ECB County Grants Funds

The County Grants Fund aims to support ECB affiliated Cricket Clubs, which are actively engaged with women's cricket, girls' cricket and/or disability cricket, to create welcoming environments or to provide enhanced playing or changing facilities, in an effort to increase the number of women's, girls' and disability cricket teams, and to achieve the game's vision to become the most inclusive team sport (Inspiring Generations 2025 – 2028).

Who can apply?

The scheme is open to all ECB affiliated cricket clubs in England and Wales. Priority will be given to applications from Clubs with an established women's section, a girls' section, and/or offer disability cricket, or are participating in the following specific ECB programmes in 2025/2026: Girls' Only Dynamos Cricket; Dynamos Cricket for Girls' Activation Clubs; Disability Cricket Champion Clubs; Disability Premier League Registered Hosts.

What type of projects are eligible?

• Creating welcoming environments – Social Space, Female / Disabled Toilet Facilities, Catering, Arrival and Access, Digitising
• Enhanced playing facilities – ECB Approved Non-Turf Match Pitch (min 30m), ECB Approved Non-Turf Practice Facility (min 26m)
• Enhanced Changing Facilities – Changing room refurbishment and/or extensions, Individual shower spaces with drying areas, Improved toilet provision – sanitaryware / vanity units / tiling / flooring, Grooming points – mirrors / hand dryers / hair dryers, Personal possession lockers

Please note: there is revised eligibility for the 2026 grants, see full details in the Guidance Notes.

How much can be applied for?

Clubs can typically apply for between £1,000 (minimum) and £15,000 (maximum) per application. For larger scale Enhanced Changing Facilities (projects over £30,000), grants up to £50,000 will be available.

For more information, visit - https://www.ecb.co.uk/play/club-support/club-funding/county-grant-fund