The Premier League and Professional Footballers Association have invested £12.9m over three years, and the Football Foundation is a key partner in the management and administration.

The fund was officially launched in June at Villa Park in 2008 with guest speakers Richard Scudamore, Paul Thorogood, Gordon Taylor and Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe.

Currently, 49 projects have successfully gained grant aid from the PL/PFA Community Fund, all of which deal with health, education, social inclusion and equalities themes.

The fund has enabled over 20,000 people to take part in a variety of high quality activities, delivered by Premier League Football Club Community Schemes within their local communities. Exciting opportunities have been created for participants young and old to receive accreditation in sport, health and social well-being courses.

If you would like more information about how to get involved in your local Premier League Club Community Scheme project either as a volunteer or a participant, please enter the club links on the left hand menu.

For further general information about the Fund, please email the Football Foundation team at premierleaguepfa@footballfoundation.org.uk. For specific information about how to get involved in the projects, please visit the Club Community Schemes individual pages on the left hand-side menu for contact information.

Pompey Sports and Education Foundation launch 'Get on Board'

David James, Portsmouth FC goalkeeper and Richard Hughes, midfielder, came to the Historical Dockyard on the 22nd of October to officially launch the 'Get on Board' project. The football players also took part in gun run races with the children against the backdrop of historical ships docked at the harbour. It was a really successful event and the children really enjoyed meeting their footballing heroes.

Mick Dennis, PL/PFA Community Fund Chairman, said that: 'The largely unappreciated story of the Premier League is how clubs engage with their communities; how they understand the power football has to reach out and do some good. Football clubs are so closely identified with the towns and cities in which they are based and the Portsmouth project recognises that and will use it as a way to teach young people about the other, older heritage of the city. It is a brilliant example of what football, and committed clubs can do and makes me proud to be involved with the PL/PFA Community Fund.'

For further information about the project itself, please visit the Pompey web page by clicking on the left hand side menu.

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Watch the promotional video for the PL/PLFA Community Fund in the video player below.

Improving facilities - Creating Opportunites - Building Communities

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