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NEW #BFLEARNINGMONTH 2026 EVENT: HOW TO ACCESS FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR FENCING CLUB

Richard Sutcliffe joins #BFLearningMonth 2026 with ‘How to Access Funding Opportunities for your Fencing club’, taking place on Monday 3rd August at 12:30pm and Thursday 6th August at 6pm.

Date: Monday 3rd August, 12:30-1:30pm and Thursday 6th August, 6:00-7:00pm

Guest Speaker: Richard Sutcliffe (Funding 4 Sport)

Host: Paul Cummins (BF Participation Director)

About the session

This workshop will identify sports funding streams that can support BF clubs to deliver new activities and projects. It will focus on both revenue and capital funding, as well as useful hints and tips to help with funding applications to sports funders. Finally, the workshop will explain how Funding 4 Sport can support your organisation in applying for funding in the future.

Learning objectives:

  • Be able to easily identify funding streams in relation to sport that can support fencing clubs to deliver new activities and projects.
  • Learn useful hints and tips to help with funding applications to sports funders.
  • Learn how Funding 4 Sport can support your organisation in the future with grant applications.

If you have any questions about this session, please contact Paul Cummins (BF Participation Director) via Paul.cummins@britishfencing.com.

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About BF Learning Month

Due to popular demand and feedback from previous iterations of BF Learning Week, BF has now extended the event to a Learning Month. Now named BF Learning Month, this year’s event will be taking place between the 23rd July and 21st August 2026.

It is an annual opportunity for our members and wider community to join online developmental and informative sessions in subjects from coaching to community development.

BF Learning Month is also supporting the first online International Fencing Research Committee (IFRC) Conference. The IFRC welcomes leading researchers, coaches, and practitioners from around the world to explore the latest advances in fencing science and methodology.

A full timetable, updated regularly, can be found here: BF Learning Month 2026