Summary/Policy Statement:
The City of Surrey - Sport Tourism Grant Program is designed to assist organizations hosting events that encourage tourism in the City of Surrey. Grant funds are intended to be utilized for operational expenses related to the sport tourism events and sport tourism conferences only, including (but not limited to) facility rental fees, marketing and promotion, volunteer management, equipment rental, local transportation, seating or bleachers, and audio/video equipment.

Applications must be submitted in full along with all supporting documents.

Selection Committee:
A Sport Tourism Grant Committee has been established, consisting of staff representatives from the City of Surrey Finance Department, Parks Recreation and Culture Department, and Discover Surrey.

Applicants must meet the below Grant Eligibility Criteria:

• The sport event must be sanctioned by the appropriate, recognized organization (PSO, NSO, IF, etc.) if applicable. 
• Sport conferences, symposia, and AGMs may be eligible if they include a sport component, attract participants from outside the region, and demonstrate measurable economic benefit.
• For the purpose of this grant, a sport tourism event is defined as a competitive sporting event that attracts participants or spectators from outside a 40km radius and typically results in overnight stays and measurable economic impact.
• The sport event must be at the provincial, western/regional, national, international, or invitational level.
• The event must be held in the City of Surrey and be sponsored by local organizations, as well as have a direct impact on the local economy (e.g. Surrey room night counts). Applicants must be able to demonstrate projected or actual overnight stays, use of local venues and services, and other indicators of economic impact. Room night tracking is encouraged and may be requested in the final report.
• Grant applications for the same event multiple years in a row must demonstrate significant growth of the event. Priority will be given to grants for new events in their initial years to help them become established.
• More favorable considerations will be given to sport events that are outside the busy tourism seasons and are held mid-week.
• Consideration will be taken into how residents will be impacted by the event - i.e cancellation of existing programs or displace user groups. 
• Higher priority will be given to events taking place over 2 or more consecutive days.
• The hosting organization must have the experience and capacity to successfully host the event.
• The organization must not view the grant as an automatic ongoing source of funding.
• Previous grant recipients must have submitted final reports from past events to be eligible for future grants.
• Grant applications will only be considered if the organization has cleared all outstanding balances from previous events.