{"id":1174,"date":"2025-09-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/cff\/?p=1174"},"modified":"2025-09-16T13:58:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T12:58:59","slug":"cymru-football-foundation-investment-tops-20million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/cff\/news\/cymru-football-foundation-investment-tops-20million\/","title":{"rendered":"Cymru Football Foundation investment tops \u00a320million"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/d3reg7wiuuo8mf.cloudfront.net\/2024-08-09_LlanfairfechanTown_Muga_Opening_NCM_0058-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3reg7wiuuo8mf.cloudfront.net\/2024-08-09_LlanfairfechanTown_Muga_Opening_NCM_0058-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d3reg7wiuuo8mf.cloudfront.net\/2024-08-09_LlanfairfechanTown_Muga_Opening_NCM_0058-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d3reg7wiuuo8mf.cloudfront.net\/2024-08-09_LlanfairfechanTown_Muga_Opening_NCM_0058-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d3reg7wiuuo8mf.cloudfront.net\/2024-08-09_LlanfairfechanTown_Muga_Opening_NCM_0058-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/d3reg7wiuuo8mf.cloudfront.net\/2024-08-09_LlanfairfechanTown_Muga_Opening_NCM_0058-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cymru Football Foundation\u2019s (CFF) has now awarded over \u00a320million to projects across the country to develop fit-for-future facilities that enrich communities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to the support from the Football Association of Wales, UK Government and the Premier League, the CFF has allocated just over <strong>\u00a36million<\/strong> this year to over 30 on and off-field projects from Cardiff to Conwy. This year\u2019s investment combined with the <strong>\u00a314million<\/strong> delivered since 2022 brings the total to over \u00a320million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CFF supports the development of football facilities through investment and guidance as it delivers on The Football Association of Wales\u2019 commitment to inspirational and fit-for-future facilities on and off the pitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CFF investment tops \u00a320million\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1118661748?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To date, the \u00a320million invested has:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Benefitted over 35,000 players<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supported over 200 clubs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Created 56% more access to facilities for women and girls<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leveraged a further \u00a315m in funding contributions towards supported projects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve invested into <strong>41 <\/strong>new or upgraded artificial pitches, <strong>19 <\/strong>new grass pitches and <strong>34 <\/strong>clubhouses and changing rooms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00a38.5million<\/strong> has also been invested into deprived communities across Cymru whilst over <strong>\u00a39million<\/strong> has also gone into multi-sport venues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a year that also saw our Women\u2019s National Team qualify for their first ever major tournament, we created <em><a href=\"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/cff\/news\/environments-for-her-fund-launches\/\">Environments For Her<\/a><\/em> &#8211; committing <strong>\u00a31million<\/strong> to make off-field facilities across Cymru more inclusive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foundation Director, Aled Lewis said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cWe\u2019re extremely delighted to have supported the development of so many facilities across Cymru and reached an important milestone of \u00a320million in direct investments into football facilities. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<strong>These improved facilities are delivering significant benefit to our communities and ensure that people have high-quality, safe and accessible spaces that inspire them to be active. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<strong>We\u2019d like to thank our partners for their support in reaching this milestone and look forward to continuing to work with them to ensure every community has access to high-quality facilities.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find more about the CFF\u2019s investments to date by <a href=\"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/cff\/our-impact\/\">clicking here.<\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investments have supported over 200 clubs and benefitted over 35,000 players&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"ftr_img_focal":{"x":0.56,"y":0.44},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"class_list":["post-1174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - 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