Home Advantage Programme

100% grants of up to £250K aimed at supporting local authorities and grassroots clubs to get the most out of the nation's grass pitches

Eligibility

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Clubs and leagues looking to be part of the programme will need the support of their local authority and County FA and will be unable to submit an application in isolation. Local authorities and County FAs will lead on the submission during the Expression of Interest (EOI) stage.

All applicants must be willing to take on a Community Asset Transfer/long-term lease of a local authority-owned grass pitch site. The local authority must have submitted a PitchPower inspection of the site.

You're eligible for the Programme if you're:

  • An England Accredited grassroots club
  • A league
  • A football charity
  • A National League System England Accredited Club Step 1-6 (only for pitches at the site that are used for community football)*
  • A regional feeder league
  • A local authority

You're not eligible for the Programme if you're:

  • A non-Accredited grassroots club
  • A site without a submitted PitchPower Inspection
  • A local authority without an eligible organisation that applies on their behalf (details below)
  • An individual or sole trader
  • A commercial/for-profit entity
     

About the Programme

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What we'll fund:

  • Income generator items such as catering cabins to help you generate the income needed to sustain your new home
  • 6-year revenue for grounds maintenance
  • Grounds maintenance machinery
  • Storage 
  • Groundskeeper qualifications/training
  • Site security fencing
  • Organisation training & support
  • Goalposts 
  • Legal fees & insurances 
  • Project development costs

What we won't fund:

  • Routine maintenance works such as grass cutting, hedge cutting, line marking 
  • Purchase of capital items not listed
  • Any general costs associated with running the club

Grant criteria

Applicants will need to complete a PitchPower inspection within 12 months for all their grass pitches before they can apply.

Further details on PitchPower are available here or please speak to your County FA.

Application process

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Following the EOI phase, we'll identify suitable projects that could be delivered at pace to provide future learnings for the Programme. This'll then help us to build a long term pipeline of Home Advantage projects.

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