Premier League & the FA Facilities Fund Awards 67 Grants Worth £5.8m Into the Grassroots
News provided by Pressat Wire on Monday 9th Jun 2014
67 grassroots football facilities across the country are set to benefit from a £5,770,118 cash injection, thanks to the Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund.
This new funding constitutes the first ever investment from the new Fund. The investment will help develop new sports facilities, such as floodlit third generation (3G) artificial grass pitches (AGPs) and modern changing rooms, right across the country (see Notes to Editors for full list of grant awards.)
By providing more high-quality facilities, coupled with coaching at the appropriate age group, the Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund aims to improve the experience for regular players, as well as attracting new players to the game. Many of the new facilities will serve to strengthen the connection between professional football clubs and their local communities, particularly in the most deprived areas of the country, through the professional clubs' community trusts' outreach work.
Funded by the Premier League, The FA, and the Government, via Sport England, the Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund is delivered by the Football Foundation, the country's largest sports charity.
Helen Grant MP, Minister for Sport and Equalities, said: “The Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund, backed with investment from Government, shows what can be achieved with a strong public and private partnership in sport.
“By building fantastic all-weather 3G pitches across the country we will boost grassroots football, encourage participation all-year round and also help develop the next generation of talent.”
Richard Scudamore, Chief Executive of the Premier League, said: “The Premier League's commitment to and investment in grass roots facilities is unprecedented and unparalleled.
“These new and upgraded sites will be of huge benefit to local communities, allowing even more schools, clubs and casual players to enjoy their sport. We want to encourage as many people as possible to get involved in the game.
“They will also enable professional clubs at all levels to engage with their communities, becoming hubs to deliver outreach work that improves the lives of local people, and promotes health, education and social cohesion.
“Our continued investment in the grass roots of the game will see hundreds of millions of pounds more flow into the game at this critical level in the coming years benefiting hundreds of thousands people as well as laying the foundations for the future development of English football.”
Alex Horne, General Secretary of The FA, said: “The Premier League & FA Facilities Fund is crucial to our aim of improving facilities up and down the country.
“From small grants of under £10,000 to some of the largest grants of up to £500,000, the Fund makes a huge impact in the communities that the facilities serve. Renewing pitches and expanding our 3G pitch network is an important ambition for The FA.”
Phil Smith, Sport England Director of Sport, said: “I'm really pleased so many great grassroots projects are benefitting from the new fund. We know people have a better experience of sport when they have good facilities to play on.
“By ensuring these are available in local communities across the country we're not only improving the sporting experience of existing players, we're also helping attract new ones.”
Paul Thorogood, Chief Executive of the Football Foundation – the charity that delivers the Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund – said: “The Football Foundation has ensured that this new investment is being targeted into projects where it will have the most impact.
“The facilities that will be developed in this first funding window of the Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund will elicit significant increases in participation in football and a wide of range of other sports. They will also help to regenerate communities and encourage links with the professional game, where appropriate.”
ENDS
Notes to editors
The projects that have been awarded grants in the first round of funding for the Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund are listed below.
Organisation
Project
Grant value (£)
Area
Alfold FC
New changing rooms
67000
Surrey
Astley & Tyldesley JFC
Improvement of grass pitches
90870
Lancashire
Barkway Parish Council
New changing rooms and grass pitch works
59779
Hertfordshire
Bath And North East Somerset Council
New changing rooms
450000
Somerset
Bedworth United FC
New AGP
357680
Birmingham
Birstall United Juniors FC
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
17955.88
Leicester
Brookfield Community School
Improvement of grass pitches
50000
Derbyshire
Bugbrook St Michaels
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
17955.88
Northamptonshire
Cavendish Fields Sports Association
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
19950
Derbyshire
Chadderton Park FC
Improvement of grass pitches
52560
Manchester
Chadlington FC
Floodlights and storage container
8000
Oxfordshire
Charles Darwin School
AGP refurbishment
159780
Kent
Chipping Parish Council
Replacement of goalposts
2574
Lancashire
Coates Athletic FC
New changing rooms
50000
Cambridgeshire
Costello FC
New changing rooms
87793
East Riding
Cranborne FC
Portable floodlights
2311
Dorset
Darrick Wood School
Refurbishment of AGP
190824
London
Deighton Into Sport Project
Replacement goalposts
650
West Riding
Dorset Property, Dorset County Council
New AGP
350000
Dorset
Earls Barton United FC
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
17955.88
Northamptonshire
Feniton Playing Fields
Maintenance equipment and tractor
4788
Devon
Gosforth Bohemians FC
Improvement of grass pitches and new fencing
67317
Northumberland
Hambleton District Council
Refurbishment of AGP
50427
North Riding
Harborough Town FC
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
17955.88
Leicester
Holt Filey FC
Replacement of goalposts
507
East Riding
Holt Playing Field Association
New changing rooms
99983
Norfolk
Horsforth St. Margarets JFC
New pavilion
300000
West Riding
Ibstock United Juniors FC
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
17955.88
Leicester
Islip Parish Council
New pavilion
196000
Northamptonshire
Kibworth High School
New AGP
346646
Leicester
Kirkby Lonsdale FC
New pitch maintenance equipment
12300
Westmorland
KLASSIC
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
17954.89
Lincolnshire
Langho FC Sports And Country Club
Improvement of grass pitches
54443
Lancashire
Langho FC Sports And Country Club
Improvement of grass pitches
62016
Lancashire
Lincoln City FC
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
8013.6
Lincolnshire
Lincoln United FC
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
5544.72
Lincolnshire
London Borough Of Ealing
Improvement of grass pitches
99999
Middlesex
Loughborough Students' Futsal Club
New goalposts
270
Leicester
Mansfield Hosiery Mills Sports
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
17955.88
Nottinghamshire
Midtown United FC
Replacement goalposts
500
Lincolnshire
Moorends Hornets & Stingers JFC
New pitch maintenance equipment
5469
West Riding
New Fordley Juniors FC
New changing rooms
74558
Northumberland
North Tyneside Council
New AGP and floodlights
99000
Northumberland
Northampton Academy
Replacement goalposts
1230
Northamptonshire
Northumberland County Council
New changing rooms and improvement of grass pitches
97974
Northumberland
Old Catton Parish Council
New fencing
15117
Norfolk
Old Woodhouseians FC & CPFT
Improvement of pitch drainage
31338
AFA
Oxford City Council
New changing rooms and improvement of grass pitches
99508
Oxfordshire
Peterborough Northern Star
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
17955.88
Northamptonshire
Ponteland Community Middle School
New AGP
230782
Northumberland
Priory Parkside FC
Internal alterations to pavilion
2892
Huntingdonshire
Reeth & District Athletic FC
Replacement of goalposts
1755
North Riding
Retford Utd Juniors FC
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
17955.88
Nottinghamshire
Saffron Dynamo FC
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
17955.88
Leicester
South Bromsgrove High
New AGP and changing rooms
500000
Worcestershire
South Normanton Athletic FC
New pitch maintenance equipment
7200
Derbyshire
South Normanton Athletic FC
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
19950
Derbyshire
St Johns School And Sixth Form College
New AGP
216000
Durham
The Piggott School
New AGP
296712
Berks/Bucks
Thornham Village Hall & Playing Field Lt
Replacement goalposts and new line marker
1340
Norfolk
Underwood Villa FC
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
17955.88
Nottinghamshire
Unsworth JFC
Replacement of goalposts
3000
Lancashire
VT Sports
New changing rooms
150000
Hampshire
Waveney District Council
Refurbishment of changing rooms
198252
Suffolk
Wheathampstead Parish Council
New AGP
94101
Hertfordshire
Woodford United FC
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
17955.88
Northamptonshire
Writtle Minors FC
New AGP
99945
Essex
For more information contact:
Niall Malone (FF) on 0845 345 4555 Ext: 4275 or niall.malone@footballfoundation.org.uk
Alex Eckhout (PL) on 0207 864 9144 or aeckhout@premierleague.com
Matt Phillips (FA) on 0844 980 700 or matt.phillips@TheFA.com
José Riera (DCMS) on 020 7211 6971 or jose.riera@culture.gsi.gov.uk
Jan Singleton (SE) on 020 7273 1800 or jan.singleton@sportengland.org
The Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund
The Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund was officially launched in October 2013 by Minister for Sport and Equalities, Helen Grant MP, Premier League Chief Executive, Richard Scudamore, The FA's General Secretary, Alex Horne, Football Foundation Chief Executive, Paul Thorogood and Charles Johnston, Sport England Director of Property. The announcement was made at the site of two third generation (3G) artificial grass pitches (AGP) on the border of Southwark and Lambeth that were refurbished with a Football Foundation. The new Fund opened for funding applications in January 2014. You can find out more by visiting: www.footballfoundation.org.uk/funding-schemes/premier-league-the-fa-facilities-fund.
The Football Foundation
Since it was launched in 2000, the Foundation has awarded 12,025 grants worth more than £490m towards improving grassroots sport. It has used this investment by its funding partners – the Premier League, The FA and the Government/Sport England – to attract additional partnership funding of over £651m, meaning more than £1bn of investment has been directed into the grassroots game.
This new funding constitutes the first ever investment from the new Fund. The investment will help develop new sports facilities, such as floodlit third generation (3G) artificial grass pitches (AGPs) and modern changing rooms, right across the country (see Notes to Editors for full list of grant awards.)
By providing more high-quality facilities, coupled with coaching at the appropriate age group, the Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund aims to improve the experience for regular players, as well as attracting new players to the game. Many of the new facilities will serve to strengthen the connection between professional football clubs and their local communities, particularly in the most deprived areas of the country, through the professional clubs' community trusts' outreach work.
Funded by the Premier League, The FA, and the Government, via Sport England, the Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund is delivered by the Football Foundation, the country's largest sports charity.
Helen Grant MP, Minister for Sport and Equalities, said: “The Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund, backed with investment from Government, shows what can be achieved with a strong public and private partnership in sport.
“By building fantastic all-weather 3G pitches across the country we will boost grassroots football, encourage participation all-year round and also help develop the next generation of talent.”
Richard Scudamore, Chief Executive of the Premier League, said: “The Premier League's commitment to and investment in grass roots facilities is unprecedented and unparalleled.
“These new and upgraded sites will be of huge benefit to local communities, allowing even more schools, clubs and casual players to enjoy their sport. We want to encourage as many people as possible to get involved in the game.
“They will also enable professional clubs at all levels to engage with their communities, becoming hubs to deliver outreach work that improves the lives of local people, and promotes health, education and social cohesion.
“Our continued investment in the grass roots of the game will see hundreds of millions of pounds more flow into the game at this critical level in the coming years benefiting hundreds of thousands people as well as laying the foundations for the future development of English football.”
Alex Horne, General Secretary of The FA, said: “The Premier League & FA Facilities Fund is crucial to our aim of improving facilities up and down the country.
“From small grants of under £10,000 to some of the largest grants of up to £500,000, the Fund makes a huge impact in the communities that the facilities serve. Renewing pitches and expanding our 3G pitch network is an important ambition for The FA.”
Phil Smith, Sport England Director of Sport, said: “I'm really pleased so many great grassroots projects are benefitting from the new fund. We know people have a better experience of sport when they have good facilities to play on.
“By ensuring these are available in local communities across the country we're not only improving the sporting experience of existing players, we're also helping attract new ones.”
Paul Thorogood, Chief Executive of the Football Foundation – the charity that delivers the Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund – said: “The Football Foundation has ensured that this new investment is being targeted into projects where it will have the most impact.
“The facilities that will be developed in this first funding window of the Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund will elicit significant increases in participation in football and a wide of range of other sports. They will also help to regenerate communities and encourage links with the professional game, where appropriate.”
ENDS
Notes to editors
The projects that have been awarded grants in the first round of funding for the Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund are listed below.
Organisation
Project
Grant value (£)
Area
Alfold FC
New changing rooms
67000
Surrey
Astley & Tyldesley JFC
Improvement of grass pitches
90870
Lancashire
Barkway Parish Council
New changing rooms and grass pitch works
59779
Hertfordshire
Bath And North East Somerset Council
New changing rooms
450000
Somerset
Bedworth United FC
New AGP
357680
Birmingham
Birstall United Juniors FC
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
17955.88
Leicester
Brookfield Community School
Improvement of grass pitches
50000
Derbyshire
Bugbrook St Michaels
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
17955.88
Northamptonshire
Cavendish Fields Sports Association
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
19950
Derbyshire
Chadderton Park FC
Improvement of grass pitches
52560
Manchester
Chadlington FC
Floodlights and storage container
8000
Oxfordshire
Charles Darwin School
AGP refurbishment
159780
Kent
Chipping Parish Council
Replacement of goalposts
2574
Lancashire
Coates Athletic FC
New changing rooms
50000
Cambridgeshire
Costello FC
New changing rooms
87793
East Riding
Cranborne FC
Portable floodlights
2311
Dorset
Darrick Wood School
Refurbishment of AGP
190824
London
Deighton Into Sport Project
Replacement goalposts
650
West Riding
Dorset Property, Dorset County Council
New AGP
350000
Dorset
Earls Barton United FC
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
17955.88
Northamptonshire
Feniton Playing Fields
Maintenance equipment and tractor
4788
Devon
Gosforth Bohemians FC
Improvement of grass pitches and new fencing
67317
Northumberland
Hambleton District Council
Refurbishment of AGP
50427
North Riding
Harborough Town FC
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
17955.88
Leicester
Holt Filey FC
Replacement of goalposts
507
East Riding
Holt Playing Field Association
New changing rooms
99983
Norfolk
Horsforth St. Margarets JFC
New pavilion
300000
West Riding
Ibstock United Juniors FC
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
17955.88
Leicester
Islip Parish Council
New pavilion
196000
Northamptonshire
Kibworth High School
New AGP
346646
Leicester
Kirkby Lonsdale FC
New pitch maintenance equipment
12300
Westmorland
KLASSIC
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
17954.89
Lincolnshire
Langho FC Sports And Country Club
Improvement of grass pitches
54443
Lancashire
Langho FC Sports And Country Club
Improvement of grass pitches
62016
Lancashire
Lincoln City FC
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
8013.6
Lincolnshire
Lincoln United FC
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
5544.72
Lincolnshire
London Borough Of Ealing
Improvement of grass pitches
99999
Middlesex
Loughborough Students' Futsal Club
New goalposts
270
Leicester
Mansfield Hosiery Mills Sports
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
17955.88
Nottinghamshire
Midtown United FC
Replacement goalposts
500
Lincolnshire
Moorends Hornets & Stingers JFC
New pitch maintenance equipment
5469
West Riding
New Fordley Juniors FC
New changing rooms
74558
Northumberland
North Tyneside Council
New AGP and floodlights
99000
Northumberland
Northampton Academy
Replacement goalposts
1230
Northamptonshire
Northumberland County Council
New changing rooms and improvement of grass pitches
97974
Northumberland
Old Catton Parish Council
New fencing
15117
Norfolk
Old Woodhouseians FC & CPFT
Improvement of pitch drainage
31338
AFA
Oxford City Council
New changing rooms and improvement of grass pitches
99508
Oxfordshire
Peterborough Northern Star
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
17955.88
Northamptonshire
Ponteland Community Middle School
New AGP
230782
Northumberland
Priory Parkside FC
Internal alterations to pavilion
2892
Huntingdonshire
Reeth & District Athletic FC
Replacement of goalposts
1755
North Riding
Retford Utd Juniors FC
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
17955.88
Nottinghamshire
Saffron Dynamo FC
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
17955.88
Leicester
South Bromsgrove High
New AGP and changing rooms
500000
Worcestershire
South Normanton Athletic FC
New pitch maintenance equipment
7200
Derbyshire
South Normanton Athletic FC
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
19950
Derbyshire
St Johns School And Sixth Form College
New AGP
216000
Durham
The Piggott School
New AGP
296712
Berks/Bucks
Thornham Village Hall & Playing Field Lt
Replacement goalposts and new line marker
1340
Norfolk
Underwood Villa FC
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
17955.88
Nottinghamshire
Unsworth JFC
Replacement of goalposts
3000
Lancashire
VT Sports
New changing rooms
150000
Hampshire
Waveney District Council
Refurbishment of changing rooms
198252
Suffolk
Wheathampstead Parish Council
New AGP
94101
Hertfordshire
Woodford United FC
FA Pitch Improvement Fund
17955.88
Northamptonshire
Writtle Minors FC
New AGP
99945
Essex
For more information contact:
Niall Malone (FF) on 0845 345 4555 Ext: 4275 or niall.malone@footballfoundation.org.uk
Alex Eckhout (PL) on 0207 864 9144 or aeckhout@premierleague.com
Matt Phillips (FA) on 0844 980 700 or matt.phillips@TheFA.com
José Riera (DCMS) on 020 7211 6971 or jose.riera@culture.gsi.gov.uk
Jan Singleton (SE) on 020 7273 1800 or jan.singleton@sportengland.org
The Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund
The Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund was officially launched in October 2013 by Minister for Sport and Equalities, Helen Grant MP, Premier League Chief Executive, Richard Scudamore, The FA's General Secretary, Alex Horne, Football Foundation Chief Executive, Paul Thorogood and Charles Johnston, Sport England Director of Property. The announcement was made at the site of two third generation (3G) artificial grass pitches (AGP) on the border of Southwark and Lambeth that were refurbished with a Football Foundation. The new Fund opened for funding applications in January 2014. You can find out more by visiting: www.footballfoundation.org.uk/funding-schemes/premier-league-the-fa-facilities-fund.
The Football Foundation
Since it was launched in 2000, the Foundation has awarded 12,025 grants worth more than £490m towards improving grassroots sport. It has used this investment by its funding partners – the Premier League, The FA and the Government/Sport England – to attract additional partnership funding of over £651m, meaning more than £1bn of investment has been directed into the grassroots game.
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