Gedling’s MP, Tom Randall, has welcomed the announcement that Gedling is part of the 178 projects across the UK receiving extra funding to support grassroots football within local communities.
Projects in every corner of the UK have been selected for Local Football Facility Plans, drawn up by the Football Foundation. They will receive funding to increase participation in sport, including for women and disabled players.
This extra funding includes £91,279 for Gedling. The investment from the Conservative Government, the FA, and the Premier League, will create and improve football pitches, changing rooms, and pavilions.
The Conservative Government has invested £39 million to upgrade football facilities in England this financial year. Scotland will receive £2 million, Wales £1.3 million, and Northern Ireland £700,000.
Over the next four years, a package of investment worth £230 million will build or improve up to 8,000 football pitches across the UK – supporting the construction or refurbishment of clubhouses, changing facilities, and community buildings.
The new investment will widen access so that new generations and more local communities can come together, take up sport, and access high-quality facilities.
Commenting, Tom Randall MP said:
“I welcome the extra £91,279 of investment into grassroot football across Gedling from the Conservative Government, the FA, and the Premier League, which will support upgrades to changing rooms, pitches, and pavilions – widening access so that even more local residents can benefit from high quality sports facilities.
“Access to high quality facilities and increased participation can be transformational – this investment in grassroots sport across Gedling will improve physical and mental wellbeing and bring our communities together.”
Commenting, UK Sports Minister Nigel Huddleston said:
“We are ramping up UK government funding to improve access to high quality sports facilities for the underprivileged and underrepresented across England.
“From artificial grass pitches in Sefton, Newcastle and Southampton, to great changing facilities in Blackpool and Solihull, and grass pitch improvements in Chelmsford, Harrogate and Ipswich, this investment will ensure more people can enjoy the physical and mental health benefits of these facilities in their local communities.”
