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Grass Pitch Improvement Fund
The Grass Pitch Improvement Fund (GPIF) aims to tackle inequalities by providing improved access to good quality, safe playing facilities for targeted groups. The Sport England Lottery Fund will provide funding for projects in England with projects in Wales supported by the England and Wales Cricket Trust. Priority will be given to applications which support cricket for the following groups:
- Women’s and girls’ cricket
- Cricket in diverse communities
- Disability cricket
- Low socio-economic groups (LSEG)
Investment will be targeted into three main areas:
- Improving the quality of squares and outfields (for grass pitches rated ‘unsuitable’ or ‘basic’ to improve to at least ‘good’)
- Creating sustainable management of sites (through irrigation and machinery improvements)
- Installing hybrid pitches to increase playing capacity
How To Apply
Download and read the 2024 guidance notes below
To register, please visit ECB’s Investment Management System
FOOTBALL
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Community Clubs and Foundations can now to take advantage of the revolutionary Grass Pitch Maintenance Fund which is being delivered in partnership with the Premier League, The FA and Government’s Football Foundation.
Over the next three years, £5 million of Sport England National Lottery funding will be made available via the Foundation to support the improvement of grass pitches in Rugby League’s Community Clubs.
Upon submitting a PitchPower assessment, clubs will receive a bespoke maintenance plan from the Grounds Management Association (leading not-for-profit membership organisation that supports groundstaff) enabling them to access a six-year tapered grant, providing up to £3,600 for every ‘match equivalent’ pitch in the first two years and tapered down over the remaining period. This funding can be used to employ contractors and purchase materials to improve pitches over a 10 year period
RUGBY UNION
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