1. Football Foundation (FF): Facilities Scheme
How Much? £20,001 - £500,000
What is it? Facilities grant provides money to improve or provide new facilities for football.
Grants could be provided for example for the following:
- changing rooms, pavilions or similar
- artificial grass pitches (AGPs) and multi-use games areas
- fixed floodlights for AGPs
- grass pitches improvements / drainage
- on occasion revenue grants are awarded to deliver football development associated with the new facility e.g. football development officer.
Key Pointers
- Will require detailed planning and preparation, pre-application assessment, a Football Development Plan, and liaison from the outset with the County FA Development Manager.
- Typical FF average grant levels for this type of grant are usually in the region of 45% of the project cost.
- The applicant will need to demonstrate that they have sought to secure other funding sources to support the project.
- Technical advice sheets are available on the FF website.
Sign-Post – Further Information
http://www.footballfoundation.org.uk/our-schemes/facilities-scheme/
2. Football Foundation (FF): Build The Game Grant Scheme
How Much? Up to £20,000 (with no limit to the total cost of a project this could contribute towards)
What is it? Build The Game Grants provide money for small facilities projects for football
Grants could be provided for example for the following:
- Facilities refurbishment
- Pitch improvement works
- Storage container or similar
- Portable floodlighting
Key Pointers
- Will require advice and support of the County FA Development Manager before applying.
- Typical FF average grant levels for this type of grant are usually in the region of 50% of the total project cost
- The applicant is expected to make its own financial contribution and to secure funding from other organisations
Sign-Post – Further Information
http://www.footballfoundation.org.uk/apply/facilities-grants/build-the-game/
3. Football Foundation (FF): Football Stadia Improvement Fund
How Much? There are prescribed grant limits that apply from Premier League to National League System Clubs. All applications will be judged on financial need and available budget. Grants will be limited to 50% of eligible costs and the following upper limits will be applied:
Step 1 £400,000
Steps 2-4 £150,000
Steps 5 & 6 £100,000
Step 7 and below £20,000 (but up to £50,000 for applications including changing rooms)
Note: Women’s clubs who share a ground with a Men’s Club are eligible for grants of up to £20,000 in any 3-year period for work relating to women’s football e.g. providing women’s changing shower layout etc.
What is it? Football Stadia Improvement Fund grants provide money for clubs from the top of the League pyramid to the National League System down to Step 7 and below who need to improve their facilities for players, officials and spectators.
The following work may apply for grants (see FF website link below for full listing):
• Covered seating • Safe standing areas
• Secure ground boundary • 1st aid room
• Pitchside barriers • New or upgrading floodlights
• Parking for cars and coaches • P.A. system
Sign-Post – Further Information
http://www.footballfoundation.org.uk/apply/football-stadia-improvement-fund-grant/
4. Football Action
After several years of good times, Community Football is facing new challenges. It is impossible to separate ourselves from the financial constraints felt in nearly every part of society. Local authorities are seeing their budgets slashed and partnership funding opportunities are becoming less frequent. Football clubs looking for funding are finding it increasingly difficult to achieve their ambition.
But all is not lost. Wiltshire FA would like to hear from any club interested in being involved in our exciting Football Action pilot!
Football Action has been designed to bring together volunteers, equipment suppliers, retailers, in fact any section of a local community to improve facilities for community use. It is an opportunity for clubs to gather members, supporters, friends and family for a weekend of fun-filled DIY. Registered clubs will be supported to co-ordinate a community-wide effort to give the club a 'make-over' in advance of the season ahead.
Whether your club needs a fresh coat of paint or an improved pitch, Football Action can help you prepare your club facilities for the season ahead.
At a local level Football Action will make a real difference in meeting the needs of your football club as determined by you. Football Action will help you to value your volunteers and provide a platform for you to generate new volunteers for your club. It will help attract more players, spectators, coaches, administrators to the club both through the event and through better facilities. It will facilitate ‘in kind’ fundraising and create an opportunity to sustain a new sponsor or value an existing one. Football Action will help your club to foster relationships with local residents and businesses.
If you are interested in finding out more please contact Stephen Neale (County Development Manager – Wiltshire FA) 07507799694 or Stephen.neale@Wiltshirefa.com
5. Sport England's Protecting Playing Fields Programme Due To Open To Applications (England)
Sport England has announced round 1 of their Protecting Playing Fields Programme (PPF) will open to applications on the 25th May 2011. Applications can be submitted by organisations such as voluntary or community organisations, local authorities, sports clubs, playing field associations, charities and education establishments. PPF is seeking to support projects that help communities maximise the sporting benefits of playing field land.
Grants of between £20,000 and £50,000 will be available towards:
• Purchase of land for new playing fields and bringing disused playing fields back into use
• Purchase of playing field land where there is a known and established threat, such as through the expiry of a lease or a development proposal
• Improvements to existing pitches through levelling, drainage, reseeding and realignment.
Local Education Authorities and schools are able to apply to the programme to provide new playing fields, bring into use disused playing fields or improve existing playing fields in order to establish and/or host a community club-schools link. All projects will be required to secure partnership funding.
The deadline for submitting your application in Round 2 is 5pm, 12 December 2011.
http://www.sportengland.org/funding/protecting_playing_fields.aspx