Grassroots Football Awards

This award recognises a FAW Accredited and Affiliated club that is pro-active, well-run and makes an outstanding contribution to football, participants, volunteers and their local community.

Nominated clubs will provide a safe, fun and inclusive environment for all. Clubs may be nominated for launching new teams or initiatives, addressing inequalities within their community or providing a full pathway for members to develop.

Coaches play a pivotal role in delivering grassroots football across Wales, and this award rewards those who go above and beyond at a Grassroots Club or FAW Participation Programme.

Nominees will deliver high quality coaching and display the FAW’s key values of excellence, family and respect to inspire players’ development in an inclusive environment. They will also support other coaches and volunteers and have a commitment to personal development.

Nominees must also have a minimum qualification of the FAW Football Leaders Award.  

This award recognises a McDonald’s Fun Football provider that has had a positive impact on football participation by delivering engaging ‘turn up and play’ Fun Football sessions.

Nominees will provide inclusive football activity with an emphasis placed on skill development through creative practice, ensuring that all participants have a fun and exciting first experience of the game. 

This award celebrates the essential role that leagues play in providing a safe, organised, and inclusive environment for football to thrive across Wales.

Nominated leagues will go above and beyond the standard administrative duties to put players, volunteers, and the local community at the heart of everything they do. 

This award recognises a Match Official who has shown dedication to supporting grassroots football in Wales.

Nominees can be officiating at any level of Welsh football. They may also act as a mentor, bringing new referees into the game through their work with local clubs, leagues, Area Associations or referee societies.

This award recognises an individual or organisation that has made an outstanding contribution to grassroots football, having demonstrated exceptional dedication and commitment to the sport over many years.

Nominees will epitomise the power of the grassroots football family by making a significant, deep-rooted, positive impact on people’s lives in Wales over an extended period of time.

Volunteers play a crucial role behind the scenes, overseeing a range of critical off-pitch tasks, and this award celebrates the dedicated individuals who make grassroots football possible across Wales.

Anybody who enables delivery of grassroots football in Wales in an unpaid, non-coaching capacity at a league, club or Area Association can be nominated.

Similarly to the Volunteer of the Year award, this award recognises those who facilitate grassroots football in an unpaid, non-coaching capacity at a league, club or Area Association.

Nominees will have made a meaningful impact on football within their community, serving as a positive role model who encourages, supports and inspires others, making football enjoyable and accessible for all.

Young Volunteer of the Year award nominees must be aged 21 or younger.