{"id":326,"date":"2025-02-20T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/cff\/?p=326"},"modified":"2025-02-25T21:50:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T21:50:03","slug":"facilities-programme-reopens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/cff\/news\/facilities-programme-reopens\/","title":{"rendered":"Fit-For-Future Facilities Programme re-opens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/d3reg7wiuuo8mf.cloudfront.net\/Darran-Park-3G-1-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3reg7wiuuo8mf.cloudfront.net\/Darran-Park-3G-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/d3reg7wiuuo8mf.cloudfront.net\/Darran-Park-3G-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/d3reg7wiuuo8mf.cloudfront.net\/Darran-Park-3G-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/d3reg7wiuuo8mf.cloudfront.net\/Darran-Park-3G-1-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/d3reg7wiuuo8mf.cloudfront.net\/Darran-Park-3G-1-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Cymru Football Foundation\u2019s Fit-For-Future Facilities Programme is now open for football clubs, local authorities, and charitable organisations to express an interest for grants to support projects that will benefit grassroots football communities across Wales.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The programme provides grants of up to \u00a3500,000 to successful applicants for a range of different criteria including, but not limited to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>LED Floodlights for artificial pitches<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New or upgrades to existing changing rooms, clubhouses and community spaces<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Full-sized artificial pitches<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Small-sided artificial pitches<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New grass pitches<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Early expressions of interest are encouraged and interested parties will be invited to apply should the proposed project meet grant-specific criteria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the CFF was launched in October 2022, we\u2019ve invested over \u00a317 million directly into outstanding facilities across the country to encourage more players to have better experiences and helping to improve the health and wellbeing of a nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019d like to discuss your planned project with a member of the team, please email <a href=\"mailto:info@cff.cymru\">info@cff.cymru<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-faw-l-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/cff\/funding\/\"><strong>SUBMIT A PROJECT PROPOSAL HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clubs, Local Authorities and Charitable Organisations can express an interest for large grants to support projects that will benefit grassroots facilities and communities across Wales&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"ftr_img_focal":{"x":0.51,"y":0.4},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"class_list":["post-326","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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