The FA, Premier League and Sport England created the Football Foundation in 2000 to drive investment to improve grassroots football facilities and support access for all regardless of postcode, gender, race or disability.

Despite the success in the number of grants awarded to improving facilities it is more vital than ever to transform the fortunes of poor-quality grass pitches and to address the huge under-supply of artificial pitches.

Hampshire FA play a vital role in the identification, activation, development and delivery of facility projects at a local level.

Thanks to investment from the Premier League, FA and Football Foundation, we’ve been able to support grassroots football in Hampshire; here’s how we did it…