The Grants Board’s task is to sift the many applications for grant aid that the Trust receives each year and to select the players that it believes have all the attributes that will take the player to a Tour world ranking of 250 or better.

In making its annual selections and the amount which will be allocated to each player selected, the Board will endeavour to take into account how much help a player is already receiving from other sources.

The Board begins its work each year at the beginning of June (applications for grant aid should be received by the end of May each year) and reaches a conclusion in September. The grant year begins in October and concludes in September.

The Grants Board members are as follows:-

	Simon Ainley Is the manager of the Riverside Chiswick Tennis Academy based at Esporta Riverside Chiswick. He has successfully coached players of all ages at an international level. Formerly the Welsh National Coach and LTA National Training Staff Simon now splits his time between running the Riverside Academy and delivering Performance Coach Education for the LTA across the country.
	Matthew Cattaway has a background in tennis coaching and was instrumental in starting the performance tennis programme at the Riverside Club, which was awarded the LTA's High Performance Club status in 2004. Matthew founded The Tennis First Charitable Trust with the help of Peter Beckwith, OBE, in 1999, and became a Trustee in 2003. He is currently the Racquets Manager at David Lloyd Heston.
	Caroline Lacy Chairs the Grants Board. She has been a senior executive at IMG's Tennis Division since 1995, representing a number of IMG's leading tennis clients. A former international tennis player, she plays her tennis at the All England Club, Wimbledon.
	Mike Walker Mike Walker is the Chief Executive of WIN Tennis, which now has 5 academy locations in Britain, the principal being Bisham Abbey. A former Wimbledon player, he has been a high profile performance coach for many years and is a former LTA National Training Manager. He formed WIN Tennis in 2005 and has secured more than £1m in grant funding for WIN, which is one of the leading academies in the UK.
	Ken Weatherley is a Trustee and chairs the Board. He is a former international tennis player and a committee member of The All England Club, chairing the Courts and Ground sub-committees. A founding director of Invicta Leisure, later merged into Esporta, where he was Development Director, Ken's work and play has always been closely associated with tennis.