Thanks to a grant from the Premier League, The FA and Government’s Football Foundation, we have been able to buy much-needed new 7 a-side goals for our U9s and U10s teams.
The goals were in use at the weekend for training and home matches at Chailey and the kids absolutely loved them! They even managed to find the back of the new nets several times as well.
Robert Sullivan, Chief Executive of the Football Foundation, said:
“The Football Foundation is working closely with our partners – the Premier League, The FA and Government – to transform the quality of grassroots facilities in England by delivering projects like this across the country.
“Good quality playing facilities have a transformative impact on physical and mental health and play an important role in bringing people together and strengthening local communities.
“This grant award to Chailey and Newick Colts towards improving their home ground is fantastic news for the local community and will help give more people access to a great place to play.”
We are grateful to the Premier League, The FA and the Football Foundation for the grant as we strive to provide a safe, positive environment for local kids from across Sussex to play football.
The Football Foundation is the Premier League, The FA and Government’s charity that delivers outstanding grassroots facilities, more and better places to play, transforming lives and communities where it is needed most.
The Foundation’s goal is to unlock the power of pitches ensuring everyone has a great place to play regardless of gender, race, disability or place.
Since its creation in 2000, the Foundation has invested more than £1bn to improve grassroots facilities across the country – including 1,100 3G football turf pitches, 12,000 grass pitches and 1,400 changing rooms. This has attracted an additional £1.3bn of partnership funding – totalling over £2bn investment in grassroots football so far.
In partnership with local authorities, County FAs and other community stakeholders, the Foundation has created Local Football Facility Plans for every local authority in England. These Plans act as a blueprint for providing the grassroots football facility improvements that each community needs and deserves across the country.
Visit footballfoundation.org.uk for more information on the Foundation and view the Plan for our local area.
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