Following on from the news of our successful award of a grant to perform the On Target project in Henbury, Bristol Rovers Football in the Community has now secured funding for a pan-disability project called Every Player Counts.

The New Football Pools has joined forces with The Football League Trust to announce an unprecedented new partnership that will grow disability football provision across England and Wales.

Every Player Counts, a leading project of The Football League Trust, has received a donation of £2.59million from The New Football Pools for a three-year, pan-disability scheme that will develop football opportunities at 52 Football League Clubs this season.

We are one of 16 schemes that will receive £1,000 in the first year of the three-year project to assist and enable us to apply for a full grant in Year 2. A further 36 Football League Community Schemes will each receive up to £20,000 per year from the Trust.

Ian Penrose, Chief Executive of Sportech PLC, owner of The New Football Pools said: "We are very fortunate to be in the position of supporting the nation's biggest sport through our Pools products - the company has invested over £1.1billion into football and other good causes throughout its history. For 25 years, from 1975 to 2000, the pools companies were one of the only sources of external funding for British football with donations currently totalling £530million.

"With the re-launch of the Pools in the last football season comes a renewed commitment to fans and their communities. Today, we are delighted to build on this legacy ensuring The New Football Pools is even closer to the game that we have supported over the decades."

Football League Trust General Manager Dave Edmundson said: "This is an exciting and groundbreaking project to be delivered by Football League clubs' community programmes. It demonstrates the diverse and wide ranging elements of these Community schemes and the role they now fulfil. The commitment shown by the various organisations and agencies involved in the project is absolutely vital to its success.

"We are most grateful to The New Football Pools who have made this possible and have encouraged the concept of Every Player Counts throughout." 

To learn more about Rovers' Football in the Community scheme please click here or on the logo below.