registered charities and not-for-profit organisations supporting children and young people.

🍏 Funding can support projects that improve access to healthy
food, including:
✅ Breakfast clubs
✅ Cooking projects
✅ Food growing initiatives 🌱
✅ Healthy snacks 🍎
✅ Nutrition education 🥗
✅ Other activities that promote healthy eating and wellbeing 💚
⚽🏉🏸

This may be of interest to sports clubs, community groups, schools and organisations already delivering activities for children and young people, or those looking to incorporate a healthy eating element into their existing programmes.

📣 Please see the details below for more information and how to apply 👇

📢 First Aid Course (Sunday 10th May, Tranent)
We still have some spaces available on our Combined Emergency First Aid at Work & Emergency Paediatric First Aid Course (£60pp).

🗓 Sunday 10th May
⏰ 09:00–18:00

📍Tranent (venue provided on booking)
✅ Delivered by Victoria O’Neill – Safe Hands First Aid Training Ltd
✅ Regulated 3‑year dual qualification
✅ Full course details are available in the attached flyer.
Priority will be given to clubs and organisations involved in our local Community Sport Hubs, but others are welcome to enquire if interested.

If you’d like to book a space or want more information, please get in touch with Jade Hall at:
📞 07714481697
📧 [email protected]
Jade Hall, Club & Community Sports Development Officer

🌞 Summer Funding Now Open – East Lothian 🌞
Applications are now open for the Active & Nourished East Lothian Fund, supporting holiday and summer provision across East Lothian.

They are inviting applications from community groups, third sector organisations, sports clubs and partnerships to deliver:
✅ Activities for children & young people (ages 5–18)
✅ Support for families experiencing poverty
✅ Inclusive, safe and high‑quality provision
✅ Clear pathways beyond the summer period

📍 Priority area:
An initial allocation of funding is ring‑fenced for the West of East Lothian, with further opportunities available across the county (subject to funding).
💰 Funding requests should be proportionate to your project and activity plans.

🗓 Key dates:
📌 Applications open: 27 April 2026
📌 Deadline: 15 May 2026 at 5.00pm

📝 How to apply:
📄 Read the guidance notes before applying:
👉 Complete the online application form:
🔗https://www.volunteereastlothian.org.uk/all-news/active-amp-nourished-east-lothian-fund-open

If you’re planning summer activities and need support to make them happen, they would love to hear from you – please share with anyone who may be interested.

Active & Nourished East Lothian Fund - Open — Volunteer Centre East Lothian — VCEL Apply for funding to support children, young people and families this summer.

🏅 SportsAid Award – Funding Support for Talented Young Athletes 🏅

Through SportsAid Awards, athletes can receive financial support and access to personal development opportunities at a crucial stage in their sporting journey.

💷 What does SportsAid fund?
✅ Training and coaching
✅ Travel to training camps and competitions
✅ Competition entry fees
✅ Equipment and kit
✅ Other performance‑related expenses

Awards are usually up to £1,000, and all nominated athletes also gain access to free workshops and online learning sessions covering wellbeing, lifestyle skills and athlete development.

👥 Who is eligible?

Talented Sportsmen and women 12–18 years old or up to 35 for disability sports who participate in specific sports and are preparing to compete in major international competition.

Some sports may include athletes up to around 20, depending on how their National Governing Body (NGB) structures its talent pathway.

Please note this award supports individual athletes, not clubs or organisations and
final eligibility is set by the athlete’s National Governing Body.

📌 How do athletes apply?
⚠️ Athletes cannot apply directly to SportsAid
👉 Athletes must be nominated by their National Governing Body (NGB) during annual nomination windows.
👉 NGBs decide who they nominate based on performance level, pathway stage, and financial need.
👉 Once nominated, athletes are supported for 12 months.

Best next step: athletes and parents should speak to their coach, pathway lead, or NGB to ask about SportsAid nominations.

Welcome To SportsAid | SportsAid Welcome To SportsAid

🏠 Funding Opportunity: Asda Foundation – Local Community Spaces Fund 🏠

The Asda Foundation Local Community Spaces Fund is now open and offers grants of £10,000–£20,000 to help community organisations repair, renovate, or improve local spaces that bring people together and support wellbeing.

This fund focuses on supporting spaces that sit at the heart of communities and help tackle issues such as isolation and loneliness.

💷 What can the funding be used for?
Grants can support projects that:
✅ Carry out essential repairs or maintenance (e.g. boiler replacement, roof or window repairs, refurbishments)
✅ Improve or adapt spaces to better meet community needs
✅ Make buildings more accessible or fit for purpose
✅ Help community facilities continue delivering vital activities and services

👥 Who can apply? Eligible organisations must:
▪️ Be a registered Charity, Community Interest Company (CIC) or Community Benefit Society
▪️ Be registered with the relevant regulator for at least 3 years
▪️ Have an annual income between £40,000 and £400,000
▪️ Own the building or hold a lease with at least 3 years remaining
▪️ Operate a space that is open and accessible year‑round

📆 Key Dates
🟢 Applications open: 14 April
🔴 Deadline: 28 April (10am)
⚠️ Applications may close early if demand is high or regions become oversubscribed.

🎯 Funding priorities
Priority is given to community centres, hubs and facilities that:
• Host a range of groups and activities
• Serve different ages and needs
• Support people in areas of high deprivation
• Make a positive impact on health and wellbeing

👉 Find out more & apply:
https://asdafoundation.org/our-grants/local-community-spaces-fund/

This is a fantastic opportunity for organisations looking to strengthen or safeguard the spaces that matter most to their communities 💙

Local Community Spaces Fund | Asda Foundation Supporting grassroots community groups to transform spaces at the heart of their local community

🚲 Come & Try Inclusive Cycling – 18 April

Great opportunity to learn more about inclusive tandem cycling with In-Tandem East Lothian

Whether you’re someone with a long‑term health condition or disability who would like to ride as a back rider 💛, or you’re an experienced cyclist interested in taking the front rider role — everyone is welcome!

📍 Queen Margaret University
🕒 10:30am - 12:30pm

Please contact In -Tandem East Lothian directly for more information or to get involved.

👉 Please feel free to share this with anyone you think might be interested.

Fantastic event coming up with former Scotland Manager Gordon Strachan
The Brunton
📅Thursday 7th May 2026
⏲️7:30pm
🏛️Corn Exchange, Haddington
🎟️https://thebrunton.co.uk/whats-on/gordon-strachan-my-life-in-football

Fantastic event coming up with former Scotland Manager Gordon Strachan
The Brunton

📅Thursday 7th May 2026
⏲️7:30pm
🏛️Corn Exchange, Haddington
🎟️https://thebrunton.co.uk/whats-on/gordon-strachan-my-life-in-football

🌱 Funding Opportunity – Action Earth Grants 2026 🌱

Volunteering Matters is offering Action Earth Grants of £50–£250 to support volunteer‑led projects that improve urban green spaces and benefit the environment.

This funding could be suitable for a range of East Lothian community organisations, if the application focuses on environmental improvement, such as biodiversity, habitat creation, or planting native species. Organisations that may be well placed to apply include:

✅Community councils and development trusts
✅Environmental and climate action groups
✅Friends of parks or greenspace volunteer groups
✅Play, youth, and family organisations (where the project outcome is environmental)
✅Uniformed youth groups (e.g. Scouts, Guides)
Community‑based sports or activity groups with a greenspace focus

Projects should:
✔️ Be volunteer‑led (minimum 15 volunteers)
✔️ Take place in publicly accessible urban green spaces
✔️ Deliver a clear environmental outcome (e.g. planting, habitat creation, greenspace enhancement)
✔️ Support community wellbeing and/or involve young people

ℹ️ Full details and how to apply here:
👉 https://volunteeringmatters.org.uk/project/action-earth/

If your group works with volunteers and has an idea that could improve your local environment, this fund is well worth a look 🌍

Action Earth - Volunteering Matters We are currently living in a global climate emergency and biodiversity crisis. In Scotland, we need to change how we view and use the world around us. A nature-rich future is our best response.

National Lottery goes all in for Glasgow 2026 with new funding bringing the Games to communities across Scotland | The National Lottery Community Fund An additional £2.2 million of funding will support community, arts, and sports activity inspired by Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.