The Barclays Community Football Fund access grants aim to support grassroots, community groups, working within the most deprived areas of the UK.

We welcome applications from not-for-profit organisations including community groups, youth groups and traditional football clubs. Groups must meet the following criteria:

  • You operate in an area of high deprivation and support the hardest to reach young people. We use the Government Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) to establish eligibility and only organisations located in or supporting young people from IMD areas 1-3 are eligible to apply.
  • We recognise the disproportionate impact that the pandemic and cost of living crisis has had on young people with disabilities and will consider disability football applications from groups that sit outside of IMD areas 1-3.
  • You are already delivering football activities to young people under the age of twenty five, or you are wanting to start with our support.
  • You are delivering services directly to beneficiaries from one or more of our priority groups as follows: women and girls, racially diverse communities, young people with disabilities, from the LGBTQ+ community and from lower socio-economic areas.

To find out more click here: Apply to the Barclays Community Football Fund 2024 | Sported