GRANT APPLICATIONS

A Partnership approach

The Bill Richards Trust has two key ways Canterbury registered athletes can gain funding.

Athletes applying for funds must have Canterbury as their home and be willing to use their ability to ensure Canterbury is the best place to be a long distance runner.

DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

Championing the Cause

The Bill Richards Trustees recognize they need to invest in emerging athletes via Development grants.

Development grants will be awarded to athletes or coaches the Trustees see as having the potential to achieve well in the marathon discipline.

These grants will be awarded on a case-by-case basis. While we recognize that athletes nowadays participate in a wider range of running, both on and off road, and allied sports, like cycling or triathlon, our expectation is that the development actions are in support of the primary intention to compete in sanctioned half/full marathon events.

To award a Development grant, the Trustees will require the athlete to more specifically document and report on how the funds are to be spent. This will help the Trust understand the real costs for an athlete incurs to be able to develop and be injury free. This also allows appropriate auditing of the expenditure.

Keen? Fill complete an application following the application instructions and we will be in touch. As these are open at any time make sure you let us know you have applied.

EVENT GRANTS

Achieving the dream

These are for national or international competitions or courses that will assist in achieving the goal of greatness in marathon running.

Conventional World Athletics sanctioned road marathons, half marathons remain our priority and funding will reflect that, By exception the Trust may consider a 10koppportunity for younger emerging athletes.

Athletes applying for these funds should have already demonstrated their potential in a range of Canterbury events.

Think this is you?

Please send in an application following the event application instructions and we will be in touch. As these are open at any time make sure you let us know you have applied.