Agenda item

Report of the Superintendent of Epping Forest.

The Committee noted that the Parklife Football Hubs programme is a new grassroots football funding scheme supported by The Football Association (FA), Premier League, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), Sport England, the Mayor of London (MOL) and the Football Foundation. Building on a pilot scheme in Sheffield the scheme aims to create a number of football „hubs? across London before the programme is rolled out nationwide.

The Football hubs aim to be financially sustainable sites catering for football that will

encourage more people to play more regularly or become more active. In return for capital investment of up to 60% and advice on a tested business model the Parklife programme is seeking consortia partners to deliver the programme on the ground.

The Chairman clarified that at this stage this was only an agreement for an expression of interest to be submitted.

Resolved – that Members approved the expression of Interest submission, on behalf of the City of London and London Borough of Redbridge consortium, to the Football Foundation?s Parklife Football Hubs Programme - London