Committee publication · Correspondence · 17 June 2025
Letter from Stephanie Peacock MP, Minister for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth, regarding the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme, dated 9 June 2025
From: Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Inquiry: Game On: Community and school sport
Summary
Minister for Sport Stephanie Peacock updates the CMS Committee on the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme, announcing a further £98 million investment for 2025/26 targeted at deprived areas and underrepresented groups. She confirms publication of a list of 2024/25 funded projects and commits to announcing 2025/26 beneficiaries once delivery partners complete their decisions.
Key findings
- Government allocated an additional £98 million to the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme for 2025/26, continuing focus on deprived areas
- Funding targets underrepresented groups: women and girls, ethnic minority groups, and disabled players
- Programme supports new and improved pitches, changing rooms, goalposts, floodlights and other grassroots facilities
- Delivery managed through the Football Foundation in England and FAs in other home nations
- List of 2024/25 funded projects has been published and copies deposited in both Houses' Libraries
Tone
ProceduralTopics
sports-fundinggrassroots-sportcommunity-facilitiespublic-investment
Key actors
Stephanie Peacock MP, Dame Caroline Dinenage MP, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Football Foundation, Football Associations
Notable line
“By investing in grassroots facilities, we are providing communities with social hubs and allow more people to get onto the pitch wherever they live.”
Key Quotes
“By investing in grassroots facilities, we are providing communities with social hubs and allow more people to get onto the pitch wherever they live.”
“In March, we announced a further £98 million into this fund for 2025/26, which will continue to be targeted at deprived areas and support greater access and participation levels among under-represented people including women and girls, ethnic minority groups and disabled players.”
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