Broughton Community and Sports Association

Broughton Community and Sports Association (BCSA) is a community-led grantmaker dedicated to advancing wellbeing, physical activity, and social cohesion for residents in local North Lincolnshire villages through grants to voluntary organizations and facilitation of inclusive activities. Core values emphasize inclusivity, community empowerment, grassroots participation, and long-term sustainability, believing change arises from strengthening local spirit via accessible facilities, volunteering, and partnerships that enable broad engagement across ages and abilities. Their philosophy prioritizes community self-help, tangible infrastructure improvements, and collaborative support for charities delivering measurable health and social benefits.

They fund amateur sport and recreation programs including grassroots football clubs, inclusive sports pitches, and floodlit facilities promoting physical activity for children, young people, elderly residents, and people with physical disabilities; community centre transformations enabling arts, culture, heritage events, and social support groups addressing isolation; youth development through after-school clubs, outdoor activities, and skills training fostering confidence and social inclusion; elderly befriending and low-impact recreation reducing loneliness; community development initiatives like advocacy, economic projects, and volunteering opportunities building resilience; capital improvements for open spaces, equipment, and maintenance ensuring accessible play and therapeutic activities; and events enhancing cohesion for families, carers, and disabled individuals, with emphasis on preventative health, person-centred inclusion, and community-led interventions tackling inactivity, social exclusion, and infrastructure deficits.

They exclude statutory duties, private commercial projects, and non-local activities, focusing exclusively on Broughton-area rural communities with strong resident support. Distinctive priorities include children and young people at risk of exclusion, isolated elderly, people with disabilities seeking inclusive recreation, and grassroots sports/youth groups emphasizing volunteering and legacy benefits. They favor organizations with lived experience leadership, collaborative ethos, and commitment to holistic wellbeing through sport, arts, and self-help, differentiating via dual role as funder and facilities enabler for hyper-local impact.