Sport England - Protecting Playing Fields

Funding to improve and protect playing fields

£10 million of National Lottery funding will be available to protect and improve playing fields. Playing fields are vital to a vibrant grassroots sports environment, yet some are allowed to fall into a poor state and others are earmarked as future development opportunities.

This programme will secure the future of many sites for a minimum of 25 years. Sport England will invest in improving pitches and bringing disused playing fields back into use, creating a lasting Olympic and Paralympic legacy of high quality pitches where people can play sport right across the country. As part of this, Sport England will work in partnership with Fields in Trust to support their programme, Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge.

Who can apply: Applicants can be any sports club, voluntary or community organisations or local authorities.

Deadlines: Sport England will launch the first of five £2 million funding rounds in spring 2011, with the final round in 2014/15.

For further information please visit the Sport England website and scroll down to 'Protecting Playing Fields'.