09 December 2010

Grants of up to £5,000 are available through the Football Foundation's Grow the Game scheme. The grants are available to not-for-profit organisations who are planning to set up two new football teams in the next two years. The aim is to increase participation by players and volunteers.

Grants can be used for:
*Facility hire
*Hire of FA qualified coaches and referees
*CRB checks
*Affiliation fees
*League entry
*First aid kits
*Promotion and publicity
*FA coaching courses.

Organisations that have an current Community Small Grant or Grow the Game grant are not eligible to apply for a Grow the Game grant.

There are two application windows for different areas of the country:

Northern regions and the Midlands window:

Open for applications: 8 December 2010
Close for applications: 8 February 2011

Southern and eastern regions window:

Open for applications: 3 January 2011
Close for applications: 28 February 2011

For more information see the Football Foundation website here.