Premier League and PFA Community Fund

22 Mar 2020

Premier League and Professional Footballers' Association Community Fund

The Premier League and Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Community Fund supports clubs to develop partnerships to tackle inequality and respond to local challenges.

The fund has enabled Premier League club community organisations (CCOs) across England and Wales to deliver projects responding to local need for the last 15 years.

Delivered with local strategic partners, the programmes are also supported by current and former professional football players and Academy players to inspire local communities to improve their wellbeing, achieve their potential and develop their personal skills and positive attitudes to succeed in life.

Since its inception, the Premier League and PFA Community Fund has supported projects across more than 4,100 venues to create inclusive environments and positively impact hundreds of thousands of people and communities across England and Wales.

In Season 2024/25, funded programmes use the power of football to respond to local need, including: mental health and wellbeing, physical health and wellbeing, LGBTQ+ inclusion, social isolation in older people, supporting people with dementia, and education, employability and training pathways.

Premier League PFA and Community Fund objectives

The Premier League, PFA, professional football clubs and CCOs will:

Ensure that local communities feel inspired and engaged
Enhance physical and mental health and wellbeing, and reduced social isolation
Use the power of football to develop positive attitudes and behaviours and improve inter-personal relationships
Support participants in/into training, education and employment opportunities
Strengthen communities with a culture of volunteering, social action and positive role models – supporting education, training and employment pathways
Promote integration and champion equality, diversity and inclusion
Create opportunities for current, former and future male and female professional footballers to give back to their community

Key stats

With 79 active projects, the fund has supported more than 600,000 hours of delivery at more than 4,100 venues across England and Wales
250,000+ participants have benefitted from their involvement
350,000 + sessions delivered
Almost half of all delivery venues are in the top 30 per cent most deprived communities in the country
Premier League and PFA have invested more than £54.6 million into the programme through the Premier League Charitable Fund