Fund available: Five grants of £10,000.
Timescales: Applications are open from June 15th 2026 to July 17th 2026. Projects will deliver between January to December 2027.
Who can apply: Activity providers, not-for-profit organisations, community groups and clubs, social enterprises, organisations, individuals.
What can be funded: Projects that support physical activity “delivery”, “pre-delivery” or “signposting”.
Energise Me is delivering a Participatory Grantmaking pilot in Gosport. What this means is we’re putting decision-making back in the hands of those who know the local area best.
Twelve local people came together to form the panel and design this new physical activity grant. Shaping everything from the eligibility criteria to how funding will be allocated.
Get Going Gosport! is the result of six workshop sessions, led in partnership with Camden Giving, that were delivered to upskill the panel and support them through a decision-making process.
These workshops were part of our Place in Focus work, funded by Sport England Place Universal Offer. The Get Going Gosport! fund is funded by Energise Me.
The aim of Get Going Gosport! is to support the residents of Gosport to know about, feel ready for, and participate in physical activity.
The panel would prefer grantees to be already working in or familiar with Gosport, or demonstrate that they are the best organisation to deliver that work.
We are welcoming applications from all organisation types. Such as:
If you’re not sure if you’re eligible to apply, but you’ve got a brilliant idea, get in touch with Emma Dovener: emma.dovener@energiseme.org
Your proposed project should help one or more of the following groups:
to access or participate in your/a physical activity offer.
You do not have to work with ALL of these groups.
We’re looking to support projects that help one of the previously mentioned groups to become more physically activity. Funding can be used for ideas that fall into one of the following areas:
Those are just a few examples. We know every community is different, so we’d love to see your own ideas for helping local people move more and be active.
We’re unable to fund activities that are already covered by other funding (such as PE lessons, healthcare, or HAF holiday projects), one-off events, or costs that have already been spent. We also can’t support capital works, activities that promote religious or political beliefs, contingency costs or VAT you’re planning to reclaim, or projects that mainly benefit people living outside the Gosport area.
Some reporting will be required, but it will be light-touch and flexible. We’ll want to know what you set out to do, what you achieved, and how and why you were able to achieve this. You could send us a report or book a video call with one of the team to tell us about it.
We will also be hosting a series of workforce development events throughout 2027 to support grantees. You’ll be expected to attend at least one of these, and we’ll work with applicants to design the most useful sessions we can.
We would also like the panel to be able to visit some projects if logistics allow!
We’re hosting two free, one-hour online sessions on Wednesday 24th June 2026 to talk through the Get Going Gosport! Fund. You would only need to attend one, but it’s a chance to learn more about the criteria and ask any questions you might have.
You can apply for the Get Going Gosport! fund by either submitting a 3-4 minute video or by completing the application form below.
If you choose to provide a video, please remember that it doesn’t have to be polished (although we do need to be able to hear you). We want to see real people and hear real voices, so please don’t use AI to create your video. You might show us the location of your proposed activity, or tell stories of the people who will benefit, but please refer to the questions on the application form to help shape the information you share.
Please submit your video by sending a WeTransfer link to: grants@energiseme.org
If filling in the form, we don’t mind if you use bullet points, or if your spelling and grammar isn’t perfect. We want to get to know the real you, so please try to avoid using AI in writing your application (and please be honest if you do use it).
To apply, please complete this Microsoft form.
Submissions are open from 15th June 2026 until 17th July 2026.
We hope to let you know the outcome in early September, but if we get lots of applications, we might extend this. We’ll let you know if we do!
We will give feedback to rejected submissions.
If you have any questions, or if there’s anything we can do to better accommodate your accessibility needs during this process, please get in touch with Emma Dovener: emma.dovener@energiseme.org
Our learning shows that once an organisation receives funding, they usually need a bit of time to prepare, rather than launching into the project straightaway. If your project is successful, we’ll aim to get the funding to you by early October, but we don’t expect you to start delivery until January 2027.
If you’re ready to start delivery from October, brilliant, but we don’t expect you to start delivery until January 2027.
One of the key learnings from the Participatory Grantmaking workshops was that people often don’t know how funding is distributed and who makes the decisions.
With that in mind, we’d like to introduce you to the Get Going Gosport! panel.
Helping us tackle inactivity to boost health and happiness
