Football Foundation Funding

We invest in projects to improve the facilities at lower league football stadia around the country. These football grants are designed to improve stadium safety and enable clubs to satisfy The FA’s ground grading requirements.

The National Football Facilities Strategy (NFFS) sets out the Football Foundation’s ambition to transform England’s grassroots game over the next ten years. The Premier League, The FA and Government aim to deliver thousands of new pitches, while also investing in the improvement of existing grass pitches and off-pitch facilities across the country.

Here at the Football Foundation, we`re all about investing in local facilities that help to transform lives and strengthen communities, but we know that sometimes a really small investment can make a really big difference. We give small grants up to £25,000, an make improvements such as: • Improving the quality of playing surfaces, both natural and artificial. • Installing fencing. • Purchasing pitch maintenance machinery. • Replacing or buying new goalposts. • Refurbishing or carrying out essential works to your changing rooms or clubhouse.

Eligible organisations: You don`t have to be a football club to apply to the Football Foundation, however grassroots football must be an integral part of your offer.

You can apply if you`re: • A not-for profit football club or voluntary group. • A local Authority • A County FA • A Professional Club Community Organisation • An educational establishment providing facilities for the community • A registered charity • A not-for-profit company • A community interest company or other social enterprise • A company limited by garantee

You cant apply if youre: • An individual or sole trader. • A national govering body. • A commercial/for-profit entity. • A cub within the Premier League, Football League, National League System, Regional Feeder League, Women`s Football Pyramid or the Welsh Premier League. • Educational establishments providing facilites soley for their students. As you can probably imagine, we recive lots of applications each and every day so in order to make everything as efficient as possible and ensure others get the funding they need, we ask that applicants try and make no more than one application per season.