A redeveloped indoor football centre has opened its doors at Ewood Park, home of the Blackburn Rovers Football Club (BRFC). BRFC and Blackburn Rovers Community Trust have invested £400,000 in upgrading the venue, which runs a wide range of projects…
A Swansea leisure centre has received a major redevelopment, including a new indoor “sports barn” with a 3G pitch capable of hosting several sports. The steel-framed dome housing the new pitch was built by Copri Systems and is part of…
Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has met with The Football Association and NewCo – the new independent body responsible for the management of the women’s professional game – for a briefing on plans to grow the women's game. Frazer sat down…
A floodlit 3G football pitch has opened to the public at Partington Sports Village in Trafford, Greater Manchester. The £1.05 million pitch is the second full-size 3G pitch at the venue, which is operated jointly by the Trafford Leisure and…
More than 1,100 multisport grassroots sport projects across the UK are set to benefit from £93m worth of funding towards new pitches, changing rooms, goalposts and floodlights. Money from the government’s Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme will be invested in areas…
The Football Foundation expects 2024 to be the “biggest ever year of support for grassroots clubs across England”. One of the UK’s largest sports charities, the organisation had a record-breaking year in 2023, during which it delivered £76 million to…
A £11.9m project to create a large football and community sports hub at Derby Racecourse is on schedule for a grand opening in 2024. Designed to “regenerate football” and ensure a long-term future for grassroots football in the city, the…
The DCMS and the Football Association will invest £30 million in delivering 30 new football facilities, aimed at supporting more women and girls to play the sport. Designed to “turbocharge the development opportunities” for women to get involved in football,…
The Premier League, The Football Association and the Football Foundation have launched what they describe as the “biggest ever drive” to transform the quality of grass pitches across England. Centred on PitchPower – the Football Foundation’s free web app –…
A new football pitch named after Aston Villa and England forward, Rachel Daly, has opened in Harrogate. The Rachel Daly Pitch is among the grass pitches at Killinghall Moor Community Park which have been vastly improved thanks to a total…
The Football Foundation will begin providing grants to support the upgrading of previously funded 3G pitches with LED lighting solutions. Funding will be made available for new installations that replace existing lighting systems with LEDs, as well as projects which…
Women's football in England has the potential of becoming a "billion pound industry" in the next decade, according to a major review of the sport by former England women's star Karen Carney. However, the landmark report also found that, for…
