Sports clubs and facilities across Merseyside are to receive a boost worth £2.27 million.
The latest allocation from the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme will see more high quality facilities being made available for people to play football, rugby and other grassroots sports.
Nationally, £29 million is being invested in new pitches, changing rooms, goalposts and floodlights during 2024/25.
Facilities in Sefton that will benefit from the fund are:
- Brookvale playing fields - Bootle Constituency
- Holy Rosary Catholic Primary School - Sefton Central Constituency
- Carr Lane recreational ground - Southport Constituency
- The Rookery sports ground - Southport Constituency
Announcing the cash, Sports Minister Stuart Andrew said:
"Sport and physical activity are vital to our mental health and wellbeing, and each year thousands of people make a New Year's resolution to exercise more
We know that one of the major barriers in getting active is having access to high-quality sports facilities, which is why we are upgrading 1,100 more pitches, backed by investing £93 million"
This Government has delivered thousands of new projects across the UK with the aim of getting over 120,000 more people to get active, helping us to make big strides towards meeting our ambitious target of 3.5 million more people active by 2030"
Sefton Central Conservatives would encourage any clubs in Sefton that could benefit from the fund, to check out what’s available, via the Football Foundation (https://footballfoundation.org.uk/looking-for-funding) as more money is being made available for future years.
