Apply now for British Rowing grants to support your Learn to Row programmes!
Working together with affiliated rowing clubs and organisations, British Rowing Learn to Row support aims to help clubs reach their local communities, opening up and promoting opportunities for people to give rowing a go for the first time
British Rowing is pleased to announce the launch of further Learn to Row grant support for the summer and autumn 2025 season, which clubs can apply for now.
This is an open application process for both clubs who have already taken advantage of the Learn to Row support, and new clubs to the scheme. Clubs can apply anytime from 8 August through to the 31 of October 2025 – support is available for Learn to Row experiences across indoor rowing, river, coastal, or a combination.
What can clubs apply for?
The grant is for clubs who want to host Learn to Row courses on our new national Learn to Row booking website to promote their courses.
In return, the club will receive upfront grants to help host Learn to Row courses at a lower price. The grants will cover costs that usually have to be included in a normal course fee – such as coaching, safety launch petrol costs, turning the club lights on, additional equipment – or even costs towards retention.
Clubs can apply for:
- £1,000 for helping up to 25 new participants on courses priced at £99 or less
- £2,000 for up to 50 or over participants on courses priced at £99 or less
Clubs will keep all revenue from courses, excluding the cost of a British Rowing Learn to Row membership (£40) for all course participants, which keeps new rowers insured and the club projected for all relevant activities.
On top of this, clubs will also receive a package of exclusive worth over £4,000, including:
- A range of coach training opportunities – including free club places on a Learn to Row Helper course and new guidance on coaching beginners as a cox
- Access to our Learn to Row Resources Hub
- Learn to Row handbooks – posted to the club to use on your courses for your participants to use
- A national paid-for marketing campaign, specifically targeting people in their local areas who want to learn to row
- Best practice club support – including club webinars, community team staff support, practical resources, Learn to Row Guides, Rower Development Guide
- Access to further marketing materials and activation days
What do last year’s clubs have to say?
- ‘This is the largest Learn to Row course we have offered in more than a decade, and the participants really appreciated the LTR guide provided.’
- ‘Having a British Rowing backed Learn to Row scheme for clubs has now made the club more visible to both the public and potential new rowers joining.’
- ‘Having a central booking system made the admin a lot easier and also reduced the pressure of previous learn to row administration on volunteers.’
- ‘We had a 100% increase in Learn to Row applications in 2024 against recent years.’
- ‘This support is well designed and is flexible for all size clubs to help them deliver to their best ability’
- ‘As well as the fantastic support from the British Rowing Community Team in the set up process, this also enabled access to local media coverage which we have never achieved and linked much closer with BR comms support.’
