Breaking News!!!! Grow the Game Fund open – Apply HERE

By GRF Admin 5 February 2018 3 min read

The application window is now open and is due to close on Thursday 29 March.

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).

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Eligible projects

We will accept applications in the following categories:

Female teams – u7s to adult
Disability teams

* Please note, existing adult male teams will soon be able to apply for support from a new FA, retention-focused scheme, due to be launched in April.

Who can apply

Football Clubs
Youth Clubs with a football programme
Futsal Clubs
Community groups/centre/clubs
Charitable Organisations
Parish Councils
Sports Associations
Local Authorities
Multi-sports clubs
Companies limited by guarantee
Professional Club Community Schemes
Industrial and provident societies
Unincorporated not-for-profit organisations
University and College Teams playing in FA affiliated community leagues

Who can’t apply

Individuals
Profit making organisations
Leagues
Educational establishments
University teams playing in BUCS, Intramural, or non-FA affiliated leagues
College Teams playing in AOC, Intramural, or non-FA affiliated leagues
Organisations who received a Grow the Game grant offered in 2017, or a three-year grant offered in 2016
Groups wishing to apply for charitable status
Organisations seeking retrospective funding for costs that have already been made or are due before an offer of a grant has been awarded

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/equipment through a bespoke voucher

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.

Applying for funding

This area of the website is split into three sections to provide support on your application. Use the navigation on the right to move between sections.

We recommend reading through all of the sections before proceeding with your project.