The start

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www.footballfoundation.org.uk Helpline 0800 027
7766 www.reff.org.uk
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Agenda

• What does the Football Foundation do?
• How to prepare a good application
• What happens after youve submitted the
  application?
• Who can help?
• Questions

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What does the Football Foundation do?

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Charitable Objectives

• The Foundation seeks
• To put into place a new generation of modern
  facilities in parks, local leagues and schools
• To provide capital/revenue support to increase
  participation in grass roots football
• To strengthen the links between football and the
  community and to harness its potential as a force
  for good in society

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Funding Partners
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Who Can Apply?

• Football Clubs
• Youth clubs with a football programme
• Community Groups/Centres/Clubs
• Local Authorities including sports and leisure
  centres, park pitches
• Schools
• Further and Higher Education establishments
• Charitable Organisations

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How to prepare a good application

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The start

• The Football Development Plan should justify the
  Facility not the other way round
• Example which one is right?
• We want to build new changing rooms, and a new
  girls team will use it
• OR
• We want to develop girls football, and we need
  suitable changing facilities to do it.

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What do we do first?

• You should complete your Football Development
  Plan (FDP) should contain the following
• What you want to achieve (what groups do you want
  to help? What will be the outcome when youve
  finished? )
• A detailed breakdown of how youre going to
  achieve it (whos responsible for doing it? What
  resources will you need?)
• When this will be achieved by
• You should have filled out a pre-application form
  (FDPS-2) to give the FA / County FA an idea of
  the project that youre planning.
• Do not employ any design professionals
  (architects, quantity surveyors etc) before
  talking to FA / CFA representatives first.

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What do we do next?

• You should have filled out a pre-application form
  (FDPS-2) to give us an idea of the project that
  youre planning.
• If youre thinking of doing these projects,
  youll need to get some work done before the
  project is submitted
• Changing rooms / Pavilions
• Pitch drainage
• Artificial Grass Pitch (AGPs)
• Multi-Use Games Areas (MUGAs)
• Any grant over 250k
• The work detailed in the next 3 pages will cost
  you money up front, although this can count
  towards the overall application to the
  Foundation. But remember, if the project is
  unsuccessful youll have to cover this cost.
• Full information on what is needed is provided in
  the Football Foundation Data Sheets, available
  from FA Regional Staff, the FF, or FF website.
  All applicants should refer to these before
  submitting an application.

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• Changing room / pavilion projects
• All changing room projects you need to get a
  pitch condition survey carried out to check the
  pitches are good quality. Good changing rooms
  with poor pitches isnt a good use of money!
• Refurbishment / extension projects you need to
  get a condition survey to check the building is
  structurally okay. This will also determine if
  its cheaper or better to build a new one.
• Any grant over 250k if the grant youre
  applying for is likely to exceed 250,000 you
  will need to get either Outline or Full Planning
  permission before it is considered.

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• Artificial Grass Pitch (AGP) or Multi-use Games
  Area (MUGA)
• Floodlights MUGA and AGP projects are only
  considered if they include floodlights or have
  floodlights available. This will allow maximal
  use of the AGP / MUGA.
• Planning Permission you need to get Full
  Planning Permission for the pitch and floodlights
  before you submit the application. The Foundation
  will not consider it if you dont have this.
• Operating hours The Full Planning Permission
  must permit at least 85 hours use per week. Note
  at least 35 hours of this should be available for
  use by the community.
• Surface Standards all artificial surfaces should
  comply with either FA standards (third generation
  surfaces) or Sport England / SAPCA (sand based
  surfaces).

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• Pitch Drainage
• Pitch Survey you need to get an independent
  pitch survey carried out on any grass areas you
  want to drain. This will determine what work is
  needed for the particular ground conditions and
  soil type.
• Grants over 250k again, if the total grant for
  the project is likely to exceed 250k then youll
  need to get Outline or Full Planning Permission
  before applying.

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How much can we apply for?

• You need to gather as much funding as possible
  before applying to the Foundation, as it is the
  funder of last resort
• The FA can give you advice on other potential
  sources of funding
• The maximum grant is 1m, which must not be more
  than 90 of the total cost of the project.
• The Foundations target is to fund projects at
  50
• Support can be given at a higher percentage, but
  youll need to prove it is needed and that the
  project benefits specific target groups.
• The Foundation can also provide revenue support
  for up to 5 years. This must not exceed 20 of
  the total grant.

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Submitting an application

• There are two ways to submit an application to
  the Foundation
• Through the FA, who will provide you with
  pre-application advice. They will ask the Local
  Football Partnership (LFP) for comments and
  submit these, along with their own to the
  Foundation.
• Directly to the Foundation, who, as a registered
  charity, are obliged to consider all applications
  submitted to them. The Foundation will then ask
  the FA and LFP for their comments on your
  project.
• Whats the difference?
• By using route 1, the FA can support you through
  the process and offer support and advice.
• Route 2 can sometimes be slower, as it can take
  time to gather comments from the LFP and FA, as
  they may not be familiar with the project.

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What happens next?

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The assessment process
Under 10k
10k to 20k
Over 20k
Report written by FF Project Manager
Report written by FF Project Manager
Report written by FF Project Manager
Decision by FF Chief Exec / FA Director of FD
Grant Assessment Panel (GAP)
Grant Assessment Panel (GAP)
Offer / Rejection Letter
Decision by FF Chief Exec/FA Director of FD
Grass Roots Assessment Group (GRAG)
Offer / Rejection Letter
Decision by Foundation Board
Offer / Rejection Letter
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How long does the process take?

• It depends how much youre applying for. Subject
  to the number of applications in the system,
  after youve submitted a complete application,
  you can expect a decision in the following
  timescale

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What criteria does the Foundation use to assess
applications?

• Value for money
• Meets a need, and led by community demand
• strategically important
• identified priority in local strategies / REFF
• The right project for the applicant
• Increases participation
• Sustainability of the facility in the future
• Technically compliant with FF Data Sheets
• Strong football development plan with clear
  outcomes
• Strong partnerships with other organisations
• Applicant has sourced ALL available partnership
  funding

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Who can help?

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Who can help?

• The FA and County FAs
• provides advice pre-application advice for
  applicants on behalf of the FF. Examples of help
  include
• Football Development Plans
• Business Plans
• Sources of Partnership Funding
• Application content
• Design advice (through consultation with
  Foundation Technical Advisors)
• The Football Foundation
• provides advice for applicants after submission
  of an application.
• Publications
• FF datasheets these help to plan a project, and
  give details of the technical specification that
  the FF requires your project to fulfill. They
  are available from the FF website.
• FA / Sport England / SAPCA standards these
  documents outline the required surface
  specifications for AGPs. Contact an FA
  representative for details or visit www.thefa.com

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Any questions???

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Dorset FA County Development Manager Gary
Knight 01202 671138 - 07908 647051 gary.knight_at_dor
setfa.com
FA Regional Facilities Manager South West Simon
Wood 07984 003460 simon.wood_at_thefa.com
www.footballfoundation.org.uk www.reff.org.uk