FOI/202500468579 · FOI · unclear
Cost of Extra Time Programme: FOI release
Information requested
Could you supply how much money the Scottish Government has actually given to the Extra Time Programme and a breakdown of where the money was spent?
Response
Attached is a copy of the information we hold in regards to your request including:
1. Attachment A – Email chain re FM Pollok United Visit – Monday 10 June – relating to 2024/25 funding distribution
2. Attachment B – Breakdown of Scottish Football Association Funding
3. News release dated 10 June 2024 titled 'Football activity club funding doubles to £4 million'
4. Table and explanatory text below from October 2023 stating the breakdown of Scottish Football Association funding until March 2024. This is the information we held at the time the request was submitted:
Club Name Project Cost (till March 24) Aberdeen FC Community Trust £46,435.00 Broxburn United Sports Club £88,450.00 Celtic FC Foundation £40,000.00 Dundee United Community Trust £72,641.00 Dundee United Sports Club 1984 £95,215.45 Dundee West Community Trust £56,881.63 Edinburgh South Community FC £149,980.00 Falkirk Community Football Foundation £65,300.00 Glenrothes Strollers Community FC £53,666.00 Heart of Midlothian Football Club £69,126.00 Hibernian Community Foundation Ltd £96,753.00 Inverness CT Community Development £75,095.45 Montrose Community Trust £46,958.33 Morton in the Community £56,868.00 Motherwell FC Community Trust £39,097.00 North Kelvin Sports Development Group £57,187.00 Partick Thistle Charitable Trust £94,301.01 Pollok United £51,730.00 Queen of the South Community Trust £32,000.00 Queens Park FC Foundation £44,737.42 Rangers Charity Foundation £77,524.00 Spartans Community Foundation £124,100.00 St. Mirren FC Charitable Foundation £36,440.00 Wasp Community Club £80,839.00 The Killie Community £41,603.82 Total £1,692,929.11
“Funding of £1,692,929.11 will be allocated across 25 successful clubs from a total £2 million fund which has already been allocated to the Scottish FA Extra Time Project from the School Age Childcare Programme budget. The Scottish FA fee of £200,000 for monitoring & evaluation and management, brings the total cost of the project to £1,892,929.11.”
Funding for the Extra Time Programme is issued from the Scottish Government to the Scottish Football Association (SFA). The SFA have responsibility for the awarding of funding to clubs. Information on full distribution of funds related to the Extra Time programme is held by the SFA.
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