Harrogate Borough Council
Menu
Football Foundation
The Football Foundation is a unique partnership
funded by The F.A. Premier League, The F.A. and the Government. The
Foundation is the UK's largest sports charity.
The Foundation plays a key role in
revitalising grassroots sport, investing in our parks, schools and
playing fields and harnessing the power of the game within our
communities, to promote education and social inclusion. Its
mission is to improve facilities, create opportunities and build
communities.
With grants ranging from £100 to
£1m, the Foundation can help with all your needs, whether it
is a new changing room, community project, floodlights, pitch
drainage or a football kit for your junior team.
Below is a list of funding schemes provided by
the Football Foundation.
Facilities Scheme provides funding to refurbish or construct
changing rooms, grass and artificial pitches and clubhouses for
community benefit across the country. Following submission
of an application to the Foundation, every application will be
judged on its own merits.
Judgement will be based on the amount of football
development/social benefit for the grant requested. This should be
the primary judgement of value for money, with less emphasis on
percentage of total project cost.
The Foundation would consider a relatively higher level of
support if a project:
1) Makes significant impact on under-represented groups
in football, in an area where there is a demonstrable
under-representation:
a) BME participants
b) Women and girls
c) Disability
d) Low income groups
2) Is in an area with an outstanding need for a facility,
where there are no feasible alternative sites.
3) Can demonstrate a financial need for a higher level of
support e.g. Voluntary Sector.
The Foundation has a fast track system for schemes of under
£20,000. Additional funding is available for maintenance
equipment, specialist ground staff, coaching schemes or project
co-ordinators. This funding is available only when linked to
capital applications.
Community and Education Scheme funds a maximum of £250,000
over five years, 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.
Community and 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 and provide training for volunteers to support
grassroots football.
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. Research conducted found
that 42% of Mini-Soccer goals, 50% of five-a-side goals and 22% of
junior goals failed stability tests. The Goalpost Safety Scheme
aims to replace goals, which fail to meet the British Standards
safety requirements.
Junior Kit Scheme funds
applications up to £400 in the form of a voucher.
This is awarded to Under 18 teams and adults with
disabilities to be used for the purchase of football kit
and/or equipment. The voucher can be exchanged with our nominated
kit and equipment supplier - Nike. Schools may receive only one
grant every three years. Clubs may apply for two vouchers every
three years, as long as one application is for a girls' team,
and the other is for a boys' team.
Football Stadia Improvement Fund provides grant aid to clubs in the Football League,
and the National League System, down to step 7 and below who
wish to improve their facilities. Funding is available dependent on
level/status of applicant club.
Barclays Spaces for Sports Scheme is an exciting partnership between Barclays,
Groundwork and the Football Foundation, providing £30m over
three years to create or improve sports facilities in communities
across the UK.