As part of a government scheme to get more people active, a grant of £91,279 has been awarded to upgrade changing rooms and a grass pitch at Lambley Lane in Gedling.
The grant awarded is a share of £64 million covering 215 sites across the East Midlands.
Tom Randall MP has welcomed the £91,279 investment from the Government
He said: “The £91,279 to transform sports facilities in Gedling will get more people active and nurture future sporting talent.”
This site is one of over 2,200 across the UK to have benefited so far from the Government’s four-year £300 million capital investment into grassroots multi-sports facilities.
Between 2021 and 2025, £261 million of Government funding will be delivered in England, alongside funding from Football Foundation partners the Premier League and The FA.
Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer said: “215 sites across the East Midlands are benefitting from a share of £64 million investment in new and improved grassroots sports facilities.
“From Boston to Chesterfield, Derby to Sherwood we’re levelling up grassroots sports facilities across the East Midlands to give more people better access to high quality pitches and changing rooms.
“Sport is vital to our physical and mental health and wellbeing and this work with our Football Foundation partners will help people across the East Midlands to get active.”
The funding will deliver upgrades, improvements and new pitches – making more high quality facilities available for people to play football, hockey and other grassroots sports. Projects support a range of facility types – from the creation or upgrade of changing rooms, grass pitches and 3G football turf pitches and pavilions, to floodlights, fencing and improved disabled access.
Facilities in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will benefit from £3.8 million being invested by the Government in partnership with the FAs in each home nation.
A full list of the facilities to benefit in England can be found here.
40% per cent of the funding will be used to support multi-sport facilities, ensuring a wide range of sports are supported and helping to deliver benefits beyond football. The programme has a particular focus on increasing participation among underrepresented groups such as women and girls, and those with a disability.
Robert Sullivan of the Football Foundation said: “Thanks to investment from the Premier League, The FA and Government, the Football Foundation is directing more money than ever into supporting the grassroots game. Every one of the facilities we fund will provide equal access for women and girls. That means providing safe, accessible and inclusive environments for women and girls from their journey to the site right up to their first step onto the pitch.”
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