Green Light For Biggest Ever Investment In Grassroots Football

WORK is to get underway this summer on the biggest ever investment in grassroots football in Liverpool worth almost £17 million as part of The FA’s Parklife Programme.
A report approved at the council’s Cabinet today (31 March) accepted an external funding package worth £12.9 million for the Liverpool Parklife Project, supplemented by a £4.4 million investment from the city council, and will see four all-weather sports hubs created in Liverpool.
The external funding is coming from the Football Foundation (£11.9 million on behalf of The FA, DCMS and The Premier League), Sport England (£0.8million) and the RFU (Rugby Football Union) – £272k.
It will initially see four all-weather sports hubs created in Liverpool in the following locations:
- Jeffrey Humble Playing Field (Fazakerley)
- Heron Eccles Playing Field (Allerton)
- Jericho Lane Playing Field (Otterspool)
- Simpson Road (Woolton)