Every year, the British Motorsport Trust allocate grants to various projects that fit underneath its Safety Development Fund programme.

Grants are available to support additional or enhanced safety improvements which comply with Motorsport UK requirements or regulations. In a typical year around 60 grant applications are approved with in excess of £150,000 awarded, which through partnership funding brings a total safety benefit to the sport approaching £500,000 each year.

Motorsport UK Registered Motor Clubs or Motorsport UK Registered or Licensed organisations are all welcome to apply for a grant.

But, what can you apply for and how do you go about the process?

We explain some of the process below with further information available on the grants section of our website here – https://britishmotorsporttrust.org/grants/.

Things to consider before applying

• Applications will only be considered from Motorsport UK Registered Motor Clubs or other Motorsport UK Registered or Licensed organisations (at the discretion of the Awards Panel).
• Priority will be given to applications which are considered most likely to further improve safety aspects of motor sport.
• Any specialist equipment purchased (e.g. for Motorsport UK Licensed Rescue Units) must be currently specified in Motorsport UK Regulations as required for the particular type of organisation and operation.
• Any applications relating to venue improvements will be considered on the basis of their level of safety enhancement and/or extended usage of a particular venue and/or purpose, and are always subject to the views and support of the Motorsport Safety Executive.
• The Trustees of the British Motorsport Trust agree internal guidelines for funding which the Awards Panel use to set the level of recommended awards in each case, and these are reviewed annually to maintain a best match with the current needs of the sport and enable best use to be made of the available budget in order that grant aid benefit can be spread as fairly and widely as possible.

Have a request that meets the criteria? Now it’s time to apply!

You can complete a grant aid application form online via the FAQs HERE, or download a PDF copy HERE. The document contains instructions on where to send your completed form.

Complete the form as fully as possible, as the more detail and supporting information you can provide, the easier it is for the Trust’s Awards Panel to properly consider the application and reach a positive decision.

Remember to include copies of paid invoices if relevant purchases have already been made, or a copy of a quotation if a purchase is still pending at the time of application.

Ignore any questions on the form which you may consider irrelevant to your particular  application.

Once you’re happy with your application, submit it online or return completed forms via post or email to the General Secretary, Allan Dean-Lewis MBE, whose details are outlined on the form.

You’ve applied, what’s next?

Applications are normally considered by the Awards Panel in batches approximately every four weeks, and feedback to applicants is normally provided within two weeks thereafter at most, or once any queries raised by the Awards Panel have received a satisfactorily response.

For further information, please contact General Secretary, Allan Dean-Lewis MBE HERE.

Successful application? Let’s hear how it goes!

We’d love to promote your success stories using the funds granted and celebrate across our website and social media, so please do keep the media team up to date via the General Secretary on your developments.