Motorsport UK Growth Grant Scheme

The Motorsport UK Growth Grant Scheme supports two main areas: Club Development and Volunteer Training.

The Growth Grant supports volunteers, marshals, trainers and officials who belong to recognised clubs and/or organisations affiliated with Motorsport UK.

If your club or organisation is eligible, you may be able to apply for funding towards costs associated with volunteer and marshal training, or projects and initiatives that support club development.

Depending on your activity, eligible costs may include room hire, instructor fees, equipment hire and stationery, as well as costs associated with getting a new club development initiative up and running.

For safety-related funding, claims should be submitted to The Safety Development Fund grant programme funded by the British Motorsport Trust, more information can be found here.

Applications open quarterly, with each funding round supporting activities in the following quarter.

We recommend planning ahead and applying in the funding round that best aligns with when your activity is due to take place.

Applications are reviewed by the Growth Grant panel. If your application is successful, you may be offered funding of up to 75% of the final actual costs of your activity.

Applications are submitted online using the Growth Grant Scheme application form.

You can apply here.

Before starting your application, we recommend having details of your proposed activity and estimated costs ready.

We’ll ask you for information about your club or organisation, your proposed activity and the costs involved.

For community, promotion, venue or equipment applications, you’ll need to provide:

• a summary of your project
• the proposed date of the project
• how long the project will last
• details of what you are seeking funding for
• details of the associated costs
• three quotes to support your application

For training events, you’ll need to provide:

• your club or organisation details and contact information
• the proposed date and venue
• the motorsport discipline being covered
• the experience level of those attending
• your estimated budget

Please give us as much relevant information as you can throughout. This helps the panel understand what you’re planning and make an informed decision about your application.

Don’t worry if every detail has not yet been confirmed. You can provide provisional dates or venue details and let us know if these change later.

In exceptional circumstances, we may be able to consider an application after the deadline.

Late applications are reviewed individually by the awards panel. Funding cannot be guaranteed and a late application may take longer to approve.

If you have missed a deadline and would like to discuss your application, contact the Club & Volunteer team at [email protected].

The Growth Grant Scheme panel reviews applications after each application window closes.

Once a decision has been made, we’ll contact you to confirm the outcome of your application.

If your application is successful, we’ll also send you guidance explaining how to make your claim and the information you’ll need to provide.

Please make a note of your claim deadline.

For training events, your claim must be submitted within 60 days of the event taking place.

For other Growth Grant Scheme projects, your claim must be submitted within 60 days of the date of your approval letter.

Once your activity is complete, you’ll need to submit a claim so that we can confirm the final amount of funding and arrange payment.

For training events, you have 60 days from the date of the event to submit your claim.

For other Growth Grant Scheme projects, you must submit your claim within 60 days of the date of your approval letter.

Your claim must be submitted within the required timeframe and include all of the supporting information requested.

Once we have received your complete claim, Motorsport UK aims to process it within two weeks. Please allow additional time for payment to be arranged and for us to resolve any queries about your claim.

You’ll need to complete the online claim form sent to you when your application is approved.

You’ll also need to provide the supporting information requested as part of your funding award. This includes:

• receipts and/or invoices covering the costs you are claiming;
• up-to-date bank details; and
• for training events, the required evaluation information, including collated feedback from those who attended.

We need this information to verify your costs and meet our audit requirements. Missing information may delay your claim, so please check that you have included everything before submitting.

Claims are submitted online using the claim form sent to you when your application is approved.

Please use this form to submit your claim and supporting documents rather than sending them separately.

Once we have received your complete claim, Motorsport UK aims to process it within two weeks.

It may take a little longer if information is missing or we need to contact you with a query. Please also allow additional time for payment to be arranged by our Accounts Team once your claim has been processed.

Please remember that training event claims must be submitted within 60 days of the event taking place, while claims for other Growth Grant Scheme projects must be submitted within 60 days of the date of your approval letter.

If the date, venue or other important details of your training event or project change after your application has been approved, please let the Club & Volunteer team know as soon as possible.

We can then make sure the changes do not affect your funding and update our records where needed.

Contact us at [email protected] or call 01753 765000.

Please let us know as soon as possible if an activity supported by the Growth Grant Scheme is cancelled.

This allows us to release the funding allocated to your activity so that it can be used to support other eligible motorsport projects and training opportunities.

Contact the Club & Volunteer team at [email protected] or call 01753 765000

If you have a question about an application, an existing funding award or submitting a claim, the Club & Volunteer team is here to help.

This includes questions about application deadlines, claim documents, outstanding payments or changes to your activity.

Email [email protected] or call 01753 765000.