WEBINAR QUESTIONS – ELIGIBLE PITCHES

Do you have to have other ancillary facilities on the site to apply?

We are currently unable to host any affiliated football as our pitches are not useable all year round. Would we need to improve the pitches before we could apply?

If a club has recently received funding for a 3G pitch through the Football Foundation but also has grass pitches, can we still access this Fund?

If a club has received funding for some of our pitches, but we have other pitches that also need attention, can we apply for those?

If a club based at our site has applied before, does this supersede their funding?

Do potential projects have to highlighted in a Pitch Playing Strategy (PPS)/Local Football Facility Plan?

Are grants targeted to certain areas (i.e. areas of low IMD) or open to all areas?

There is no requirement for ancillary facilities to be eligible for this Fund.

We want to support you improve the pitches and this Fund can do this. Please liaise with your local County FA and as long as they're in agreement, we will look to fund your pitches on the condition that affiliated grassroots football will be on the pitches once they have improved.

If you've received funding from the Foundation for a 3G pitch since May 2021, you will not be eligible for this Fund as the expectation is that the income from the 3G pitch project grant will be used to maintain the grass pitches.

Yes, you can. We cannot double fund the same pitch, but we can fund any new/additional pitches.

As part of the grant application process, it would be checked that the site had not previously received funding and we wouldn't double fund the same pitches if a club is already in receipt of funding for them.

There is no need for the project to be highlighted in the PPS or Local Football Facility Plan.

Any pitch/site is eligible for funding as long as the applicant is from one of the eligible organisations and you have community grassroots football on the pitches/site.