If a Sports Club registers with the Inland Revenue as a Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC) they are the entitled to 100% Business Rates relief. This is a big help to those clubs who trying to survive in today’s economic climate. Rumours recently have been flying around that the next Conservative Government will be stopping this, if this was true it would put an extra £9000 on the running costs of our Martial Clubs effectively closes us, My parents Nobby and Margret Clarke started the Young Judo Club in 1957 and we one of the oldest clubs in the country it would be disastrous to see it close.
I contacted the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Sittingbourne & Sheppey Gordon Henderson he in turn forwarded my concern to the Conservative Shadow Sports Minister Hugh Robertson this is his reply
Gordon,
It is absolute rubbish. We actually have plans, when the public finances allow, to enhance the CASC scheme
This is brilliant news for CASC Clubs
Martin Clarke Sittingbourne
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