The British Greyhound Racing Fund determined their budget for 2017 at £7.2m, down £200,000 from this year. The figure is always a ‘best guesstimate’ of potential income based on current projections. Among the notable areas are reductions in funds to stadia grants, local advertising IT and RGT with an increase in prize money and breeders incentives.
| BGRF Funding Budget 2017 | ||||
| BGRF Budget | BGRF Budget | |||
| 2016 – £7.4m | 2017 – £7.2m | |||
| Commercial | ||||
| National Marketing | 40,000 | 40,000 | ||
| Projects + PR support | 15,000 | 15,000 | ||
| Local Marketing | 325,000 | 315,250 | ||
| Marketing Projects | 23,000 | 23,000 | ||
| IT Development /website / Database | 110,200 | 108,591 | ||
| Grants to Stadia | 158,000 | 100,000 | ||
| FBGOA | 5,000 | 5,000 | ||
| Breeders Initiatives | 58,000 | 65,000 | ||
| Total Commercial | 734,200 | 671,841 | ||
| Welfare | ||||
| Track Sub-com Welfare Projects | ||||
| Capital grants track welf + Training staff | 150,000 | 150,000 | ||
| Track safety consultancy | 50,000 | 50,000 | ||
| Research | 20,000 | 20,000 | ||
| Prize Money | 2,215,000 | 2,142,900 | ||
| Retired Greyhound Trust | 1,450,000 | 1,400,000 | ||
| Retired Greyhound Fund | 26,000 | 26,000 | ||
| Trainers Assistance Fund | ||||
| Development / Kennel Imp. Notice / Air-con | 250,000 | 250,000 | ||
| Hardship | 50,000 | 50,000 | ||
| Tracks Welfare Assistance | 800,800 | 783,640 | ||
| Vet Sub-cttee Research & Training | 18,500 | 18,500 | ||
| Field Force Welfare Services | 288,187 | 288,187 | ||
| Total Welfare | 5,318,487 | 5,179,227 | ||
| Regulatory | ||||
| Drugs Sampling / Research | 732,720 | 744,000 | ||
| Identification / Microchipping Hardware | 39,000 | 39,000 | ||
| Racecourse Integrity | 424,580 | 414,184 | ||
| Field Force Integrity Services | 151,013 | 151,748 | ||
| Total Regulatory | 1,347,313 | 1,348,932 | ||
| Total | 7,400,000 | 7,200,000 |
