Football Foundation passes £1bn grassroots investment mark

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Football Foundation passes £1bn grassroots investment mark

POSTED 02 Jan 2014 . BY Martin Nash

Over 12,000 projects funded since the Foundation's launch

The Football Foundation has announced that it has now supported more than £1bn-worth of grassroots sports projects.

Since its launch in 2000, the Foundation has funded 12,007 projects with grants worth £473m, which it has used to attract a further £732m in additional partnership funding - a total £1.205bn of investment into the grassroots game.

Amongst the facilities which the investment has helped to develop are 819 changing facilities, 2,474 real grass pitches, 469 artificial grass pitches and 90 multi-use games areas.

The Football Foundation is the largest sports charity in the UK and is funded by the Premier League, The FA and Government, via Sport England.

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