The Foundation’s Grow the Game Scheme provides grants of up to £1,500 for the creation of new football teams and coaching qualifications, with money provided by the Premier League and The FA. The Scheme is delivered by the Foundation.
The Grow the Game application window is open from 1 February 2016 until 10 March 2016.
The following types of team are eligible for a grant in 2016:
- Male teams from the Under-14 age bracket and above
- Female teams
- Disability teams
Grow the Game provides funding for projects that use football to:
- increase participation by both players and volunteers
Applications are welcome from organisations that are ‘not for profit’ and planning to set up one or more new football teams over the next two years.
Organisations must have a signed constitution (with an appropriate dissolution clause), child protection policy, equal opportunities policy, bank statements and income/expenditure records (for all accounts held by the organisation).
Costs covered by the grant
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
- Referees fees
- CRB checks
- Affiliation fees
- League entry
- First aid kits
- Promotion and publicity
- FA coaching courses
- Additional courses
- Football kit
Grant limits
Organisations are able to receive a grant of £1,500 per new team created over two or three years with financial support being reduced in the second or third year of the project.
Clubs will be required to contribute some elements of cost towards to the new teams, however evidence of partnership funding will not be requested.
For more information and to apply go to http://footballfoundation.org.uk/funding-schemes/grow-the-game/
