Scottishfa opens applications for football facilities funding

The Scottish Football Association has opened the 2025-26 application window for its Scottish Football Facilities Fund.

During 2025-26, the new grant programme will distribute £8.6m into key football facilities, identified as critical in retaining and increasing participation at grassroots level and where there is an evidence-based need for investment.

Facilities receiving funding will need to show how they promote healthy, physical activity through football and other sports, contributing to social inclusion and cohesion in safe and attractive environments and in a sustainable way.

The fund will invest across two separate funding streams. The Community Football Spaces (CFS) has been designed to support grassroots football facility development. Meanwhile, the Member Support stream will assist Scottish FA Member Clubs with their facility-related Club Licencing requirements.

Within CFS, the programme will deliver investment into two types of projects:

• Maintain projects – The redevelopment or upgrades of existing natural grass or 3G pitches, floodlights and general improvements to existing built infrastructure.

• Attain projects – the development and delivery of ‘new build’ football facility projects – whether natural grass or 3G pitches.