Footballers in Wythenshawe, Cheshire, were celebrating today following a £20,000 grant awarded by the Football Foundation, the country’s largest sports charity.
The funding boost will allow Newall Green High School to replace the current all-weather pitch, which is used extensively by the community, with a brand new third generation artificial grass pitch.
Neil Wilson, Headteacher at Newall Green High, said: “We are enormously grateful to the Football Foundation for their generous donation. The current pitch has been in use for the past 14 years and both the school and the local community will benefit from our new pitch. We are looking forward to inviting new clubs along to trial our new facilities in September.”
Funded by the Premier League, The FA and Government, the Football Foundation is the nation’s largest sports charity. Launched in July 2000, the Foundation celebrates its tenth anniversary this summer and has so far supported around 8,000 community sports projects worth £920m. Across Cheshire alone it has funded 177 projects worth £18.5m.
Paul Thorogood, Chief Executive of the Football Foundation, said: “We warmly congratulate Newall Green High School and the Cheshire County FA for their hard work and dedication in securing this award.”
“Sport is playing a central role in helping people to stay fit, strengthen communities and promote responsibility amongst young people. This new project in Wythenshawe is but one example of thousands across the country that the Football Foundation is supporting with money provided by our funding partners – the Premier League, The FA and Government.”
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