ONDON COLLEGE AS QUEEN OF TV
NG NEW SPORTS FACILITIES
Opening Woodhouse College’s new 3G AGP was Hayley’s first official engagement as a Football Foundation Ambassador.
14,200 grants worth more than
£560m towards improving grassroots
sport, which it has used to attract additional partnership funding of over
£780m – over £1.3bn of investment
into the grassroots game.
Since 2000 the Football Foundation
Funding Partners’ investment has
provided 218 grants worth £21.7m
towards grassroots sports projects
worth over £93m across the whole of
Middlesex.
By providing more high-quality facilities, coupled with coaching at the
appropriate age group, the Premier
League & The FA Facilities Fund
aims to improve the experience for
GRASSROOTS FOOTBALL
regular players as well as attracting
new players to the game.
Many of the new state-of-the-art
facilities will serve to strengthen the
connection between professional
football clubs and their local communities, particularly in the most deprived areas of the country, through
the professional clubs’ community
trusts’ outreach work.
Hayley McQueen said: “Today was a
fantastic event! It was such a pleasure to be able to officially open
Woodhouse College’s stunning new
playing surface.
“You could see from the smiles on
the students’ faces what a difference
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having nice sports facilities like this
makes. But it doesn’t stop at the
school gates. It’s going to be used
extensively by the wider community
too.
“Thanks to this new pitch a number of local grassroots clubs are
going to be able to grow in size and
provide opportunities for people of
all ages and abilities to get to play
regular football, and all the benefits
it brings.
‘‘I’m particularly pleased at how it
will support the women’s game with
girls’ football drop-in sessions and
a competitive girls’ league being
catered for at the site.
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