Football Foundation grant schemes

  

The Football Foundation is the UK’s largest sports’ charity. Funded by the Premier League, the Football Association and the Government, the Foundation directs £40m every year into grass roots sport.

 

The Football Foundation has a funding window opening from 1st - 26th February 2010 for the 'Grow the Game' scheme, which is funding to support the formation of new football clubs, or financial support for new teams at existing football clubs.

 

Grow the Game Grant

 

Grow the Game provides funding for projects that use football to: 

• Increase participation by both players and volunteers.

This is done by supporting the costs associated with providing new activity.

 

Open to new or existing clubs to support the cost associated with setting up new football teams. This could be a boys' club who want to start a girls' or disability section from scratch, or it could include an existing girls' club who want to develop new teams and new age groups. The funding is up to £5k (for those clubs starting more than one team).

 

Grow the Game provides funding to contribute towards a combination of the following essential costs associated with providing new football activity: 

• Facility hire
• Hire of FA qualified coaches and referees
• CRB checks
• Affiliation fees
• League entry
• First aid kits
• Promotion and publicity
• FA coaching courses

The Grow the Game scheme will be open for applications from 1st - 26th February 2010, for new teams that will be affiliating in June and starting in August 2010.

 

Grow the Game is an extremely popular scheme and the assessment process is competitive, therefore we strongly recommend that before making an application you contact your local County Football Association's Development Manager to discuss your project;

 

Staffordshire FA
Andy Weston
Andy.Weston@staffordshirefa.com

T: 01785 256994

 

More information on Grow the Game can be found at http://www.footballfoundation.org.uk/apply/community-grants/grow-the-game/

  

Junior Kit Scheme
http://www.footballfoundation.org.uk/our-schemes/junior-kit-scheme/ - free Nike kit and equipment for new or existing teams to the value of £400.

 

Goalpost Safety Scheme
http://www.footballfoundation.org.uk/our-schemes/goalpost-safety-scheme/ - replacement of unsafe goalposts with the Foundation offering 50% towards the cost of a new set of posts (this does include mini soccer and some samba goals).

 

Chris Turner
Club Development Manager
T: 01785 619681
E: cturner@staffordbc.gov.uk

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Sport England (21 December 2009)

Sportsmatch is open again for project applications that will be delivered in the 2010/11 financial year. If you need any further advice please phone the Funding Helpline on 08458 508 508.

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