Grants for ‘Sport for All’ community projects (application)

This is a grant to support one-year projects aimed at:
a) improving access, encouraging participation by all members of the public and increasing the number of people – including those with physical, intellectual and sensory disabilities – who take part in physical activity, sport and play;
b) encourage healthy lifestyles aimed at achieving or maintaining a good state of health and preventing the onset of conditions linked to unhealthy or harmful behaviours;
c) to foster social relations and cohesion, using sport as a tool for personal development and restoring the educational role of physical activity;
d) to encourage, including through the involvement of Olympic ambassadors, the learning, practising and promotion of Olympic values (fair play, participation, friendship, loyalty, solidarity, commitment, respect, courage, self-improvement, peace, equality, internationalism) and/or Paralympic values (courage, determination, inspiration, equality).

The following types of expenditure relating to the implementation of the activity, for which supporting documents were issued after the date of submission of the grant application, are eligible:
a) the purchase of support materials and promotional and outreach services;
b) reimbursements and remuneration for the following sports professionals: instructors, coaches, technical directors, sporting directors and fitness trainers;
c) reimbursements and remuneration for sports coaches registered with professional bodies;
d) reimbursements to sports volunteers;
e) hire of sports equipment, materials, vehicles and apparatus, including for participants with disabilities;
f) the hire and/or fitting out of sports and/or community facilities, including those equipped for participants with disabilities;
g) remuneration and reimbursements to lecturers and speakers;
h) fees and reimbursements to speakers and ambassadors for Olympic or Paralympic sport;
i) reimbursement of the difference in the registration fee where a 50 per cent reduction is provided for participants with disabilities and health vulnerabilities, young people under 18, and older people over 65;
j) transport for participants;
k) insurance cover for participants, provided that a policy specifically dedicated to the project is in place;
l) ambulance and public safety services;
m) refreshments for participants and support staff involved in the initiative;
n) general organisational costs and/or minor purchases necessary for the implementation of the activity, up to a limit of 20 per cent of the total of the preceding items.

The grant is awarded at a rate of 80 per cent of eligible expenditure and, in any event, subject to a maximum limit of 40,000 euros per initiative.

Subject to the maximum limit, the grant may be increased to 90 per cent of eligible expenditure for projects specifically aimed at people with disabilities or vulnerabilities and/or gender equality and/or social cohesion and/or the learning and implementation of Olympic and Paralympic values.

The grant is provided for under Article 21(1)(a) of Provincial Law No. 4 of 21 April 2016, ‘Provincial Law on Sport 2016’.

Each applicant may submit only one project per year.

The overall score achieved by each individual initiative determines its position on the ranking list.

Applications scoring less than 18 out of 47 are not eligible for funding.

From 1 April 2026, access to public grants and subsidies by beneficiaries registered in the Companies Register who own, manage or use land, buildings, plant, machinery, and industrial and commercial equipment as referred to in Article 2424, first paragraph, Assets section, item B-II, numbers 1), 2) and 3) of the Civil Code,used in the course of business, is subject to the taking out of an insurance policy covering damage caused to such assets by natural disasters and catastrophic events. The policy must be in force at the time the grant is awarded and must remain in force for the entire duration of the initiatives. In the event of failure to comply with the insurance obligation – implemented at provincial level by Provincial Executive Resolution No. 2114 of 19 December 2025 – the grant will be refused.

Committees, delegations or provincial branches of sports federations, associated sports disciplines and sports promotion bodies.

For the implementation of the planned projects, the entities referred to above may appoint, as lead organisation, an affiliated sports association or club recognised by CONI or CIP and operating at provincial level in the amateur sports sector. In such cases, all administrative and financial dealings shall be conducted between the Administration and the lead organisation, which is also authorised to cover the costs relating to the planned activity and to receive any grant awarded.

The application must be signed by the legal representative of the sports organisation.

The grant application must be submitted using the editable form provided by the local authority and sent as a static PDF or JPG file to the certified email addressserv.sport@pec.provincia.tn.it.

At the beneficiary’s request, an advance payment of up to 50 per cent of the grant awarded may be granted, on the basis of a declaration in lieu of an affidavit certifying the amount of expenditure actually incurred up to the time of submitting the application for the advance payment.

In the case of undertakings, the grant is awarded within the limits set out in Regulation (EU) No. 2831/2023 of 13 December 2023, concerning the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to ‘de minimis’ aid.

1. An application form completed in full, dated and signed.
2. A project description setting out the activities to be carried out, including: an analysis of the context and needs; objectives; start and end dates; target groups; expected outcomes; partners and other stakeholders; and methods of dissemination, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
3. Where applicable, details of the lead organisation, with which all administrative and financial dealings are conducted.
4. A letter of commitment to the project from each partner organisation, where applicable, specifying the active role to be played.
5. Financial plan setting out estimated income and expenditure.
6. Data protection notice pursuant to Articles 13 and 14 of EU Regulation No 679 of 2016, dated and signed.
7. A photocopy of the applicant’s identity document, if the application is signed by hand on a scanned document and not in the presence of the relevant staff member.

Applications for funding must be submitted between 1 September and 30 November each year and must relate to projects intended to be carried out during the period from the date of submission of the application to 31 December of the year following that in which the application was submitted.