Saltdean United Football Club are delighted to announce the club have been awarded a £100,000 grant from the Premier League Stadium Fund.
The grant will help fund a brand new 200 seat covered spectator stand, that is being designed and produced by Stadia Construction Ltd, and will replace the old stand on the west bank. In addition to the new stand, the grant will also allow us to fully fence in the stadium with an anti-climb perimeter fence.
The works are part of our Saltdean United Legacy Project to improve our facilities for our youth and adult teams, spectators, and the local community. A new 3G pitch is currently being installed as part of those plans, and work also continues on our new club house. The Legacy project also includes plans for new turnstiles, changing rooms, a medical room, admin offices, new kitchens, and a wide range of other upgrades around the stadium.
The new facilities will enable the club to thrive, providing an excellent setting for all Saltdean United youth teams from Under 7’s to Under 18’s, and our senior Men’s and Women’s teams, whilst improving the match-day experience for supporters. The project also allows the club to expand its work with the local community through their ‘Tiger Cubs’ sessions for Under 6’s, Walking football, Youth Drop-In sessions, School hires, and the introduction of new ‘Vets’ teams in the near future.
You can find more information on our Saltdean United Legacy Project here: https://www.saltdeanunited.co.uk/category/legacy-news/
The Premier League Stadium Fund
The Premier League Stadium Fund provides grants to help improve facilities of football grounds in the Men’s National League System and Women’s Football Pyramid. It awards funding to clubs improve safety, and financial and environmental sustainability. This often also enables clubs to satisfy the necessary ground-grading criteria for promotion or to comply with their league’s requirements.
Grants enable clubs to invest in projects to develop many aspects of their grounds, including the ongoing improvements required for stadiums to meet the requirements of the league that clubs play in. These improvements range from new football stands and turnstiles to floodlighting and improved provision for disabled supporters.
Since 2000, more than £207 million has been awarded through the fund to over 1,000 clubs. This has supported new or improved stands, turnstiles, clubhouses, floodlights and more.
Thank You!
Saltdean United would like to say a huge thank you to the Premier League Stadium Fund, the Football Foundation and the Sussex FA for your support, we can’t wait to welcome everyone to Hill Park to see the new facilities when they are completed.
