# Gateshead club receives Football Foundation grant

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/10/02/gateshead-club-receives-football-foundation-grant/
- Published: 2006-10-02T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Football Foundation, the UK’s largest sports charity, has made a grant of £3,561
to the Gateshead Cleveland Hall Community Football Club. The funding will enable
the club to maintain to a high level their football playing area, consisting of 
four mini soccer pitches and two 11 a side pitches.
The Football Foundation works
to revitalise the grass roots of the game by constructing modern football facilities,
developing football “as a force for social cohesion” and as a vehicle for education
in communities throughout the country. Funded by the FA Premier League, The Football
Association, Sport England and the Government, the Football Foundation has a £45
million annual budget.

Paul Thorogood, Chief Executive of the Football Foundation said: “We warmly congratulate
Gateshead Cleveland Hall Community Football Club and the Durham FA for their hard
work and dedication in securing this award.

“Grass roots football is the lifeblood of the game in this country which is why 
is vital that projects such as this now have the benefit of Foundation cash.”

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