The Premier League provides funding for 164 football clubs across the Premier League, EFL and National League to deliver community programmes.
The Premier League Charitable Fund
Established in 2010 the Premier League Charitable Fund (PLCF) aims to create positive sporting, health, personal and education opportunities for children, young people and the wider community.
Today, the independent charity supports 106 professional football Club Community Organisations (CCOs) across the Premier League, EFL and National League to address important societal issues and to have a life-changing impact in their local communities.
More than 2.5m participants have benefited from regular face-to-face delivery on Premier League programmes, with 1.3m young people engaged annually through digital resources.
The Premier League has invested more than £325m in communities through the Premier League Charitable Fund and over 6,200 people are employed by football club charities to deliver Premier League-supported activity.
Investment via the Premier League Charitable Fund has almost quadrupled in just over a decade, with this season’s funding for football club charities set to exceed £36m.
The programmes funded through the Premier League Charitable Fund are:
Premier League Kicks
The League’s longest-standing community programme began in the 2006/07 season, providing young people with access to free weekly football and multi-sport sessions, mentoring and education workshops.
Premier League Kicks has engaged more than 550,000 young people, delivering over 1m hours of free sessions at 4,900+ venues across England and Wales.
Sessions take place in some of the most high-need areas, with 93 clubs currently delivering the programme.
More than 660 people in the CCO workforce are currently employed through Premier League Kicks, and around 300 people in the current CCO workforce are former participants of Premier League Kicks. The Premier League has invested £91.7m into the programme.
Premier League Primary Stars
Helping children to learn through the power of football in more than 19,000 primary schools (86 per cent) across England and Wales.
There have been over 20m attendances by primary school pupils at club-led sessions since 2017, with 103 CCOs across the football pyramid currently delivering school-based sessions.
A total of 1.3m children engaged with the Premier League Primary Stars digital resources last season, and more than 70,000 teachers registered for free downloadable lesson plans, with 93 per cent of teachers saying Primary Stars has increased pupils’ enjoyment of sport.
The total Premier League investment in primary school sport via the Premier League Charitable Fund since 2013 is more than £75million.
Premier League Inspires
Using the appeal of football to help young people develop the personal skills and positive attitude to succeed in life.
More than 30,000 young people have received over 130,000 hours of targeted support across 1,000+ schools and educational facilities since the programme’s launch in 2019.
Premier League Inspires is delivered by 45 professional football CCOs, and is supported by the Premier League and Professional Footballers’ Association.
More than £14.5m has been invested into the programme, via the Premier League Charitable Fund.
Premier League and PFA Community Fund
Helping clubs develop partnerships to tackle inequalities and respond to local need, the fund has engaged more than 250,000 participants in over 350,000 sessions across England and Wales.
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. To support delivery, more than £54.6m of funding from the Premier League and PFA has been distributed to CCOs by the Premier League Charitable Fund over the last 15 years.
Premier League and PFA Core Funding
The Premier League and PFA Core Fund supports Club Community Organisations to become stronger, more sustainable organisations, underpinning key infrastructure and a network of more than 6,200 staff and volunteers.
More than £52m of funding from Premier League and PFA has been distributed by the Premier League Charitable Fund to date helping CCOs to effectively respond to local need, delivering high-quality programmes and value for money.
