News (Funding and grants)
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BSF holds quick and efficient pre-season League Heads Forum meeting
19 February 2024
The BSF hosted a remote pre-season League Heads Forum meeting on the evening of Thursday 15 February with 30 people present: eight from the BSF Executive, two from BSUK, and 20 others representing 14 leagues.
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GB Women’s Fastpitch & GB Baseball awarded increased UK Sport funding
13 February 2023
UK Sport has confirmed an additional £90,000 of funding into Great Britain's baseball and women's fastpitch softball senior national teams.
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BaseballSoftballUK receives £2.3 million Sport England grant
12 May 2022
BaseballSoftballUK has received £2.3 million of Sport England funding for the next five years as one of over 120 organisations working in partnership with the agency to create improved access to sport and physical activity across the country.
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Criteria for British Softball Federation Development Grants explained
2 July 2021
Each year, the BSF makes money available to distribute to leagues, teams and occasionally other organisations or individuals in the form of small development grants. Click through for an explanation of the criteria used in awarding these grants.
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BSUK launches Facilities Fund for playing fields across the UK
16 October 2020
BaseballSoftballUK, the development agency for both sports, is excited to announce the launch of its new Facilities Fund. Development Chartered clubs and leagues can apply for up to £5,000 in funding.
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Sport England provides Covid-19 support to BSF
29 June 2020
The British Softball Federation has been awarded £20,000 from Sport England's Sector Partner Fund to help the nation remain active during and after the Covid-19 pandemic.
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UK Sport outlines future Olympic funding plans
13 February 2019
UK Sport has set out its future funding strategy for Olympic and Paralympic sport, and in a dramatic break with its previous 'No Compromise' policy, some funding will now be extended to sports that have future rather than immediate podium potential.
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BSUK receives maximum Sport England grant
15 December 2018
BaseballSoftballUK has received the full funding award it requested from Sport England – a total of £1,081,000 – for the period from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2021.
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Mixed result from UK Sport Aspiration Fund
13 December 2018
There was a mixed result for GB Softball and GB Baseball from the awards announced this morning from UK Sport's new Aspiration Fund, set up to provide Olympic qualification support for sports that do not receive UK Sport performance funding.
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BSF seeking development grant requests
7 June 2018
The British Softball Federation sets aside a sum of money each year to give out to leagues, teams and occasionally individuals or other organisations in the form of development grants, and the BSF is now looking for new applications.