Funding

The Football Foundation is playing a key role in revitalising grass roots sport, investing in parks, schools and playing fields to improve facilities, create opportunties and build communities.

With grants ranging from £100 to £1 million, the foundation can help with all your needs, whether a new changing room, community project, floodlights, pitch drainage or a football kit for your junior team.

provides funding to refurbish or construct changing rooms, grass and artificial pitches and clubhouses for community benefit.

Goalpost Safety Scheme

provides funding for the replacement of unsafe goalposts. The Foundation will assist in the funding of 50% towards the cost of a pair of goals up to a ceiling of £1,500.

Community & Education Small Grants Scheme

provides funding of up to £9,000 for projects with a cost of £10,000 or less. Funding is available for the introduction of new activity, which aims to increase participation.

Community & Education Scheme

To increase participation and volunteering in sport and to encourage the adoption of healthy lifestyles by creating opportunities for all. Priority areas for community and education funding are disability projects, ethnic minority communities, young people, social inclusion and education. The maximum level of funding is 90% of project costs, but applicants are encouraged to secure as much partnership funding as possible.
Funds a maximum of £250,000 over 5 years.