KLF! Aha aha aha aha.
KLF is gonna rock ya.
No, wait, I'm getting confused with the 1991 hit 3AM Eternal
It's TLF, The Lacrosse Foundation.
The Lacrosse Foundation, is a registered charity dedicated to supporting and growing the game of lacrosse across UK. Since its launch in 2018 The Lacrosse Foundation has awarded grants to a huge number of worthy lacrosse development projects, some of which can be viewed here. Finding sponsorship or grants to assist your lacrosse team or club to expand can be a challenge at times but The Lacrosse Foundation has made this as simple as possible for you to apply.
In 2006 the Walcountian Blues Lacrosse club was working with the London Borough of Croydon to employ a teacher in a local school partnership to teach lacrosse across the schools in the partnership. The cost of employing the teacher was largely met by Croydon but the Blues needed to raise a substantial sum to get the project off the ground. To assist fund raising Rob Collinge created the South of England Lacrosse Educational Trust (SELET) and registered the trust as a charity.
In those days promoting taking part in sport was not considered ‘charitable’ by law. SELET was an educational trust with an objective to teach people about the sport. In April 2008 the law changed and the promotion of healthy sports became charitable. Within days of the change SELET broadened its objectives to include supporting the wider aspects of the sport of lacrosse.
Over its first ten years SELET operated as a small charity raising some £135,000.
In September 2016, Roger Okill, a long time supporter of SELET and lacrosse, died leaving a generous legacy to the trust. There followed a period of re-organisation for the trust to meet the governance needs of the larger trust – new trustees, a revision to the trust deed to broaden its objectives, establishing robust management processes and the winding up of Roger’s estate.
A new organisation was born, building on the history as an educational trust. The Lacrosse Foundation was launched in September 2018 to use our resources and the charitable status to grow the game of lacrosse in Great Britain.
WHO CAN APPLY?
Sports clubs, voluntary organisations, not-for-profit organisations, local authorities, schools, lacrosse national governing bodies, university sports clubs, student unions, charities, lacrosse regional leagues/associations and similar organisations.
Small Grants are also available to individuals.
WHAT PROJECTS ARE LIKELY TO BE APPROVED?
Projects seeking to start a new programme or expand an existing programme are most in line with The Lacrosse Foundation mission. Projects seeking to replace existing equipment or fund normal operating costs of a club are likely to fall outside of the mission.
You can find further information about this in there Grant Policy and Grant Application Guidance.
If you’d like additional guidance before applying, please contact grants@thelacrossefoundation.co.uk
HOW CAN I APPLY?
It’s easy! Simply click on the appropriate link below to start your application.