Women’s Pyramid

The eligibility of projects and grant limits available are dependent on the tier of the Women's Pyramid your club plays at. If you do not know which tier your club fits into, contact us.

Grant limits for Women's Pyramid clubs (applies to any five year period)
 

You are eligible to apply for grant aid to meet the membership conditions of your current league. If you are promoted, you are eligible to apply for grant aid to meet the membership conditions of the new league, but only after your promotion has been confirmed by the league.

We base grants on the league you were in at the time you submitted your application, and our Board retains full discretion regarding what they consider appropriate.

• ¹Perimeter barrier infill panels will only be considered eligible for Clubs at Step 4 or above
• ² If you need to provide floodlights to meet the membership conditions of your league, you are eligible to apply for a grant towards installing the floodlights or towards improving the floodlights if this is necessary because your club has been promoted. Replacement of bulbs and other maintenance operations are not eligible for support. The FSIF will only consider applications for the replacement of existing floodlight systems with a new LED system once the existing has reached the end of its ‘usable-life’. The FSIF considers the end of ‘usable life’ to be when a system is deemed to have failed via independent testing and replacement parts can no longer be economically sourced. Applications to the FSIF for replacement floodlights must provide a condition report from a suitably qualified independent lighting consultant confirming system failure. Mobile floodlights are not eligible.
• ³Ceiling grant for changing rooms is £50,000
• ⁴Up to £20,000
• ⁵Maximum 50%
• ⁶Permanent buildings only with planning permission. Players' and directors' exclusive bars are not eligible.
• ⁷Eligible provided there is safe storage provision on site, insurance for theft, user instruction (including health and safety) and demonstrating sufficient, reliable voluntary labour to undertake the work.
• ⁸Eligible subject to appropriate justification (e.g. close proximity to a busy road, railway line or causing a nuisance to neighbours).
• ⁹Car and coach parking/access roads will only be considered eligible if the works are required to improve access to the ground for disabled spectators, and/or to satisfy statutory requirements imposed by the local planning authority/Highways Authority, and/or to resolve a specific issue relating to health and safety.

• Director's areas
• Land/site purchase
• Routine maintenance i.e. decorations, repairs, annual operations such as boiler servicing, pitch decompaction etc.
• Artificial pitches
• Goalposts
• Television gantries

All clubs are required to submit accounts for the previous three years and a copy of the club’s most recent bank statement.

A five year income and expenditure forecast should be provided with the application, if:

• the application is for works to develop the club's hospitality facilities or for clubhouse improvement work which would either:
  • provide substantial changes to the operational practise when generating additional revenue
  • the development could have a material effect on liabilities such as utilities, business rates, staff costs, maintenance etc.
• the application is to support the club moving to a new site
• the grant request is over £100,000
• some or all partnership funding is in the form of a loan, whereby the club will be required to demonstrate its ability to meet the repayment terms.

  Please note the above is only applicable for funding requests over £20,000.