# The Eckington Community Sports and Leisure Centre

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 512970 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/512970)
- Latest income: £4,800; spending £4,347
- What it funds: Education / training, Amateur sport
- Who it helps: Children / young people, Other charities or voluntary bodies, The general public
- How it gives: Makes grants to organisations, Provides buildings / facilities / open space
- Area of operation: Derbyshire
- Trustees: 2
- Last verified: 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/eckington-community-sports-and-leisure-centre

General fitness regimes such as weights training, weights lifting under trained supervision, withemphasis on youth and unemployed persons and persons with physical disabilities.The intention is to instill a sense of worth and well being into the trainee of all groups.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Eckington and neighbourhood b associating the local inhabitants in a common effort to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and Leisure-time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.

## What it funds

The Eckington Community Sports and Leisure Centre is registered under the Charity Commission purposes education / training and amateur sport for children / young people and other charities or voluntary bodies; the register records that it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings / facilities / open space. In its latest reported year The Eckington Community Sports and Leisure Centre reported income of £4,800 and spending of £4,347.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Derbyshire.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from The Eckington Community Sports and Leisure Centre in its sources (last checked 6 Nov 2026). It may fund by invitation only, or through programmes that OpenGrant's sources do not cover. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

## Questions

### Is The Eckington Community Sports and Leisure Centre open for applications now?

Not in OpenGrant's sources as of 6 Nov 2026: no open or forthcoming scheme from The Eckington Community Sports and Leisure Centre is listed. Check the funder's website for programmes that are not yet open or that it does not advertise.

### Where does The Eckington Community Sports and Leisure Centre fund?

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Derbyshire.

### Does The Eckington Community Sports and Leisure Centre give grants to individuals?

The Charity Commission register records that The Eckington Community Sports and Leisure Centre makes grants to organisations, not that it makes grants to individuals.

### How large is The Eckington Community Sports and Leisure Centre?

In its latest reported year The Eckington Community Sports and Leisure Centre reported income of £4,800 and spending of £4,347.


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