If you're exploring ways to reduce your club's tax burden, access more funding, or simply put your finances on a more secure footing, you've probably come across two options: registering as a Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC) or establishing charitable status through a structure such as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) or Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO). Explore the differences in this blog post.

Running a sports club well takes more than enthusiasm. It takes the right legal structure, good governance, access to funding, and the digital tools to operate effectively. For many volunteer-led clubs, putting all of that in place feels like an enormous task. Club Assist is designed to take that burden off your shoulders.

Barclays are giving grants to community sports groups who need it most. In partnership with Sported, the Barclays Community Sport Fund offers grants, bespoke support, and exclusive ticketing opportunities to make football, tennis, and cricket more accessible to women and girls in communities across the UK. Since the fund's inception in 2022, we've helped over 4,000 community groups to make sport more accessible, with over 670,000 people supported by the fund so far. About the

Sponsorship is one of the most effective ways for sports clubs to generate income. Unlike grants or one off fundraising, it is built on partnership. A business provides financial or in kind support, and your club provides value in return.