Judo Funding

I am currently training at Camberley Judo Club as well as working 3 part time jobs. Camberley has a track record of producing Olympians for Team GB at every Olympic Games since 1992. At the end of 2023 I won the -21 British Championships and the Senior British Championships which gave me a place on the Junior and Senior British Squad. At the end of last year I also won a Bronze medal in the Senior British Championships. I have now been on the British Squad for four years and the England squad for six years. I finished my time as an -21 last year, ranked number 1 in my weight class at -21 and number 3 in my weight class as a senior, in Britain. This year I will be starting my first year as a senior meaning I can enter senior international European Cup and Open tournaments. By placing and medaling at these, I will be put me on track to hopefully qualify for the 2028 LA Olympic Games.

Recently I have been struggling to work enough in order to fund these events because of my work and training schedule. I would love to be able to attend as many International competitions as possible and so am currently looking for any help to try and help me to achieve my goals. A European cup tournament is around £600-700, while a European Open is roughly £700-800. International training camps are also around £600. Right now I cannot afford to attend as many of these events as I would like and so any help towards these costs would be greatly appreciated.

As a self funded athlete, I also have to pay for my day to day training, travel expenses and living bills. Things such as international medical insurance, physio and medical support I also have to fund. Competitions and training camps alone cost roughly £5000 a year. Factoring extra expenses as a self funded athlete I can be spending up to £10,000 a year.

Any help towards any of these costs would be hugely appreciated!

Thank you