News (Funding and grants)
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GB Women’s Softball receives private donations
16 May 2018
There seems to be very little chance that the GB Women's Fastpitch Softball programme will receive any help from the British government in our quest to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. But the programme has recently received two generous private donations that will definitely make a difference.
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GB Softball seeks help with merchandising
23 October 2016
The GB Softball Management Committee is looking for someone to help raise money for national teams by taking charge of a GB Softball merchandising programme on a volunteer basis.
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BSF makes two Development Grant awards
26 April 2016
The British Softball Federation Executive has made two Development Grant awards of £250 each: one to a recently-formed slowpitch softball club in St Helens on Merseyside to purchase equipment for new players and the other to the Great Britain Fastpitch League (GBFL) to help with umpire development.
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BSF Development grants are now available
24 February 2016
The BSF has a rolling programme of small grants available to leagues, clubs, teams or other softball organisations to help with development projects.
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Baseball and softball rejoin SportsAid
10 November 2015
Baseball and softball have been reinstated as sports whose junior athletes can receive awards from SportsAid, a sponsor-funded charity that helps young sports people overcome the financial challenges they face as they bid to realise their full potential.
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The Road to the Tokyo Olympics: GB Softball
1 October 2015
GB Management Committee member Bob Fromer looks at the possibility that the Great Britain Women's Fastpitch Team could qualify for the softball tournament at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and sets out what it might take for that goal to be achieved.
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Give and Win can raise money for softball
13 March 2015
An on-line lottery for sports teams, clubs and leagues called Give and Win has been set up by the Sport & Recreation Alliance, and softball and baseball are two of a small number of sports currently piloting the scheme.
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BSF grants for development now available
8 December 2014
For many years, the BSF has maintained a programme of small Development Grants available to leagues, teams and sometimes individuals for projects that will aid in the development or promotion of the sport, and applications are invited.
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GreaterSport and Decathlon support GB Slowpitch Team
9 June 2014
GreaterSport, the Greater Manchester Sports Partnership, has donated Decathlon vouchers to the value of £400 to the Great Britain Slowpitch Team after an approach by BSUK North West Coach Linni Mitchell.
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Money available from Mars Milk Play Fund
2 May 2014
MARS Milk ('a Mars a day helps you work, rest and play') is seeking to encourage people to play more sport with the launch of the MARS Milk Play Fund.