Grants for amateur sporting activities outside the province (application)

This is a grant to help cover the costs incurred in connection with sporting activities taking place outside the province and relating to participation in championships or similar events organised and/or governed by sports federations, sports promotion bodies, sports discipline associations or recognised sports organisations, with expected expenditure of 8,000 euros or more.

The following expenses relating to activities carried out outside the province and pertaining to the sporting season in which the activity covered by the grant takes place – and which ends in the year following that in which the application is submitted – are eligible:
a) transport: for the purposes of mileage reimbursement, the tables used by the Province in force during the month in which the trip takes place shall apply;
b) board and lodging for athletes, accompanying persons and coaches;
c) competition entry fees;
d) pre-season training sessions and training camps;
e) medical supplies;
f) reimbursements and remuneration for the following sports professionals: coaches, instructors and fitness trainers;
g) reimbursements and remuneration for sports coaches registered with professional bodies;
h) reimbursements to sports volunteers.

The grant is awarded at a rate of 30 per cent of eligible expenditure and, in any event, subject to the deficit, available resources and a maximum amount of 25,000 euros.

Subject to the maximum limit, the grant may be increased to 50 per cent of eligible expenditure to promote gender equality in sports where participation by the under-represented gender is less than 35 per cent of the total number of athletes/and registered members at provincial level with the respective sports federation, based on the most recent completed sporting season. The increase applies only to eligible expenditure relating to the under-represented gender.

The grant is provided for under Article 15(1)(h) of Provincial Law No. 4 of 21 April 2016, ‘Provincial Law on Sport 2016’.

Each applicant may submit only one application per sporting season.

All eligible applications are funded on the basis of the available resources determined annually by the Provincial Executive. If the available resources are insufficient to fully fund all eligible applications, the grant amount for each will be recalculated on a pro rata basis.

Amateur sports associations and clubs which:
a) are entered in the National Register of Amateur Sporting Activities (RAS);
b) are duly affiliated to national sports federations (FSN) or associated sports disciplines (DSA) or sports promotion bodies (EPS) or meritorious associations (AB) or military sports groups and state corps (GSM) recognised by CONI or CIP;
c) regularly carry out activities throughout the sporting year within the disciplines governed by the FSNs or DSAs, recognised by CONI or CIP;
d) have their registered office within the province;
e) have their own registered members;
f) carry out specific activities within the province aimed at promoting the sport in youth sectors, as defined and regulated by the relevant FSNs or DSAs recognised by CONI or CIP.

Amateur sports associations and clubs that work exclusively with athletes with disabilities and which:
a) are entered in the National Register of Amateur Sporting Activities (RAS);
b) are duly affiliated to national sports federations (FSN) or associated sports disciplines (DSA) or sports promotion bodies (EPS) or meritorious associations (AB) or military sports groups and state corps (GSM) recognised by CONI or CIP;
c) regularly carry out activities throughout the sporting year within the disciplines governed by the FSNs or DSAs, recognised by CONI or CIP;
d) have their registered office within the province;
e) have their own registered members;
f) do not carry out any specific activities within the province aimed at promoting the sport in youth sectors.

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

Applications must be submitted online via the “Stanza del cittadino” platform, which can be accessed by clicking the “Access the online service” button below.

1. An application form completed in full, dated and signed.
2. A budget setting out projected expenditure and income, dated and signed.
3. A provisional list of competitions and/or events in which the sports club is taking part, stating the date, venue and name of the organisation that has organised the event.
4. Privacy notice pursuant to Articles 13 and 14 of EU Regulation No 679 of 2016, dated and signed.
5. 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 member of staff.

Applications for funding must be submittedbetween 1 and 30 November each year.

It must relate to initiatives intended to be carried out during the sporting season ending in the year following that in which the application is submitted. If the sporting season spans two calendar years, the initiatives in question are considered to relate to the year in which they are completed.