Skip to main content
Banner image for Mark Pritchard MP

Mark Pritchard MP

Member of Parliament for The Wrekin
Site logo

Main navigation

  • Home
  • About Mark
  • News
  • About The Wrekin
  • Campaigns
  • In Parliament
  • Contact

Mark Welcomes £475K to Support Local Grassroots Football

  • Tweet
Friday, 25 March, 2022
Grassroots football

Mark has welcomed the fact that Allscott Heath Sports And Social Club is one of 178 organisations across the UK to receive government funding to support grassroots football.

Projects in every corner of the UK have been selected for Local Football Facility Plans drawn up by the Football Foundation. They will receive funding to increase participation in sport, including for women and disabled players.

This extra funding includes £475,000 for Allscott Heath Sports And Social Club in The Wrekin constituency. The investment from the Government, the FA and the Premier League will create and improve football pitches, changing rooms, and pavilions.

The Government has invested £39 million to upgrade football facilities in England this financial year.

Over the next four years, a package of investment worth £230 million will build or improve up to 8,000 football pitches across the UK – supporting the construction or refurbishment of clubhouses, changing facilities, and community buildings.

The new investment will widen access so that new generations and more local communities can come together, take up sport, and access high-quality facilities. 

Commenting, The Rt Hon Mark Pritchard MP said:

“Too many communities across the UK do not have access to the high standard of local sports facilities that they need and deserve. I welcome the £475,000 in investment from the Conservative Government, the FA, and the Premier League for Allscott Heath Sports And Social Club, which will support upgrades to changing rooms, pitches, and pavilions – widening access so that even more Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin residents can benefit from high quality sports facilities. Access to high quality facilities and increased participation can be transformational – this investment in grassroots sport will improve physical and mental wellbeing and bring our communities together.”

  • Articles
  • Local News

You may also be interested in

Midlands Air Ambulance Charity Mark Pritchard MP

Mark Visits Midlands Air Ambulance Cosford Base, Welcomes Expansion Plans

Saturday, 7 May, 2022

Midlands Air Ambulance Charity saves lives every day of every week.

I am delighted their new headquarters will open next year in The Wrekin constituency and will house 3 helicopters and 4 critical care cars.

Show only

  • Articles
  • Local News
  • Speeches in Parliament
  • Westminster News
  • Written Questions News

Mark Pritchard Member of Parliament for The Wrekin

Footer

  • About RSS
  • Accessibility
  • Cookies
  • Privacy
  • About Mark
  • About The Wrekin
  • In Parliament
ConservativesPromoted by Robert Macey on behalf of Mark Pritchard both of WCA, Lower House Farm, Waters Upton, TF6 6PB
Copyright 2022 Mark Pritchard Member of Parliament for The Wrekin. All rights reserved.
Powered by Bluetree