What is the fund?

The £2.75m fund supports projects across York and North Yorkshire, designed to reduce inequalities and improve wellbeing through increased participation in movement, activity and sport at all stages of life. 

Currently, the fund has contributed approximately £2.3m to 125 projects across York and North Yorkshire.

Full information about the fund can be found by visiting:

Movement, Activity and Sport Investment Programme > York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

Keeping Harmby Active

Applicant: Harmby Village Hall

Funding Awarded: £11,201.00

Flooring, heating and emergency lighting improvements at Harmby Village Hall, supporting weekly activity and wellbeing sessions for over 130 residents (Richmond & Northallerton).

Terrington Pétanque

Applicant: Terrington Village Hall

Funding Awarded: £9,996.00

A new pétanque terrain for the village, open to all ages and abilities (Thirsk & Malton).

Rural Reach

Applicant: Moving Minds Dance CIC

Funding Awarded: £15,165.00

Dementia-friendly creative dance sessions for people with dementia and their carers, delivered with Dementia Forward and trained Movement Ambassadors (York Outer).

Aska Buddies

Applicant: The Aska hub C.I.C

Funding Awarded: £5,000.00

Mentoring combined with football, rugby and wellbeing walks to build confidence and reduce isolation among children and young people (Scarborough & Whitby).

Settle Junior Netball

Applicant: Settle Sharks Netball

Funding Awarded: £4,377.90

Weekly coached netball sessions for girls aged 7–15 (Skipton & Ripon).

Gypsy and Traveller Women's Activity Project

Applicant: York Travellers Trust

Funding Awarded: £16,139.79

Pilates and swimming sessions designed by Gypsy and Traveller women and girls themselves (York Central).

Inclusive Para-Swimming Expansion

Applicant: Richmond Dales Amateur Swimming Club

Funding Awarded: £19,019.20

Expanding para-swimming provision for disabled children and young people, with development pathways for competition or enjoyment (Richmond & Northallerton).

Sight Loss Sport & Activity Programme

Applicant: MySight York

Funding Awarded: £10,000.00

Adapted tennis, golf, cycling, walking and multi-sport taster sessions for blind and partially sighted people (York Central).

Building Foundations

Applicant: Restore (York) Limited

Funding Awarded: £27,950.00

Running, cycling, football, badminton, gym sessions and wellbeing workshops for people experiencing or recovering from homelessness (York Central).

Hawes Community Fields Outdoor Gym & Trim Trail

Applicant: Upper Wensleydale Sports and Recreational Association

Funding Awarded: £17,947.20

New outdoor gym equipment and a children's trim trail at Hawes Community Fields (Richmond & Northallerton).

The Land Active Families

Applicant: The Land Haxby CIC

Funding Awarded: £9,930.00

Outdoor activity, strength training and yoga sessions for neurodivergent children/young people and their parent carers (York Outer).

Sherburn Community Activity Programme

Applicant: Sherburn and Villages Community Trust

Funding Awarded: £9,920.00

Year-round pilates, Tai Chi, running and youth sessions, shaped by community consultation (Selby).

Active SEND Families Skipton

Applicant: Bright Starts SEN CIC

Funding Awarded: £17,935.00

Movement, sensory and swimming sessions for children with SEND and their families (Skipton & Ripon).

Let's Get Moving at The Reset Rooms

Applicant: Yorkshire In Business

Funding Awarded: £30,000.00

Yoga, dance, gentle movement and women-only sessions for adults who don't feel comfortable in traditional fitness settings (Scarborough & Whitby).

Women's & Girls' Cricket Net Facility

Applicant: Ripon Cricket Club

Funding Awarded: £18,000.00

A new ECB-approved net facility to expand coaching and pathways into club membership for women and girls (Skipton & Ripon).

SENSES in Motion

Applicant: SENSES

Funding Awarded: £5,000.00

Music, movement and sensory play sessions for children with autism, developmental delay and other needs, alongside their families (Scarborough & Whitby).

Disabled & Neurodivergent Activity Programme

Applicant: Activity Alliance

Funding Awarded: £14,080.00

Community activity sessions plus training and "Inclusion Champions" across Harrogate and Northallerton (Harrogate & Knaresborough).

Community Health Champions

Applicant: City of York Council

Funding Awarded: £14,000.00

Training volunteer Health Champions to promote peer support, walks and low-cost activity across Westfield, Clifton and Hull Road (York Central).

Hinderwell Active Communities

Applicant: HINDERWELL VILLAGE HALL

Funding Awarded: £8,400.00

Facility improvements plus a new affordable activity programme shaped by the local community (Scarborough & Whitby).

Youth Champions

Applicant: North Yorkshire Sport (Jody Hall)

Funding Awarded: £20,320.00

Trained Youth Champions placed in sports clubs and gyms across North Yorkshire to support young people's engagement (Harrogate & Knaresborough).

Women's & Girls' Rugby Coaching Pathway

Applicant: Selby Rugby Union Football Club, t/a Swans Community Coaching

Funding Awarded: £10,930.00

Training four new coaches to grow the club's girls' and women's rugby teams (Selby).

Abbotts Road Community Hub Access

Applicant: Barwic Parade Primary School

Funding Awarded: £8,900.00

A dedicated entrance and booking system opening the school's multi-use games area and forest space to community groups (Selby).

Homeless Activity Programme

Applicant: Harrogate Homeless Project

Funding Awarded: £9,991.00

In-house activity sessions and walking expeditions for people experiencing homelessness (Harrogate & Knaresborough).

Dementia-Inclusive Workforce Training

Applicant: Dementia Forward

Funding Awarded: £29,040.00

Training for sports clubs, activity providers and frontline staff to deliver dementia-inclusive sessions across North Yorkshire (Harrogate & Knaresborough).

WAVE

Applicant: Kyra Women's Project

Funding Awarded: £26,841.92

Walking groups, yoga, pilates and movement-based singing for women, delivered through a trauma-informed, participant-led approach (York Central).

Active Carers York

Applicant: York Carers Centre

Funding Awarded: £22,207.00

A dedicated Physical Activity Co-ordinator providing personalised activity support to unpaid carers (York Central).

Bentham parkrun

Applicant: Bentham Town Council

Funding Awarded: £4,000.00

A new free weekly 5km community parkrun event hosted at Bentham Golf Club (Skipton & Ripon).

Let's Move! Selby

Applicant: Our Space Selby

Funding Awarded: £9,603.50

Community walks, dance sessions, chair-based activity and taster sessions delivered from the Our Space Selby hub (Selby).

Football Centre Facility Improvements Catterick

Applicant: Catterick Garrison Football Centre

Funding Awarded: £30,400.00

New toilet and catering facilities to support the club's growth, particularly girls' football (Richmond & Northallerton).

Community Sports & Activity Hub Programme

Applicant: Helperby and Brafferton Sports Association

Funding Awarded: £9,976.00

Inclusive activity sessions and a volunteer coaching pathway delivered via a new community hub (Wetherby & Easingwold).

Scarboccia Expansion

Applicant: Scarboccia

Funding Awarded: £9,999.00

Expanding community Boccia sessions for older people, disabled people and those with neurological conditions (Scarborough & Whitby).

Movement & Creativity for Mental Health

Applicant: Orb Community Arts

Funding Awarded: £9,266.46

Gentle movement, dance, breathing techniques and creative sessions for adults living with long-term mental health challenges (Harrogate & Knaresborough).

Inclusive Gymnastics Pathway

Applicant: Richmondshire Thirsk Dales Gymnastics Club

Funding Awarded: £15,039.50

Building a sustainable gymnastics pathway for disabled children and young people, with workforce training (Richmond & Northallerton).

Pool Access Improvements, Helmsley

Applicant: Helmsley Open Air Swimming Pool

Funding Awarded: £3,720.00

New pool steps to improve access for older people, disabled people and those with reduced mobility (Thirsk & Malton).

Fylingdales Activity Hub

Applicant: Fylingdales Cricket Club

Funding Awarded: £49,360.00

Building and changing-facility improvements to support a wider, more diverse range of users, particularly women and girls (Scarborough & Whitby).

Young Carers Activity Programme

Applicant: The Carers' Resource

Funding Awarded: £9,990.00

Activity sessions for young carers across Selby, Harrogate and Craven, with a focus on reaching rural Craven (Selby).

Neurodivergent Inclusion Training

Applicant: Everything Autism

Funding Awarded: £4,500.00

Practical training for sports clubs and community organisations across York and Selby to support neurodivergent participants (Selby).

NICAS Climbing Award Scheme

Applicant: CaVCA

Funding Awarded: £3,095.00

Staff training and accreditation to deliver the National Indoor Climbing Award Scheme, including for disabled climbers (Scarborough & Whitby).

Inclusive Outdoor Activity Programme

Applicant: Northdale Horticulture

Funding Awarded: £23,027.54

Supported walks, inclusive sports and wheelchair-accessible sessions for people with learning and physical disabilities (Richmond and Northallerton).

Pregnancy & Early Parenthood Activity Sessions

Applicant: Selby PCN

Funding Awarded: £8,000.00

Coach-led activity sessions tailored to women during pregnancy and with young children, delivered in two Selby communities (Selby).

Women's & Girls' Cricket Development, Bishopthorpe

Applicant: Bishopthorpe Cricket Club

Funding Awarded: £3,500.00

Age- and ability-appropriate equipment to build a sustainable women's and girls' cricket offer (York Outer).

Adapted Movement Sessions

Applicant: Happy Future Support Specialists

Funding Awarded: £7,430.00

Adapted sessions for people with severe learning disabilities, neurodivergent people and those with complex physical health needs (Scarborough & Whitby).

Active Filey

Applicant: Active Filey

Funding Awarded: £4,360.00

Community and beach-based activity sessions plus volunteer training for long-term, locally-led delivery (Scarborough & Whitby).

Seated Dance for Older People, Eggborough

Applicant: Eggborough Methodist Church

Funding Awarded: £5,030.00

A new weekly seated dance class led by a qualified instructor, with volunteers trained to sustain it (Selby).

Pregnancy Activity Programme

Applicant: SCORE PCN

Funding Awarded: £12,000.00

Movement sessions, walking groups and peer support for pregnant women, delivered through the Primary Care Network (Scarborough & Whitby).

Junior & Women's Cricket Development

Applicant: Whitley Bridge Cricket Club

Funding Awarded: £6,365.00

Expanded junior coaching and improved changing facilities to support a growing, diverse membership (Selby).

Community Cricket Hub Development

Applicant: Sheriff Hutton Bridge Cricket Club

Funding Awarded: £30,000.00

New facilities to support growth in girls' and women's cricket and wider community use (Thirsk & Malton).

Nidderdale Youth Cricket Programme

Applicant: Darley Cricket Club

Funding Awarded: £3,050.00

Coaching, equipment and loan kits for children across Nidderdale, with a focus on girls and children with SEND (Skipton & Ripon).

Cancer Recovery Activity Programme

Applicant: North Riding Community Health Network

Funding Awarded: £24,114.00

Tailored exercise sessions, peer support and workforce training for people living with and beyond cancer in rural North Yorkshire (Thirsk & Malton).

Accessible Outdoor Activity Hub

Applicant: Ryedale Special Families

Funding Awarded: £9,859.75

A new accessible outdoor activity area (archery, boccia, badminton, basketball, sensory play) for disabled children, young people and families (Thirsk & Malton).

Mixed-Ability Sports Programme

Applicant: Exclusively Inclusive

Funding Awarded: £11,949.30

Kin-ball, dance, seated exercise and floor curling sessions, with training for local volunteers and coaches (Skipton & Ripon).

Community Sprts Hub Facilities

Applicant: Singsby Sports and Social Club

Funding Awarded: £49,996.71

New toilets, social space and a flexible activity room to strengthen the club as a community hub (Thirsk & Malton).

Legions Boxing Youth Programme

Applicant: Legions Gym Boxing Club

Funding Awarded: £5,540.00

A structured boxing-based programme for young people in Acomb, based on the Empire Fighting Chance model (York Central).

Bentham Accessible Sports Hub

Applicant: Bentham Playing Fields Association

Funding Awarded: £49,180.10

A new accessible sports hub providing a year-round base for local teams, playgroups and wellbeing activities (Skipton & Ripon).

Cricket Practice Facility Renovation

Applicant: Thirsk Cricket Club

Funding Awarded: £5,609.72

Renovated practice facilities to expand junior participation and support growth in girls' cricket (Thirsk & Malton).

Young People's Swimming & Wellbeing Programme

Applicant: Richmond Dales Amateur Swimming Club

Funding Awarded: £10,220.42

Small-group swimming sessions for 10–16 year-olds with specialist wellbeing and breathing support (Richmond & Northallerton).

Refugee & Migrant Activity Programme

Applicant: RAY (Refugee Action York)

Funding Awarded: £25,235.20

A wide range of activities — football, badminton, boxing fitness, dance, yoga, walking groups — for refugees, asylum seekers and migrant communities (York Central).

The Little Push 4 Good

Applicant: The Little Push 4 Good

Funding Awarded: £15,000.00

One-to-one support helping people accessing NHS Talking Therapies in Selby find activities suited to their needs and goals (York Outer).

Veterans' Water Activity Programme

Applicant: Team True Spirit

Funding Awarded: £8,375.00

Water-based activities for veterans, serving personnel and their families, delivered with SUP Yorkshire (Richmond & Northallerton).

Women's Coaching Pathway

Applicant: UK Coaching

Funding Awarded: £27,030.00

A tailored coaching pathway supporting 30 women into community sport coaching roles across Selby (Selby).