1,100 grassroots sport projects to share £93M

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 that are most in need of new or renovated facilities, with at least 50 per cent of the funding being earmarked for the most deprived local authorities with high levels of inactivity. It is estimated that the funding will deliver more than 60 artificial grass and 130 natural grass pitch projects and 35 changing facility projects, as well as floodlights and goalposts.

Sports Minister, Stuart Andrew, said: “We’ve delivered thousands of new projects with the aim of getting over 120,000 more people to get active.”