Money For New Teams
There’s still time to apply for Grow The Game and spaces are running out fast. So if your club is looking to have a new U15+ male team, or add a girls or disabled team to your club then act now.
Grow the Game is designed to increase participation in our national game by helping clubs to meet the essential costs of expanding the range of teams they operate to cater for players whose opportunities to join suitable teams are limited.
The fund will boost playing opportunities for:
· women and girls;
· disabled players;
· and male teams of Under-14s-and-upwards.
Applications are only being accepted for teams within these target groups providing clubs meet the basic eligibility criteria. (Please note football clubs that were successful with Grow the Game applications in 2014 are not eligible to reapply in 2015.)
For each new team that a club creates, £1,500 of funding will be made available, with the grants aimed at covering the costs incurred for league entry, referees’ fees, first aid kits, FA coaching courses and football strips.
Funded by the Premier League and The FA, Grow the Game is delivered by the Football Foundation, the nation’s largest sports charity.
The application window for Grow the Game applications will open on Wednesday 7 January 2015 and close on Wednesday 18 February 2015.
Any clubs in Sheffield & Hallamshire County FA seeking more information on Grow the Game should contact one of the following on 0114 261 5500 or by email:
Eva Egginton – Women & Girls Football – eva.egginton@sheffieldfa.com
Jack Matthews – County Development Manager – jack.matthews@sheffieldfa.com
or visit www.footballfoundation.org.uk/apply/grow-the-game/.