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).
