{"id":1238,"date":"2025-10-16T10:04:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/cff\/?p=1238"},"modified":"2025-10-16T10:04:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:04:56","slug":"local-football-facility-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/cff\/news\/local-football-facility-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"CFF &amp; FAW to create 22 Local Football Facility Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/d3reg7wiuuo8mf.cloudfront.net\/2023-05-18_Ysgol_Y_Grango_3G_Opening_NCM-0021-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3reg7wiuuo8mf.cloudfront.net\/2023-05-18_Ysgol_Y_Grango_3G_Opening_NCM-0021-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d3reg7wiuuo8mf.cloudfront.net\/2023-05-18_Ysgol_Y_Grango_3G_Opening_NCM-0021-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d3reg7wiuuo8mf.cloudfront.net\/2023-05-18_Ysgol_Y_Grango_3G_Opening_NCM-0021-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d3reg7wiuuo8mf.cloudfront.net\/2023-05-18_Ysgol_Y_Grango_3G_Opening_NCM-0021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/d3reg7wiuuo8mf.cloudfront.net\/2023-05-18_Ysgol_Y_Grango_3G_Opening_NCM-0021-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Football Association of Wales and the Cymru Football Foundation have announced a new project to develop Local Football Facility Plans for all 22 local authority areas in Wales.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working with sports consultants Continuum Sport &amp; Leisure, the FAW and CFF will be engaging with local authorities over the coming months to develop plans to identify the type of facilities required across all areas of Wales and ensure inspirational football facilities are in place to meet the growing demand.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February 2024, the FAW and CFF launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/news\/faw-cff-launch-facility-vision\/\">Facility Vision<\/a> \u2013 detailing the current issues facing the standard of grassroots facilities in Wales. These new Local Football Facility Plans will take a huge step towards addressing those issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cymru Football Foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/cff\/news\/cymru-football-foundation-investment-tops-20million\/\">has already invested \u00a320million<\/a> since 2022, with further investment already planned. Working with the 22 Local Authorities across Wales will allow further support to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Meet the fast-growing needs of the women and girls\u2019 game<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improve player, volunteer and spectator experiences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Futureproof facilities to become more environmentally sustainable<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prioritise investment in areas of most need<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maximise investment opportunities to accelerate facility improvements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Noel Mooney, Chief Executive of the Football Association of Wales said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cFootball is the number one team sport in Wales, delivering over \u00a3550m worth of social, economic and health benefits, and continues to grow, particularly when it comes to the women and girls\u2019 game. It is essential that we invest so that we can create fit for the future facilities that match this growing demand.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;The plans that we develop will map out the football facilities needs for each local authority for grass pitches, changing facilities, informal provision and artificial grass pitches. We know that these improved facilities will have far reaching benefits for communities beyond the pitch, supporting improved health and well-being, providing an economic boost and encouraging a greater sense of community pride.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aled Lewis, Director of the Cymru Football Foundation, said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cThis exciting project to develop 22 local football facilities plans comes on the back of \u00a320m already invested by the Cymru Football Foundation across Wales. Together with the Football Association of Wales, we have an ambitious vision to develop high quality facilities in every community of Wales.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cOver the course of the next few months, FAW and CFF will be inviting every local authority to engage in the process, and to work with FAW and CFF teams and area football associations to identify the needs and demand for football as well as the leading priority projects for future investment in each area. The process will also be supported by a national club survey focused on facility needs and demands to support the previous findings from the grassroots survey ensuring the needs of our many grassroots clubs are central to determining future investment.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nick Trim from Continuum Sport &amp; Leisure said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cWe are excited and honoured to be assisting the FAW and CFF in developing these local football facility plans. The growth of football in Wales over the last 5 years has been incredible, backed by the strategic guidance of the FAW and the investment by the CFF, the game continues to go from strength to strength.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Building on our experience of successfully delivering these facility plans in England and seeing the lasting impact on the growth of the game, particularly amongst youth teams and women and girls, we are looking forward to helping football continue to grow across Wales. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<strong>These facility plans will help all of the local authorities identify how they can work towards meeting current and future demand for the game as well as the hugely positive social impact that football and sport can have to all communities in Wales. We are looking forward to getting to know and helping all of the local authorities and partners involved in this exciting period for grassroots football.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In collaboration with Continuum Sport &#038; Leisure, the CFF and FAW will work with each local authority across the country&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"ftr_img_focal":{"x":0.53,"y":0.54},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"class_list":["post-1238","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CFF &amp; FAW to create 22 Local Football Facility Plans - Cymru Football Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/cff\/news\/local-football-facility-plans\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CFF &amp; 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