{"id":5689,"date":"2016-05-10T14:31:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T13:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=5689"},"modified":"2021-12-13T11:41:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T11:41:50","slug":"sports-improvement","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/sports-improvement\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a38m improvement programme for football pitches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than 2,000 grass pitches across the UK will be improved over the next four years under a new sports improvement and investment programme from the English Football Association (EFA).<\/p>\n<p>The Pitch Improvement Programme (PIP) will provide grassroots clubs, volunteers and groundskeepers with a range of services to support the on-site evaluations with practical advice and recommendations. These recommendations could range from improvements in the ground and pitch conditions to improve the pitch perimeter with <a title=\"Spectator Rails\" data-wpil=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/products\/spectator-rails\/\">spectator railings.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With 83 per cent of pitches in England under public ownership, the funding for pitch maintenance is often at risk as councils are forced to prioritise between sport and essential services, which often sport and leisure lose out.<\/p>\n<p>The official pilot scheme has already seen \u00a31m invested into grassroots <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/cage-football-pitches\/\" title=\"Royal visit to Wallasey\u2019s transformed old cage football pitches\">pitches and 800 visits<\/a> to sites by trained experts.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<em>PIP has already proven to be a tremendous resource for many grassroots clubs. In addition, through the introduction of new technologies, The FA is able to develop local <a data-wpil=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/coil-grabber\/\" title=\"Zaun&#8217;s infrastructure investment continues with a brand new Coil Grabber\">investment strategies and continue<\/a> talking directly with clubs about the state of the facilities they use, providing dedicated programmes to help with improvements&#8230;<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mark Pover, The FA\u2019s national facilities manager<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Looking for Fa compliant sports improvement <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link \" href=\"\/products\/spectator-rails\/\"  title=\"spectator\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">spectator<\/a> railings for your sports facilities? Contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\">Zaun<\/a> today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 2,000 grass pitches across the UK will be improved over the next four years under a new sports improvement and investment programme from the English Football Association (EFA). 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