Non-Authorised Purposes in Relation to Grant Funding
The following are some examples which are not acceptable as Authorised Purposes.
Purposes which will result in a clear personal or commercial gain for any individual or organisation, for example
- Grants for individual sports persons, unless the grant is made to, and administered by an incorporated sporting body to which the individual is affiliated. If the individual is participating in a sports event that attracts prizes, all prizes must be forfeited to that sporting body.
- Grants to further the activities of professional sports persons.
- Purchase or subsidy of vehicles to be used for private or commercial activities or social functions.
- Vehicle for motorsport.
- Prises for sporting events (except trophies, or modest non-cash prizes for use in genuine community sporting events. The definition of 'modest' will in each case by determined by the size of the event concerned).
- The promotion of tourism, except where what is being promoted is a public amenity such as a park or museum.
- 'Trade Tournaments' or sporting events staged primarily for publicity and/or the benefit of as select/invited industry group.
- Payments other than stake money to horse or greyhound owners or trainers.
- Payments to professional jockeys.
- Activities or expenses in connection with the breeding of racehorses or grey hounds.
- Any payment, facility or service that would give commercial benefit to owners, trainers, jockeys, breeders or other people in the racing industry.
- Family Reunions.
- Social Clubs and sports supporters' clubs.
- Sporting trips for supporters or spectators.